Treating fish with parasitic worms, fish stopped eating and has stringy white pooh.
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2016
- Fish that stop eating and begin emitting translucent or stringy white faeces can be infected with various parasites. In this video we show you how we diagnose and treat a flowerhorn cichlid fish infected with parasitic worms.
Infected fish may show clinical signs of chronic weight loss, potbelly, “poor doers”, gut inflammation, mucoid white faeces, and inappetance. It is a zoonotic disease (i.e. humans can potentially catch it!). In humans, the clinical symptoms include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss, dehydration. Capillariasis may be fatal if treatment is not given early.
Your tank may become infected if fed tubifex worms, or by introducing infected fish. It has a direct life cycle, and can reinfect the same fish, or other fish in the tank, building up in numbers.
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2mg levamisol per litter, for three weeks, once a week. Thanks :)
Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video! You really helped me out tonight with what was a mystery fish issue in my tank! Side note: Those two fish behind you interacting with each other through the tank wall was pretty cute.
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Please always mention the medicine names in text format on video, so that all can exactly know the medicine names...... Thank you
Ya what medicine pls Mention...
My angelfish also have same problem...which is medicine is required and how to use
@@TG_Vlogs64 metrozyl
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@@TG_Vlogs64ivermectin or levamisole. Praziquantel and fenbendazole also work quite well.
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i'm learning so much from this dude. so thanks dude
Thanks for posting these videos these r very helpful
Great video keep it up doc we need more of your peeps to make videos.
as always very informative and spot on!
My Ottocinclus catfish has stopped eating from three days what should I do please help
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Ohhh! Thank you sooo much!!!
Please do a video explanation of the most common pathogens and parasites found on freshwater and saltwater fish. And explain what they are the cause and the best treatments to try.
What a wonderful video thank you!
Love these vids, can't wait for more.
Hi Fish Doc!!! Thank you so much!!
Dr. Richmond Loh, kudos on the video excellent, much respect for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Thank you
Can you tell some details about treatment? After adding the medicine when is the first water change and how much med will be added again?
Very nice thank you so much , but where I can get this live Amazon??
I’ve been trying to get rid of internal parasites for many many months now. I have used a couple different medications multiple times with seemingly no luck. I haven’t lost any of the 11 discus yet, but it’s affected weight gain greatly with many of them.
THanks Dr. Loh, this video saved my flowerhorn’s Life! He is now on the fast track to recovery. Today he ate for the first time in 2.5wks and couldn’t be happier! Once again, thanks a million!!
where did you get levamisole?
Hi Dr. Loh.. could you tell me what is the magnificent you use?? 100x?
How does the water get in that filter?love the idea greatly appreciate the information!
Thanks Dr Loh
Thank you so much!
So if i got the conversions right,
.5 mg for a 53 gallon tank (55 im guessing)
So for a 200 gallon tank i would need 2 mg
And for a 10 gallon tank .1mg
Ive seen other youtubers that were suggesting 10mg every 3 weeks for a 200 gallon.
Your method is 2mg every week for 3 weeks.
What are your thoughts of dosing preventive? Every 3 months?
Dr Loh, do you recommend using praziquantel and metronidazole as prophylaxis for Discus? Thank you very much!
Can we give levamisol safely to Siamese fighting fish and loaches.
Pls mentaioned dosage and alternative as levimisole is banned in few countries.
I know this video is a few years old now but I love seeing real biology when it comes to fishkeeping. I am currently treating one of my cichlids with ivermectin but I will bring some feces in to work with me tomorrow to check out the progress and see what I can find :)
Let us know your findings
@@thefishdoctor8746 Yes, I brought a feces sample into my lab and he did have a couple of different parasites that I could see. It was not the stringy white feces that first alerted me to my electric blue acara (who is so sweet) being sick. He usually comes up and eats from my hand but he wasn't and his color started to look washed out. That's when I noticed the white feces and quarantined immediately. He is doing much better now. His tank mates (rainbow fish, bristlenose, and an angelfish) all seem fine but I am also putting them through a round of meds before I put my cichlid back with his friends.
