Help with potential Camallanus Worms in Guppies

Jaes

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Hi there.
More than a month ago, I made a post asking if a guppy I had recently bought is pregnant. She has not had babies yet and I am concerned she is infested with Camallanus worms.
I bought another guppy with this one and both looked a bit fat in the shop, but since then it's gotten much worse. One of my other guppies has now started to look a bit bloated, though nowhere near the size of the other two. This is my fault for not quarantining against worms.

I think I've seen small red worms hanging out their bums at times, but I'm really not certain (they have red food, could be a red poop? I'll watch to see if any of this fall out). They go crazy for food so I fear that they are starving due to the worms. Whenever I try to look, they swim around expecting food which makes it really hard to confirm the worms.
Their poops are stringy and usually either blackish or the colour of their food - though there has been the odd white section in the strings. I rotate their food: Hikari Fancy Guppy, Tetra Prima Granules, live mosquito larvae and the odd vegetable.
Would someone be able to confirm if this sounds like Camallanus?

Additionally, I've done research on treatments and I'm a bit worried at being unable to get the right medications in my country.
I can't find levamisole, would I have to purchase it from a livestock shop?
I've found some stores that sell NT Labs Anti-fluke and Wormer, which contains flubendazole. This was listed at the What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop post. Is this good enough? I've also read that this kills the worms and they can then rot in the guppy's intestine before they poop them out - is there any way to minimise this?
Should I feed them more than usual until the worms have been dealt with?

I've only attached an image of the biggest guppy's body due to difficulties capturing the potential worms. I can try take more if that'll help anyone.

Thank you so much.
 

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Can you get Waterlife Sterazin? Apparently it is available in South Africa...
 
Flubendazole is fine and will kill all worms in the fish. The worms do not rot in the intestine after treatment, they get pooped out especially if the fish are fed regularly.
 
From the site where I buy both Flubendazole and Levamisole HCL/

Fresh water use Levamisole HCl powder - serious treatment for Camallanus Nematode internal parasite infestation (see paper above)
Check out this link for extensive info https://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/CamallanusTreatment/

Flubendazole 10 % powder
Best for eliminating Hydra. Treats protozoa wasting disease, serious treatment for Velvet, enternal and external parasites,


Effective treatment for Hydra, Intestinal Parasites including Hexamita, Gill Flukes and Camallanus
December 16, 2011
This compounds is NOT an antibiotic. It do not control bacteria or fungal infections and in fact may escalate these problems as they kill off the other infections. This compound is not the cure all.
Flubendazole is useful for controlling intestinal parasites, especially most of the protozoa, some nematodes and gill flukes. Flubendazole is active through adsorption into the fish’s skin and gills. The drug does not have to be eaten to be effective. This makes the drug useful for treating fishes which have quit eating due to irritation from infection of the throat and gut. The pure compound has very limited solubility in water. Effective dosing is generally done with a medication powder form of 5 to 15% in some simple sugar like Sorbatol. I have available the 10% powder.
 

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