Is this fish got worms?? or hex????

[axl]

Hi,
this is 1 of my new fish that i got about 2 weeks ago and he has jelly like poo. Is this worms??? or is it hex??? He has had gill flukes and i treated him with 2 pp baths last week. His breathing is quite heavy still which could be the gill flukes and i have to give him 1 more bath of pp tonight. Here is a video of what the poo looks like.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2pP-mM1CUE

[ILLUSN]

worms if it were hex the fish would be dark not brightly colored.

looks a litte sunken in the face as well

[axl]

should i just treat with prazi and then dose with Big L. Is the sunken face a sign of worms???

[Merrilyn]

I like to use Big L first, then prazi two weeks later.

Remember Big L requires 2 doses and carefully gravel vac after treatment to remove the paralyzed worms from the substrate.

[axl]

righto will do, he isn't traveling to well at the moment i gave him his 3rd pp bath tonight to treat for gill flukes and both his eyes have a white film over them. I have moved to a hospital tank and have put salt in there, do you think he will make a full recover and when would you treat him for worms straight away or wait for a bit. He is only 2 weeks old in the tank and i purchased him with all these problems. GRRRRRRRRRR

[ILLUSN]

its not always the seller fault i sware all discus have some kind of internal paracites as "normal" flora, stress gives them the edge they need to take over just do your best with him.

[ILLUSN]

how are the fish axl?

[karisdiscus]

I use Kusuri wormer plus. It works well and it also treats gill flukes, body flukes, intestinal helminths and worms. It is safe for plants and 1 week old fry. Is your discus still eating? If so it most likely is worms

[axl]

I treated them with prazi and 1 dose of Big L two weeks ago.

Fish look fine but they keep hiding and not really eating. Marlon reckons i have developed Hex and i started treating metro in the main tank last night. I used the rate of 200mg per 40ltr and are going to re dose in 3 days time on his advice. Im treating 410lt of water and he suggested no to put 7 discus in a 70ltr tank to treat for Hex. Most of the fish have white poo and whats peoples thoughts. I would be very interested to know.