Good job doc
omg thank you so much for posting these videos. More legit info = more healthy fish :-)
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My Ottocinclus catfish has stopped eating from three days what should I do please help
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Hi, thank you for making this video. So for levamisole treatment it is once a week for three weeks and not once a week at alternate weeks right? There is so many confusing instructions online. Some says eggs only hatch after 2 weeks so the second treatment should only be after 2 weeks.
I have a question. My endlers had internal parasites because I did not put the new ones into a quarantine tank. I've been treating them for maybe more than a month now, and I stopped the treatment like two weeks ago. But their poop is often long, it is not entirely clear, but parts of the poop are sometimes clear. Does this mean they still have the parasite?
Hello Dr fishman, my fish has a developing diamond eye. does putting salt on it work?
Great video! I hope i can learn much from you and can use it on my fish (what i hope i'll not have to!). New Sub!
Dr Loh, very glad I found your channel. I don't know how many of your videos I watched until I could stop. Very informative. I learned a lot.
Now to my question and the reason I started watching in the first place.
We had a series of deaths among our African Cichlids. Very typical signs of bloat and Hexamita. Every time we thought that we beat it, a new individual got sick. We haven't been able to treat a single one. Maybe we didn't start in time or maybe the medicines haven't been the right ones. We have tried with metronidazole, sterazine and mebendazol. We have tried treating the whole tank and also treating the patient alone. Yesterday, our Geophagus Steindashneri drew her last breath. Before that, her partner died in the same disease. It's always one fish at the time. Never several.
The fish starts by hiding and being alone. Doesn't feed. Have stringy white poo. Breathing frequently but not like gasping for air. After a week or so, it starts swimming as is it couldn't hold it's balance, like a drunk person. When you can catch it just by hand, it's gone very far. Mucus covers the body and in the final stages the fins starts to deteriorate. They just kind of melt away.
We tried treating them from the first signs and not treating them at all. So far no one survived.
Now we have a Danakilia Sp. Shukoray who's been sick for some time now. She is isolated for now and I'm treating her with Flagyl at the moment.
My husband is a doctor in an ER and can prescribe medication equivalent to veterinarian medicine. So the Flagyl and Vermox came from him. The dosage has been exactly what's subscribed by regular fish meds.
I recently ordered a microscope that can enlarge 600x. I saved the Geophagus in the freezer. It should arrive today.
Is there anything you can suggest that my husband should prescribe other than these meds? Is levamisole possible to prescribe for a regular doctor?
Do you always have to know the bacteria to treat it? What could work in a broad spectrum?
The microscope I ordered doesn't have a USB extension so I couldn't possibly take pics but my husband is an expert in recognizing internal critters so he could absolutely be able to see and identify the bacteria.
As you can see from my long post, we are desperate. We have lost so many nice and expensive fish here. Also, we live in Sweden and can't therefor come with our fish to you.
I hope I described this as thoroughly as possible.
(1000L/265G tank. All our water parameters are excellent, water changes weekly and feces are syphoned. Only Af. Cichlids are the victims. None of the other fish ever died from this.)
Thank you so much!
I just got some from Ebay,its only like 100SKR for the Levamisole for a 1000 liter
Sounds complex. Submit fish for testing to a veterinary laboratory. I offer such services in Australia.
The white body mucus, drunken swimming, and advanced fin rot sound like columnaris, which is a vicious bacteria. Once columnaris is inside a water column, it’s impossible to get rid of without a full breakdown and bleach cleanse of absolutely everything in the tank. Highly contagious, very common, especially in larger chain stores.
I recently purchased a school of panda corydoras, and they started exhibiting signs of columnaris while in quarantine. Despite aggressive antibiotic treatment, I lost all but two of them. One of the survivors has such advanced fin rot on the tail, he probably won’t live beyond a year, if that.
