cherryshrimp
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One of my tanks is infected with tape worms, and I suspect the 45 gal has minor infections as well since I’ve seen some stringy poops. These tapeworms seem to have been infecting the fish for months with no symptoms. 2 weeks ago, I dosed Seachem Excel 3 days in a row. Immediately after this, one of the rainbows lost his color, became lethargic, stopped eating, and lastly developed white growths on his mouth the day before passing. I chalked it up to Columnaris induced by the stress of Gluteraldehyde + Tapeworms. I ran a treatment of Maracyn 2 over the last week since it’s the best I had on hand to combat the Columnaris. I didn’t see any other symptoms and other fish are doing good.
After pulling the Maracyn 2 out of the water, I dosed Levamisole yesterday (Sunday) to combat the suspected worms. This morning, one of the Tetras has a mass of white clumping up his mouth. I suspected Columnaris, so I immediately moved him to a QT tank. In the QT I noticed that the white is no longer on his mouth, which leads me to suspect it could be fungus that fell off the old tank? For now I will follow through with the Levamisole treatment for the next 24 hours and watch for symptoms from there. Any and all advice appreciated.
One of my tanks is infected with tape worms, and I suspect the 45 gal has minor infections as well since I’ve seen some stringy poops. These tapeworms seem to have been infecting the fish for months with no symptoms. 2 weeks ago, I dosed Seachem Excel 3 days in a row. Immediately after this, one of the rainbows lost his color, became lethargic, stopped eating, and lastly developed white growths on his mouth the day before passing. I chalked it up to Columnaris induced by the stress of Gluteraldehyde + Tapeworms. I ran a treatment of Maracyn 2 over the last week since it’s the best I had on hand to combat the Columnaris. I didn’t see any other symptoms and other fish are doing good.
After pulling the Maracyn 2 out of the water, I dosed Levamisole yesterday (Sunday) to combat the suspected worms. This morning, one of the Tetras has a mass of white clumping up his mouth. I suspected Columnaris, so I immediately moved him to a QT tank. In the QT I noticed that the white is no longer on his mouth, which leads me to suspect it could be fungus that fell off the old tank? For now I will follow through with the Levamisole treatment for the next 24 hours and watch for symptoms from there. Any and all advice appreciated.
