Intestinal worm treatment

whitelightning77 · Mar 17, 2019

So I started a thread somewhere about this a couple weeks ago but I dont know where. R2R, FB, etc...

So I've been dealing with stringy white feces for a while. I medicated the food a couple months ago with metro and focus for like a week or two, then a couple weeks ago I did the treatment again for about a week but could kit the infestation. So recently people told me to try medicating the food with api general cure and focus because the worms I have might be resistant to metro. I'm 1 week in and I'm seeing the feces now looking still stringy, but thicker and dark brown to black. Any ideas why? Some online sources say that that is usually the worms dying or dead and the fish passing them out. Up until now they used to poop out the white stringy translucent poop/worms.

Sod Buster · Mar 17, 2019

Yes, keep going for at least one more week with the medicated food. Even mix a little Epsom salt in it for looser poops if needed.

Salty Lemon · Mar 17, 2019

I'm currently treating my purple tang this way. I'm using the recipe @Humblefish posted. It seems to be working. (knock wood.) Here is the link to it.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/internal-pathogens.267419/

lagatbezan · Mar 17, 2019

whitelightning77 said:
I'm 1 week in and I'm seeing the feces now looking still stringy, but thicker and dark brown to black. Any ideas why? Some online sources say that that is usually the worms dying or dead and the fish passing them out. Up until now they used to poop out the white stringy translucent poop/worms.

yes, It means the medication is working. Keep going like @Sod Buster said for at least 10-14 days to make sure you completely eradicated the issue.

whitelightning77 · Mar 17, 2019

Sod Buster said:
Yes, keep going for at least one more week with the medicated food. Even mix a little Epsom salt in it for looser poops if needed.

Can you elaborate on the use of Epsom salt?

Sod Buster · Mar 17, 2019

It is like a laxative to help the fish expel the dead worm or parasite without backing up the anal intestine. I will post the recipe @Humblefish made.

whitelightning77 · Mar 18, 2019

Sod Buster said:
It is like a laxative to help the fish expel the dead worm or parasite without backing up the anal intestine. I will post the recipe @Humblefish made.

Thx

whitelightning77 · Apr 16, 2019

Ok, so I'm on day 3 with the treatment. I've been soaking the food the way it's been suggested here in the thread. Do you guys rinse some if the excess medication off the food before adding to the tank? Or is the mixture ok to be added as is? I'm running a mixed reef tank.

Frtdrmrose7 · Apr 17, 2019

whitelightning77 said:
Ok, so I'm on day 3 with the treatment. I've been soaking the food the way it's been suggested here in the thread. Do you guys rinse some if the excess medication off the food before adding to the tank? Or is the mixture ok to be added as is? I'm running a mixed reef tank.

I usually only feed enough at a time that can be eaten,, you can also run carbon to help pull anything out of the water that leeches out of uneaten food.