Columnaris is an absolute plague. Acraflavine and terramycin do a good job of combating it, though.
Hi so what was that worm looking thing you mentioned as normal tank flora? I' ve seen it before. I thought it was a parasite
I saved my flowerhorn with this treatment thank you very much doctor
narendran ravi what dosage did you used? Pls help thanks
What is the medicine name and dosage plx
Dr thank you for your vid. Can you let us know what happens to Betty blue...thank you
Hi,sir, I want to know,why my famfa fish always had bloated stomach
Hello Dr., 6 weeks ago, we added 12 discus fries(1.25" to 2.25") from a local breeder (Boston MA tap water) in our established 75gal planted community. (Let me just share that this gentleman gave us 8 "runts" that was below his standards because of our interest in attempting our hands on discus!)
Chemistry has been stable; 7.6 pH, 0 ppm for Ammo, NO2, and NO3 at around 78 degrees. Our plants have been pearling, we gravel vac daily for loose detritus, everyone has been active and eating extremely well!
Now, 3 weeks ago, we lost one of the smallest discus fry, followed by a second 5 days later. (The first two fries had physical deformities; one had a missing eye, the other deformed gill plates.) A third fry died a week after and today our fourth.
Now, Today's fry had a slightly bulging belly and what appeared to be white, curly and stringy fecal matter from its anal area. I had noticed also one of the (2.5" live) larger fry with a similar white strand 2 days ago, which raised some concerns for the tank.
Should we treat the whole tank, and for what...what would be the ideal medication for a planted community with shrimp and snails? TIA
Many of our treatments have not been trialled for safety in shrimp and snails, so I'm unable to advise. In such cases, it's advisable to remove the invertebrates from the tank during treatment and then return them after a period of 1 month, after carbon filtration.
I think this is what my fish has I'm treating atm or it might have fluke so I'm treating for both
How would you treat for camallanus red worm?
how long after treat should you see improvement and eating?
you are awesomeee
Finally the answer what's the problem with my betta
My flowerhorn has this too what medicine did you use ? I also have another Flowerhorn that starts to cough out of no where like heck. what can it be ?
Sir, Likes to know about Internal Biological Filter from this vedio. How we can make the same as it beautiful
My Ottocinclus catfish has stopped eating from three days what should I do please help
Can I use albendazole instead of Levamisole as I am not getting Levamisole solution
Hello Doc! I'm from Brazil, one of my "Acará Bandeira" fishes, was swollen, white pooh and appear a hole in its head. It is recovered after 5 days on "hospital tank" with some weak fish's medicines available in Brazil (import fish's antibiotics are banned). Well, but other "Acará" has a white pooh, and some white spots in its tail. I think that main tank was infected. My friend goes to USA and brings me Seachem Paraguard. This medicine is effective to treat my main tank? What do you recommend? Thank you.
I am glad I found your channel.. my v-tail beta Male has been let active and seems not to want to eat.. I found a stringy thing where his under dorsal fins and it had like a little clump at the end and I don’t know what to do.. just a few days ago it was gone like he pooped it out.. i DONT know wether it’s a wolf or something but my fish won’t eat and is just sitting at the bottom of the tank breathing yes but just sits there
Dr.can I use dichris adult 150 mg for internal parasites in my discus tank
Dr Richmond how can you tell me the difference between the male and female oscar?
Hi, great video. Question. When your fish produces white poop with a little black at the end does that automatically mean it can have an internal parasite? Thanks
Dr.My flowrthorn is too sick as it not eating anything..its suffring from the same disease aswell as anus out.Its colour is fading but its moving well.and its one side gill is not moving.Please help me out what to do as soon as possible..please
My Ottocinclus catfish has stopped eating from three days what should I do please help
Use metroxyl 400 tablet
In case you didn’t get answers by now- you can prepare fresh garlic and the chemical present in it will attract your fish no matter what and they will eat it. Good for if they stop eating.
i love him...
metronidazole vs levamisole can you use both at same time and are there diff symtoms for the diff parasites besides stringy poop?you should do a video on the different internal parasites.
