Camallanus Worms Again!!!

**RonWill** · 28th Jul 2004, 16:29

Adrian,
I googled for closeup images of the Camallanus worm and although I didn't find any, I reckon these will never reach 5cm in my killies... the poor fish will probably be dead by then, with worm sticking out from both the anus and mouth!

If what you saw looked like the following pic, it's one I couldn't figure out either but I know that the brine solution from my BBS hatchery will kill them.

The C. worm normally don't crawl on gravel but sticking out from where the sun don't shine (refer to earlier pics). I can't remember the incubation period of the C. worm's eggs but it won't hurt if you did a search either. Good luck.

**timebomb** · 28th Jul 2004, 18:33

Adrian,

Here's a pic of a Camallanus worm.

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It looks slightly different from a Tubifex worm but it's impossible to tell them apart when they are in a bunch. What I know though, the Camallanus won't cling into a ball like what the Tubifex does.

Loh K L

**TyroneGenade** · 7th Aug 2004, 21:34

I don't know if I have arrived at this thread to late or not but I can assure you Julian there is HOPE!

Try one of two treatments:
Flubendazole, about tip of teaspoon per gallon I think...
or
Add garlic to the fish food. It is very NB that the garlic be fresh. I suggest you prepare yourself a frozen fish food mix with shrimp or what not and work some garlic (finely mashed or just an extract) into the food and feed till the worms vanish.

Even wild Nothos will take the garlic/beef heart mix.

Good luck

**yasciti** · 14th Jun 2009, 02:53

Hi

I was going to post this in a new thread but since it's about treating camallanus worms I'm just posting here.

I've read that both Fenbendazole http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/154/

& levamisole are good for cure this horrible infestation. I've also read that fenbendazole works better when added to food, so I got both.
Now I'm not very good at working out at working out doses so I'm hoping that you guys can help me.

The 1st med is a liquid form. It has Levamisole HCL 37.5 mg/ml & also Praziquantel 18,8 mg/ml.

The next med is Panacur BS, it has Fenbendazole 5% m/v (not sure what the m/v means). Also liquid form.

Could you guys help me determine a ml med/L water dosage for these meds please.

Thanks
Dino

**TyroneGenade** · 15th Jun 2009, 18:45

From the article, you have to add 3 mL (cc) to 100 mL. You then add the blood worm, soak for 1 hour and feed. I use a similar protocol to feed my experimental fish various compounds. I soak the blood worm in about a few mL of compound and then set the bloodworm in agar. This I feed and then only feed as much as the fish will eat in a few minutes. This works well.

The concentration "m/v" means that there is, for instance, 5 g of Fenbendazole per 100 mL of water (i.e. 5&#37

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I would use the first option as it is 2 compounds. It is unlikely the worms will have resistance to both. Feed them the bloodworm for at least a week.

I would not dose above 5 mg/L for these compounds, so for a 100 L tank, I would add 500 mg (0.5 g). This would be 10 mL of a 5% solution.

I think go the food route would be better.

**yasciti** · 20th Jun 2009, 07:25

Hi Tyrone

I should have known to ask you

I've already started with the fenbendazole in the foods. But it just reduced the worm numbers for a bit. I've done this for 4 days so far.

Now after a few days break I'm going to feed some food that has been soaked in undiluted meds for a day, to see if this helps.

If this still doesn't work then I'm going to try the other 2 in 1 med. Hopefully that helps.

Thanks for your help
Dino

**windcharm** · 22nd Jun 2009, 17:45

Does C.worm infects and kills shrimps and small fishes like tetra? Can be fish out using the "fishing method" like catching for planaria?

**Interestor** · 3rd Jul 2009, 06:31

Originally Posted by windcharm

Does C.worm infects and kills shrimps and small fishes like tetra? Can be fish out using the "fishing method" like catching for planaria?

death rate will be 100% if manual picking out the worms.

issue is the eggs spread in the tanks

CHeers..

**windcharm** · 3rd Jul 2009, 15:44

Just to share. Due to some aglae issue, I started to dose seachem excel and I got a surprise finding...FYI, I am dosing it in my CRS tank and they seem to be fine too.

After dosing seachem excel for a few days (about 1 cap each day), a few of these worms actually wriggle out from the soil and floating around in the water as if they are trying to get out of the water. I will use a pincer or net to catch these "creepy crawlers" and feed it to my "venus fly traps". Lol

Hope this helps.

**harrynkl** · 14th Oct 2011, 02:06

Sorry to dig up old thread, but now i facing this problem, can i know where to get the solution to get rid of these

**RonWill** · 15th Oct 2011, 01:48

The solution is a few threads above your posts. Unfortunately, the drugs mentioned are well controlled but it'd help if you have a vet friend.

**harrynkl** · 15th Oct 2011, 13:51

is there any other place to place order

**stormhawk** · 17th Oct 2011, 05:21

The drugs mentioned, can be found in dewormers meant for mammals, in particular cats and dogs. I've seen the same drugs in dewormers for birds. You can use these products and try but I will not take responsibility if they kill your fish. Aside from other drugs in the treatments I mentioned, getting the dosage right for fish tanks will need some calculations.

Praziquantel may be found commercially in some medications for fishes. You can try those major LFS which stock a lot of medications, depending on where you live. I think they come in tablet form locally.