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ryangrieder

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my trigger is pooping out....his intestance? a worm? what is it?!? its bright white, about 2-3 inches long and about a 1/4 inch wide, but thin like paper...

what the heck???

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ryangrieder

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well i got it out, and it was a white tube thing, i took it out and left it out for like a 5 minutes and it retracted in. it was gross. definetly alive, like a worm. when i had it out my phone was dead and could not get a picture. sorry... but thing is is that i saw another one today, much smaller...but i do not think it fell out...i think it went back in? he as acting perfectly healthy. i just notice it when he eats. i was researching a lot of internal parisite products and ect and it looks like tape worm. people say treat his food with certain medications, and others say leave it alone and he will eventually poop it all out. usually it consists of one main worm, or a few small ones. the main big one is out, but might have one more small one that i saw yesterday. when i feed him today im going to see what happens and grab my camcorder.
 

KathyC

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So - do I win a prize for getting it right? ;)
Gross.

I would use the Prazi-Pro as it will kill the tapeworms and you won't have to worry about your other fish having the same issue.
Keep in mind, they are an issue for the fish as they are 'eating' what he eats.

If you have feather dusters in your tank - you might want to remove the fish to treat...they will likely die from the treatment.
 

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