What specific med is best to treat sunken belly is cichlids?
From what ive read, isnt levamisole light sensitive? Or is it ok to treat with light? And ive read 24 hour bath, 2ppm. So will thag work?
Hi Doctor, few guppies in my aquarium are infected with camalanus worms.. Red color worm showing up at the vent. What treatment do you suggest?
Can i use ampicilin to betta fish at the same case? Please answer thank you
do you need to isolate the fish or can i add it to my community tank? i assume the other fish have also been exposed.
HI DR ,
I bought two fish on 02/12/2017 and in a week I lost my 07 fish and they are dying.I don't know what to do ....... Evry week I use to change 50% of water but still, my fish is dying I found some of my goldfish lost their color and fin tailrot and I purchased API Melafix during I pour 01tbsp into the tank then still my fish is dying.I am feeling very bad for them please help in this
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I've seen some people recommend a higher dosage of 5% flubendazole at 20 mg / liter instead of 2 mg / liter. Is that overdosing? What is the recommended dosage for capillaria?
I have a fish that is not eating and that is pooping white. It is In a 1 of 4 tanks that all use the same sump filter. I have about 25 fish in all in my set up. Would it be best to treat all of the fish even if they are not all showing this problem. I believe the one that is sick is a flowerhorn hybrid. Not sure exactly what it is.
hallo doc, help me please, in the case I find drug in the tablet form . how to use it? thankyou
Hey im like 3 years late and alot of my goldfish's poop are clear with a little bit of brown,im worried for them
Are they ok?
Is the fish medication "Clear" the same as Furan2?
Does it mean I have to destroy the bacteria I have established in the tank? I think most of my fish have caught it by this stage but I have a planted aquarium....I've been feeding them food with garlic included...I've lost 3 fish in a month.....So I'm really baffled since I haven't introduce any new fish to the tank...
Sir could you please tell me some name of the medicine for the growth of fish
My green Terror Cichlid has the same is this a serious issue I just spotted it tonight and no way I can treat now..
thank-you for the video i have a 10 gallon tank of swordtail fry aprox 3-4 weeks old once in a while iv seen a couple flashing I see no clamped fins or spots on them or their fins do i need to mediate and if so with what could you please do a video and do a touch up on this situation or guid me to someone that has done the video so i can learn what to do
I'm positive this is what my betta has. My problems is that he is in a tank with a breeder box with a female betta and 8 kuhli loaches. The female seems fine, though I often wonder if my khulis are eating enough, and they were there before him. Could he have gotten it from the kuhlis? Is it contagious? Should I treat the entire tank, or just him? Will treatment negatively affect khulis, which gave very delicate scales?
Hi Doc! My Midas Cichlid has a rectal rolaspe. How do I treat it?
Hey doc how should i add the second dose after the one week water change? Should i add the dose required only for the quantity of water changed or should i add the second dose the same quantity as the first?
hello Dr.,
My flowerhorn is suffering from hexamita and cant eat any food at that time all i have got is metronidazole, i am injecting this in his stomach through his mouth since 5 days & alsoTreated him by epsom salt and now he start eating pallet food by last two days,kindly suggest it is recover from heximita or not ?? plz rply...
Awesomeness
i keep seeing tanks without substrate. is that how a proper hospital tank should look? also, what is those mineral pebbles in the filter? medication or trace elements?
Fenbendazole works great too
My Koi have Camallanus worms 😕 I heard that Levimasole will help?
Neguvon, Masoten or Concurat
Sir my silvr arawona sitting dwon what to do it sir......
please tag a link for the medicine you had used !! My betta has not eaten for a week out of the blue . could you take a fece sample from him? Ive fed him everything he likes and seems like hes interested but has a "sore throat" reaction.
