Cammalanus?

[ilah]

Hope i spelt that right, anyway does anyone out there know the dose rate for treating this with aviverm...i hate this stinkin worm and really want it gone for good this time

Cheers

[Caryl]

According to an article Sharn wrote, aviverm is levamisole. Dosage suggested was 1.5ml per 7.5L of water when using a 7.5% solution. She got hold of a 24% solution so used 1ml per 22L. She adds - NEVER attempt to pull the worms out of the fish as they are anchored to the intestinal lining and will rip it.

Here is what she did...

Do 90% water change, vacuuming the substrate very well.

Add levamisole at the required dose (she mixed it in a litre of water first then added it to the aquarium)

Wait 48 hrs. If fish look unhappy do a water change at 24 hrs.

Do another 90% water change and vacuum (gets rid of the nematode babies)

[Adrienne]

Can you post a picture of what this looks like. Thanks

[evilknieval69]

adding to what Caryl said, make sure you do another dose exactly the same as the first 2 weeks later. you could even do a thrid dose. Levamisole is a very gentle medication and wont harm your fish, it will just give them the S**ts. Its better to overdose the tank then underdose, so put a ml or two more in when you dose, just to make sure

[reef]

here is some info on

http://inkmkr.com/Fish/CamallanusTreatment/experience.html

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FA/FA09100.pdf

[ilah]

Awesome, thanks very much Caryl.

Yeah i treated it about 6 months ago with two doses and it worked really well but i guess it diddnt get them all so this time im ripping the plants out so i can vacuum all the gravel.

Thanks very much guys, that was some interesting reading there too reef, cheers mate