Will Interpet No. 12 get rid of anchor worms?

[SophieJaynne]

I have treated a weather loach and two shebunkins with Interpet No. 12 (anti crustacean parasite) but I keep reading that you have to pull anchor worms out of fish with tweezers?! It does not say anything about this on the bottle so I am a bit confused as to what will happen. Will the worms just die and fall out or will I still have to manually remove them?

[chefkeith]

I don't think there is a medication that can kill anchor worms. I think the medications just keep them from reproducing.

[SophieJaynne]

So will I need to remove them then? Oh god I really don't like the idea of that!

[mickthefish]

Keith, flubenol does mate, one of my garra's had a few on the tail once treated with flubenol within a short period of time they'd gone.

mick

[Laura]

That sound easier than removing them.
I think you saw the post here where Diana and I took them off our fish - it wasn't hard. http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=14995

[chefkeith]

Thanks Mick. I was thinking of Dimilin. This med keeps anchor worms from reproducing. I'm not sure how the other meds would work because the head of the anchor worm is encapsulated inside the fish.

SophieJaynne- Don't remove the anchor worm, you could injure the fish. It will fall off eventually after it dies.

edit- I'm just going by what my books say and what I've read at various websites. Some here have had better experience with this parasite, so perhaps they know better.

[SophieJaynne]

Thanks for all your help guys. I will do a water change and then add some flubenol and cross my fingers! Thank you again.

[SophieJaynne]

Ok, I have been looking around to find somewhere to buy flubenol from and I have found loads of info on it but nowhere I can actually order it! Apparently flubenol 15 is the one I am looking for? I am in the UK. Thankyou in advance.

[SophieJaynne]

will wormer plus do the job? I have read that it contains flubenol?