Val
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Post by Val on Jul 15, 2005 18:59:29 GMT
Everyday for a week sounds fine to me!! that should give it a good try.
Hope it works!!
Val x
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Post by Paul on Jul 16, 2005 4:56:46 GMT
If the treatment begins to work and you find parasites being passed out, I'd suggest you continue longer.
"On my first trial treatment on a Discus I have seen pass a tapeworm in the past I was SUPRISED to see within ONE hour a worm being passed which was removed from the tank-no other worms passed.I thought to myself well thats great but maybe it was just a coincidence-so a few days later I treated again-just before lights out-next morning I switched the light on and within 15 minutes THREE worms started to be passed-it took so long I called work to say I would be late as again it was important the worms were removed. I now as a matter of course do this treatment every 2-3 weeks and have had no more worms pass-all the fish in the tank look great-the treatment had no negative effects on anything in the tank-which is a mixed tropical tank."
"MOST important that ANY worms are removed from the tank so as to stop reinfection due to reingestion.It is a very good idea to do this treatment a fair while before lights out as sometimes it can take hours-if not days for worms to pass."
This suggests that you remove the worms from the tank immediately. This is tricky for snails in a tank full of peat so I'd suggest moving your infected snail to a substrateless tank for treatment. It'll make it far easier to spot any pests coz they won't be able to hide. Perhaps it is only necessary to do it if you are sure the snail is infected with something.
I'm gonna get some pumpkin seeds, after reading through all the links etc, I am filled with some confidence it will help. I'm gonna give all my wild snails a pumpkin-seed rich diet for a while just in case. I also think, adding this food to the diet regularly (perhaps 1 a week, or a course for 2-3 days once a month) would be a great idea. It's very nutritious as well as being repellant to worms. I'd also suggest feeding along with very nutritious food, like hemp etc. It seems logical to me that the best chance of the snail getting nutrition instead of the worms is when they are being attacked or repelled.
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 16, 2005 9:47:34 GMT
Thanks Paul, I feel exactly the same as you about this, and i'm going to include this pumpkin seed mix into their diet as a preventative - and its a bonus that its extremely nutritious! Wouldn't it be great if it worked wooohoo.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2005 18:51:14 GMT
how do you prepare pumpkin seeds? do you have to grind them up? will a pepper grinder do that?
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 16, 2005 19:56:51 GMT
Don't know mike, i use a handblender thingy
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Arno
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Post by Arno on Jul 16, 2005 20:10:10 GMT
i doubt a pepper grinder will do it because the seeds are so big
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Post by Paul on Aug 18, 2005 5:23:41 GMT
I have been using pumpkin seeds and I know Anjie and Emma have. But we have had no results so far as far as I know. How about the people who actually found a worm so that we know the snails actually have worms in the first place? Have you tried it, did it work in any way?One indirect result is that we discovered they love pumpkin seed so it wouldn't be difficult to get them to eat it if it worked as a treatment. I tried substantial amounts of hemp, porridge, chicken mash and pumpkin seeds each in a quarter of a large dish to see which was favoured by my tigers. Rather than eat bits of each they ate the pumpkin, then the hemp, then the chicken mash and then the porridge, eating each one entirely before moving on. They ate them all though ;D So pumpkin seeds get my snails' seal of approval.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2005 8:07:31 GMT
On my first trial treatment on a Discus
whats a discus? you mean those tiny tiny british snails discus rotundatus?
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Post by anjieburdett on Aug 18, 2005 8:39:51 GMT
A discus is a big, round, flat tropical fish - very pretty ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2005 8:48:46 GMT
ohhh right i dunno about fish
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Post by Paul on Aug 18, 2005 13:29:41 GMT
Mike, what do you mean?
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Arno
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Post by Arno on Aug 18, 2005 16:13:25 GMT
Maybe he means that he doesn't know a lot about fish...... Pumpkin seeds are liked by my snails too,don't know if they like pumpkins themselves though
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2005 16:23:47 GMT
Maybe he means that he doesn't know a lot about fish...... yes thats what i meant
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Post by lee2211 on Aug 13, 2010 13:02:02 GMT
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