Hi Dr. Loh, as part of the treatment with Levamisole (or any other Bendazole) for parasites, should aquarium water changes (30%) be performed after administering the final dose of the medication? Also, are lethargy and poor appetite common adverse effects of these medications? Thank you.
We normally allow at least 24h for the drug to exert its effects in the water. Perform weekly water changes as normal.
will this treat heximita or wasting disease ? I have a fish with hole in the head that eats bust its belly its sunken in big time.
Hoping you can help me with the correct dosing, grams per 10 gallons?
My goldfish is having white poops. I gave him a salt and Paraguard dip and now he’s acting stressed sitting on one side of the tank by the bubbler. His poop is long, white and stringy. What can I do? I have metronidazole and Kanaplex handy at home. I don’t want to lose him, he’s big and my favorite fish!
Hi Fish Doctor, if a clownfish is suspected to have intestinal flagellates (hexamita sp), could this be diagnosed by microscopic examination of the feces? Will hexamita show in the feces?
Great video where do I get this medication?
What would you recommend fembendazole or praziquantel?
Just saw your channel, hope you have new videos, thanks
Can you use API general parasite cure my fish has this and I don’t want it to die:(
Hi Dr Loh. since it is safe, should levamisole be used as a preventive treatment on community tanks, like once or twice a year, like it is used for chicken or cattle? I am a fellow veterinarian but I don't have expertise in aquarium. My community tank is a hobby. Fishes are well except one female guppy suddenly died yesterday. No signs, she was pregnant, big and ate well. Only little thing: i noticed mixed normal brownish and abnormal white string long feces the day before her death. The tank is 150liters, with one female endler, 10 cardinals, a pair of chunas, 2 corys, 2 kuhlis, 2 otos, 1mo baby guppies from the females who were bought pregnant a month and a half ago, and a baby discus who will be transferred to a bigger tank in a bit. The aquarium is cycling for 3 months. planted tank, T=27degC, GH=5, pH=6.9, no nitrite, no ammonia, no nitrate. No other fish has weird feces. So I am lost. Should I treat blind (something I don't like to do professionnally), should I collect feces from different fishes of the aquarium to look under microscope first?
Zaza Blue yes, diagnostics always helps you decide on the cure.
My black goldfish has the same problem what exactly do I do
I think my black ghost knife fish has this, can I show the picture to you in a way to double check? I want to make sure to know what to do about it
Can you feed your fish during Levamisole treatment?
What microscope would you recommend for the average aquarium owner?
madican liquid name? reply fast now my flowerhorn also come any natural madican this praplam?
Super awesome video Dr. Do you do repeated doses to target the adult life cycles of the nematode (im assuming the younger stages don't respond to the acetylcholine receptor agonist? If so, at what interval? Thanks again for these videos!
Thank u for the info. what is the best was to treat for ick
Down south Cichlids watch ua-cam.com/video/xn2EbgxDiZk/v-deo.html
Hi doctor, I just got a fahaka puffer last week and he seems to be infected with internal parasites as he eats very little and does not move around much. From what I see, his stool is really slimy and white, it even gets stuck on parts of his body. I don't have access to a microscope so I can't tell what parasites are in him. I'm treating him with all the parasite meds I've got. I'm using two meds- Worm ex and Prazi Gold both are from EIHO. I just dosed his tank two days ago, should I continue with this? Because I'm afraid all the meds would damage his scaleless body. Or should I use a different type of medicine?
Hi Doc, It’s been quite a time my parrot fish got holes in the head disease & over the course of time it’s not getting any better. Their poop is coming with slim. It’s very heartbreaking to see them every day. I have used metronidazole based Metrogyl 400 tablets but no help. Tried changing water every 2nd day but with out any luck. Any help would be really appreciated. 🙏🏼
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Hi thanks for the information. I tried deworming my flower horn 3 times using the worm out medicine after that it is still not eating. What should I do please reply.
Sir my arowana is not eating since two months ,what to do , plz help !