Camallanus worms in guppies (edit

Viviparous or Live bearing fish - Mollies, Platties, Guppies
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black ghost
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Flubendazole won’t do much. It’s a treatment for Cestodes (tapeworms). Camallanus are Nematodes, so you want Fenbendazole, or Levamisole or Piperazine. :)

I’ve always used Sterazin and it has always worked. No tank cleaning or water changes required. Just dose on the specified days, job done.
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Thanks @black ghost . There are so many different bits of information out there, it's hard to figure out what works. The sterazin arrives tomorrow. They just have to survive until then. 🤞
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Well an awful lot of fish have worms, but they’re only a problem if they have a lot of them, in which case the fish will starve. You’ve lost a few, but the Sterazin will hit them on day one, so hopefully the rest of the fish will be ok.

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