Parasite in my guppy

My guppy in the process of pooping out a 4 inch parasitic worm. You can see the worm at :30

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• fish
• parasite
• parasites
• tank
• aquarium
• intestinal
• worm
• worms
• guppy
• guppies
• shrimp
• nematode
• trematode
• roundworms

[mrflyfishingak]

how do you get them off do you use a parisite killing tablet?

[PSNjizzcake]

@mrflyfishingak You can but I'm sure there is stronger stuff out there. 

[ryan12381793]

dude i had one in a ghost shrimp a long time ago. it wiggled itself out and i caught it with a net. i kept it alive in a cup of fresca just to show my parents. so far no deaths or anything but now i really want to buy some of those jungle tablets

[PSNjizzcake]

@ryan12381793

If your fish are doing ok, the worms may not be parasitic. Some can live in the fish's gut for years without any damage. The jungle parasite tabs aren't very strong anyways

[inkmaker01]

Your video is a good example of what fish keepers should look for to see their fish are infested with Camallanus Nematodes. The long string following the guppy is the mucus produced by the inflamed intestine of the infested fish. The real problem is the small red protrusion from the fish's anus. Those are female Camallanus Nematodes that are causing the irritation. Likely all the fish in the tank were infested and sooner or later would have died.

Levamisole is the only cure.

[PSNjizzcake]

Thank you for your insight. If this happens again, I will give Levamisole a shot

[10majfar]

@NastiestOfAllParks Sometimes their poop does look white in color, but if you see something as thick as what's in the video, segmented, or with a round head, it's definitely not poop. 

[NastiestOfAllParks]

I've always thought it was just shit...

[10majfar]

Looking again at this video I still can't believe how much trouble these things caused. They would just keep reproducing after treatment, in a matter of days. When I emptied the tank I found some swimming in the sand, too. Those could have been planaria, I'm not sure, but these /\ were definitely parasitic. They would slowly starve any fish that came in contact with the tank in a matter of months. Eventually they would leave the host fish, and the host fish would die a couple days later.

[Turtlelovingwannabee]

Yup parasites

[DOX9500]

your guppies are constipated

[KyIernuva135Clone]

@10majfar I hate Petco!!!

[10majfar]

@EmperorBenzRx8

From petsmart or petco or something. Their tank conditions are crap anyways, they probably would not realize that this is abnormal. 

[EmperorBenzRx8]

where did you buy your shrimp? I would've went back and complained haha