Help: Gill worm on a red zebra?

Hi,

I have a Red Zebra Malawi Cichlid which has a black string about an inch
long dangling out of one gill. Both gills appear to be red and swollen.
All the gill worm descriptions I was able to find describe white/green
worms which are barely measured in millimeters... this seems not be fit
the description.

If anyone has any idea what this is, it'd be helpful in choosing the right
medication. The added complication is that this Cichlid is holding (for
at least 2 weeks now), together with another one, and both are in a
sectioned-off area of the main tank. I don't know if I should wait for it
to release the babies prior to attempting treatment and quarantine...

Thanks for any help,
Akom

Just my opinion, but if I saw, physically saw something hanging out of a
gill, I'd probably be taking some tweezers and seeing if I could get it
out... THEN I'd worry about what it was... Identifying it is key, and
without knowing, it could have been a poop string a pl*co just let go... who
knows....

--
RedForeman ©®


"Akom" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a Red Zebra Malawi Cichlid which has a black string about an inch
long dangling out of one gill. Both gills appear to be red and swollen.
All the gill worm descriptions I was able to find describe white/green
worms which are barely measured in millimeters... this seems not be fit
the description.

If anyone has any idea what this is, it'd be helpful in choosing the right
medication. The added complication is that this Cichlid is holding (for
at least 2 weeks now), together with another one, and both are in a
sectioned-off area of the main tank. I don't know if I should wait for it
to release the babies prior to attempting treatment and quarantine...

Thanks for any help,
Akom

Well,

by morning time it was gone, but the gills are still red and puffy.

Now I'm faced with figuring out:
A) what to treat with
B) where to treat (main tank if all are now contaminated, or not?)
C) when to treat (before or after she releases the babies)


On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:53:45 -0500, RedForeman ©® wrote:

Just my opinion, but if I saw, physically saw something hanging out of a
gill, I'd probably be taking some tweezers and seeing if I could get it
out... THEN I'd worry about what it was... Identifying it is key, and
without knowing, it could have been a poop string a pl*co just let go... who
knows....

--
RedForeman ©®


"Akom" wrote in message
news
Hi,

I have a Red Zebra Malawi Cichlid which has a black string about an inch
long dangling out of one gill. Both gills appear to be red and swollen.
All the gill worm descriptions I was able to find describe white/green
worms which are barely measured in millimeters... this seems not be fit
the description.

If anyone has any idea what this is, it'd be helpful in choosing the right
medication. The added complication is that this Cichlid is holding (for
at least 2 weeks now), together with another one, and both are in a
sectioned-off area of the main tank. I don't know if I should wait for it
to release the babies prior to attempting treatment and quarantine...

Thanks for any help,
Akom

Again, just an opinion, but are you sure it was gill worms? I wasn't there,
and I have never seen them, never have seen pictures on the net of them, so
I'm totally clueless, but here's what I've got...

Gill Worms (Dactylogyrus). a white worm extruding from gills is a parasite

http://www.altavista.com/web/results...ls=1&avkw=aapt

I used MSN, but it kept giving problems, so Altavista gave me a whole page
full of links, here ya go...


--
RedForeman ©®


"Akom" wrote in message
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Well,

by morning time it was gone, but the gills are still red and puffy.

Now I'm faced with figuring out:
A) what to treat with
B) where to treat (main tank if all are now contaminated, or not?)
C) when to treat (before or after she releases the babies)


On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:53:45 -0500, RedForeman ©® wrote:

Just my opinion, but if I saw, physically saw something hanging out of a
gill, I'd probably be taking some tweezers and seeing if I could get it
out... THEN I'd worry about what it was... Identifying it is key, and
without knowing, it could have been a poop string a pl*co just let go...
who
knows....

--
RedForeman ©®


"Akom" wrote in message
news
Hi,

I have a Red Zebra Malawi Cichlid which has a black string about an
inch
long dangling out of one gill. Both gills appear to be red and
swollen.
All the gill worm descriptions I was able to find describe white/green
worms which are barely measured in millimeters... this seems not be fit
the description.

If anyone has any idea what this is, it'd be helpful in choosing the
right
medication. The added complication is that this Cichlid is holding
(for
at least 2 weeks now), together with another one, and both are in a
sectioned-off area of the main tank. I don't know if I should wait for
it
to release the babies prior to attempting treatment and quarantine...

Thanks for any help,
Akom