Guppy worm issue

[Eaglehorsesmom]

I bought my daughter 2 guppies about 2 weeks ago. They both seemed fine until today when she asked me what the thin red things hanging out of her male guppy were. Knowing what I thought they were, I took a good look and yep, worms. lots of them. Treated the tank (55 us gal) with Jungle Parasite Clear. Plan to do it again in a couple of days. Any one got any other ideas on what we should do?

 

[bigbird]

do you have any chance of a photo ? Did you quarantine the fish first before introducing them to the tank ? what other fish do you have and size of tank and temp ? cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Eaglehorsesmom]

No I don't have a photo, but will try to get one. I didn't quarentine. I buy fish so infrequently, and the only working filters (I just had to buy new ones cos the old one crapped out) I have are in use. We have one large goldfish, several tetras, two peppermint plattys, one large blue guammi, and our plecos. One large one, 12 inches, and two small ones, all commons. We also have one corry.

The treatment seems to be helping as his anal area no longer looks like a red gravid spot, just the red worms hanging out.

The tank is 55 US gallons and the temp is between 85-90 degrees F.

 

[bigbird]

ok keep up the treatment. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Lornek8]

Camallanus worms.
http://plecoplanet.com/?page_id=48

 

[Art_Gal]

Sorry to hear about your poor guppies! I have angelfish and the treatment for this would be either Fenbendazole in food or Levimasole in the water. I am not sure if you could use this treatment for guppies, so if you're considering it please research it first. This is a long but good article:

http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/154/

 

[Eaglehorsesmom]

I have just purchesed a 1 gal tank and set it up with the male in it. Dosed the water and retreated our big tank. At least with this tank, if I need a quarentine tank, it woun't be so hard to set up and I can keep an eye on him better. Up the up side, it does appear that the worms are turning white. I'm not holding my breath on anything, but it does appear to be an improvement. I will keep you all updated, thanks so much for your help.

 

[Art_Gal]

Good to hear that things may be turning in a positive direction for your fish! That's good news. And yes, having a qt tank is a must in this hobby. I bought a 10g aquarium kit from Walmart for about $25.00. I keep it boxed up until I need it to qt a fish. Best investment I ever made

 

[bigbird]

good investment for a Q tank. The only other suggestion, is to run in the main tank a small sponge, so that if you every need a Q tank, you can then use this sponge as you filter for the cycle. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Eaglehorsesmom]

Just wanted to let you all know we lost the guppy yesterday, but at least we got him in the QT soon after the worms appeared. As of now all the fish in the main tank seem fine. Been keeping a close eye on the female we got at the same time as the male. Some of our older tropical fish have been dieing, 4 in the last month, but I was expecting it. Most of them we've had for 4 years. At least we have something to put any new ones in first. Thank you all for the help. It's good information to have for reference. :thumbup:

 

[bigbird]

rip little one. hope all thumbs up now. cheers jk :thumbup: