Deworming

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

Could someone post the best way and meds to use to deworm a seahorse? I think it would be good to have on this site. I noticed one of my seahorses has stringy poop. (My last male) How do you know if it's worms or parasites? I have looked on the org, and there seems to be different ways and different meds. If one has it, should I worm all of them? Since the stringy poop is in the main tank, won't it infect the entire tank now? Grrrr how do I treat the display tank? (Yes I QT'd this seahorse. I had 2 in QT and I never seen the stringy poop in the QT tank. It just started to get stringy)

Thanks,
Angie

[seahorsedreams]

Stringy poop is indeed a sign of intestinal worms however it is more commonly seen in fish that are not eating well. But I believe yours are WC aren't they? So that does increase the risk of worms. PraziPro would be what I would and have used. You would use the standard instructions on the side of the product. I have the 1oz bottle and wouldn't be able to read it if I wanted to. Where your horses didn't have stringy poop in WT and now does... I'm thinking it's an eating issue not necessarily a worm issue.
Everyone make sure you do not medicate in a diaplay tank!

One way worms are spread is when one animals eats another animals infected poop.... and horses can be poop eaters.... accidentally or otherwise.

[Reef_Angel]

If it isn't one thing Angie, it's another. No meds in your pile for worming huh? I'm going to Madison tomorrow I think. I won't know until around 10-11am, but I may just go. Maybe this would be a good day for you to come with me if you want. Call me around 11am tomorrow! ....Angel

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

I do have a few dewormers. I'm just not sure which one would be most effective. I have PraziPro. I will feed it out to some shrimp them feed the seahorse in the AM. I just know there are others that I have read about. Deworming is the easiest treatment I have had to do.

As for my seahorses being WC, I'll never know. The LFS I got them from says they are captive bred. I don't believe it. With all of the diseases I've had with them, I have to believe they are wild caught. I can't imagine them being from a breeder. The first batch that she got in had parasitic isopods on them. They wouldn't come off in a FW bath so I did a formalin dip. That didn't work, so I ended up removeing about 15 - 20 of them from all different horses with a tweezers. I added wound controle to the spots I pulled them from. Talk about tramatized seahorses.
I can't imagine CB seahorses haveing the parasitic isopods on them. More likely in WC. I treated them and QT'd them as WC just to be on the safe side.

Angie

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

Susan, I will give you a call in the morning...sounds good.

[seahorsedreams]

Oh Sorry Angie, I thought you had said previously they were WC. Were they kept in a tank connected to the store's "common system" or were they in stand alone tank before you bought them?

[Reef_Angel]

It would be nice to locate a photo of passed Seahorse poop with worms in it. I think it would be a good piece of info for any of us that own seahorses. Most of the time, my seahorses do-do looks like chopped mysis all bunched together. They will approach it as possible food and then turn away from it. i have seen some poop lately with a filmy clear substance along with it, and a little brown string along with the white mysis poop. Is this indeed worms that my seahorses have. I honestly thought it was normal, but now you've all got me wondering. My seahorses are tank raised, and I really don't know what they could have had that would cause worms as they haven't had anything new introduced into the tank. Somebody, me included....should try to snag a picture of pony poop! lol Let's be sure before we treat it as such. I know I'd appreciate knowing for sure I wasn't treating something that was normal.
....Angel :angel1:

[seahorsedreams]

i have seen some poop lately with a filmy clear substance along with it, and a little brown string along with the white mysis poop.

That sounds like intestinal flagellates.

[Reef_Angel]

Thanks for the info Renee. As long as you have a name for the intestinal flagellates, would you mind posting an explaination of what they are. It would be helpful to me and any others who may have followed the thread to know what to do for them and where to find addition information. Thanks!
.....Angel :angel1:

That sounds like intestinal flagellates.

[seahorsedreams]

You asked for it.....:-)



Normal poop on the left.... stringy poop to the right.