Internal Worms?

[d00dy]

My Sailfin started pooping out clumps of stringy things last week... almost looked like chaeto (mostly green). I also noticed him getting skinnier (but he still ate). I had some prazipro at the house so I treated the tank on Friday. All weekend he started hiding, but came out to eat and I made sure to feed him a lot. Today, he is looking a lot better and swimming around but I noticed the clumps again and decided to take pictures. Could someone tell me if this is worms? Will Prazipro work for this, or should I get something else? I planned to do a second treatment on Wednesday. I haven't noticed this on any of the other fish in the tank. Thanks.

 

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[vetteguy53081]

My Sailfin started pooping out clumps of stringy things last week... almost looked like chaeto (mostly green). I also noticed him getting skinnier (but he still ate). I had some prazipro at the house so I treated the tank on Friday. All weekend he started hiding, but came out to eat and I made sure to feed him a lot. Today, he is looking a lot better and swimming around but I noticed the clumps again and decided to take pictures. Could someone tell me if this is worms? Will Prazipro work for this, or should I get something else? I planned to do a second treatment on Wednesday. I haven't noticed this on any of the other fish in the tank. Thanks.

Please repost under white light intensity. It appears to be worms and would be Piscicolidae Worms which are rare to see and similar to round worms or intestinal worms but need more light to identify clearly

 

[d00dy]

Please repost under white light intensity. It appears to be worms and would be Piscicolidae Worms which are rare to see and similar to round worms or intestinal worms but need more light to identify clearly

Yeah, these were just quick phone pictures. I got out the DSLR to take better photos but they were already gone... I figured I would go ahead and post the crapy pictures anways.

If I see it again, I will post more pictures.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yeah, these were just quick photo pictures. I got out the DSLR to take better photos but they were already gone... I figured I would go ahead and post the crapy pictures anways.

If I see it again, I will post more pictures.

other that just crossed my mind is algae strips when expelled may look like worms

 

[Jay Hemdal]

The most common cause of this is undigested algae. Have you added chaeto or anything to its diet?

Prazi only helps with tapeworms and flukes, it does not treat other types of worms.

Generally, parasitic worms stay inside the fish, as they die without their host, so they don’t want to leave.

 

[d00dy]

So, this guy was acting a lot better, but is acting strange again. This time he has what looks like a ball or something in his stomache and is hiding. I noticed today, one of his sides has some red spots, maybe bacteria infection? When I feed him, he is super slow and almost acts blind or something... In other words he doesn't really seem to know where the food is and misses it sometimes.

Nothing has really changed in my tank, I haven't added any fish in a long time.

Here is a video of him as well.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

So, this guy was acting a lot better, but is acting strange again. This time he has what looks like a ball or something in his stomache and is hiding. I noticed today, one of his sides has some red spots, maybe bacteria infection? When I feed him, he is super slow and almost acts blind or something... In other words he doesn't really seem to know where the food is and misses it sometimes.

Nothing has really changed in my tank, I haven't added any fish in a long time.

Here is a video of him as well.

Weird - the video shows the fish’s belly to be thin, but there is swelling above that. I don’t know what would account for that, perhaps a tumor.