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Missent?

^ I think that means sent wrong or somethin...

You have a tough puffer mommy job, but you've got to be world record best ever.

Actually they sent it to the wrong city, zip. Not the guy that shipped it, he sent it to the correct address. The post office buffed this up.

That was an interesting article. Everything I had read or heard didn't mention Saltwater fish being susceptible.

Dadof4 wrote:That was an interesting article. Everything I had read or heard didn't mention Saltwater fish being susceptible.

Excatly! That's why I'm so freaked now. I even asked if my saltwater fish could catch this and I was told no. The article implies different.

I'm curious to the mode of reproduction now. Is this proglottid spread? If so, that must be one tough outer shell because if it wasn't they'd have osmotic lysis and die off when they hit the high SG! Now you got me curious and I may have to go hit the medical research library at work.....

Please do. Then you can do all the research and tell me all about it "in english".

Don't believe everything you read.

I was visiting another fish keeper today, and she had a med that is supposed to cure those nasty worms Annabelle has: Sera Nematol. I'm sorry if this has been posted before in this topic. I have a bad memory...

Troender wrote:I was visiting another fish keeper today, and she had a med that is supposed to cure those nasty worms Annabelle has: Sera Nematol. I'm sorry if this has been posted before in this topic. I have a bad memory...

I haven't seen that one. Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully her meds will be here today or tomorrow.

I just got information from the other fish keeper (she is reading this thread, but she isn't a member here, so she can't post) that Nematol can be dangerous for scaleless fishes, so I guess you will have to skip that one. But it's nice to know that it's out there, if any other fish gets infected with those nasty worms.

I finally got her meds last night. I was hoping it would come on my day off so that I could keep a close eye on her reaction. I'm thinking about waiting to start treatment on Sunday. I'm scared she might have a bad reaction to it and I want to be home to keep an eye on her just incase something goes wrong.

Want opions:
Should I wait until Sunday? I'll be off for 4 days starting Sunday thru Wed.
Or Should I go ahead with the treatment tonight?

i would wait until you can be there Lissa....no sense risking her life at this point...you've been thru too much for such a small waiting time......besides....she's doing well so far.....don't temp fate.....be there with her ......

I've linked to this topic on a Norwegian forum, for people to learn from what Annabelle has been going through. They are really impressed with your care! One person gave me a link for using the med you are going to try on her. Here it is. The good part is that this has been used on loaches, which are scaleless like puffers.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Annabelle! And so are many Norwegian non-puffer-owners (the person giving me the link, has a suvattii though)! Your puffer is getting famous for her IP attacks!

Thanks Troender, that was one of the first links about the meds that I read. I actually got in contact with the guy that wrote the article about the worms. He's been very helpful. Turns out he's the same guy I ordered the meds from. It didn't snap that he was the same person until I went to email him about his article to get more information on how the worms or if the worms would effect saltwater fish also. He told me that it was two different species and I didn't have to worry about my sw tank catching them. I'm relieved about that. I just have to treat the two fw tanks. One is a community tank and the other is Annabelle's tank. I'm still talking with the guy through email, I'll keep everyone posted.