Camallanus in marine fish?

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by George9, Sep 3, 2013.

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  1. George9

    George9 Bristle Worm

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    Well. I saw the worm things again. I put In some seaweed just like every day, and then all of the sudden the butterflyfish gets dark, real dark and breathing fast. He was super stressed for some reason. And then I look and I see something hanging out of his butt, but it doesn't get larger (as if it was poop coming out) it stays the same size. It's really hard to tell, but I believe it was a clump of worms. It basically looked like a piece of brown/red poop, but when he swam by a white background I could see for a split second what looked like worms.

    I saw this right after (within 10 mins) I added another dose of prazipro for the suspected flukes, so it's possible that it was already deworming him, maybe, or he could have been stressed from the prazi.

    I'm not going to do anything drastic, I'm just gonna watch and see now
     
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  3. George9

    George9 Bristle Worm

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    Have you noticed I like to jump to conclusions? Haha

    Well, one hour later and it popped out even more. It looks like poop, partially digested seaweed to be exact. He's been eating a lot of that lately and he must have been constipated, which explains the stress while trying to get it to pop out
     
  4. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    please don't take offense to this George, but I think you pay way too much attention to fish poop.
     
  5. George9

    George9 Bristle Worm

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    I think I pay way too much attention to my fish in general!!

    You're right though, and I'm proud of it!!!!!!