Re: [Killietalk] What's wrong with this fish?

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net>]

Diane,

It's a little hard to see the details, but some of them look thread 
like, suggesting a parasitic nematode of some kind, probably Camellanus. 
I have never experienced this parasite in my fishroom, but Charles 
Harrison reports that levamisole works. Look at his site 
http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish

You can buy levamisole in various pet stores or feed stores catering to 
horse owners, etc. Charles probably can also send you some, but you need 
to act quickly.

Barry

Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386



Debunix wrote:

> When I put this male together with the female for spawning, I noticed 
> this protrusion from his vent which I don't remember seeing before.  
> He was still quite interested in spawning.  I've got him back in his 
> home tank again, and he's behaving normally.  I haven't added any new 
> fishes to his home tank , they had their regular large water change 
> last week, and the only thing that seems abnormal there is that a 
> larger than usual number of recently dropped Endler's fry seem to have 
> survived--which could suggest he's been off his feed a little bit.  
> Neither of my fish disease books have any images like this, and as 
> this is a very precious fish, I'm reluctant to try to do a smear from 
> this protruding region as Untergasser suggests due to the risk of 
> injury during handling.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what might be going on, and what I might do 
> next?
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> If you can't see the image attached, you can find it posted here:
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> http://www.pbase.com/debunix/image/54963470
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> Diane Brown in St. Louis
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