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OK Naboo seems to be getting better and he had his last pink/white poo today and has started pooing brown/black again hooraa

The problem is I was syphoning the tank and I got a mouthfull of dirty water

Straight away I pictured the poos and gaged

Now I'm wondering can I get worms from the water?

Should I have a swig of Naboos Meds

lmao!! omg I did that when I was about 12. I was trying to clean the tank, to surprise my mom when she got home from work. Not only did I get a massive mouthful of poopy water, but I didn't realize the siphon had started. After I got back to the tank, there was less than 25% of the water in the tank.. the rest? ALL OVER THE CARPETED LIVING ROOM FLOOR!!!!

jeeze. We got out the towels and the carpet shampooer, and never said a word about it.

Mom FINALLY found out last year.. 13 years later!


rinse with some really good mouthwash. you should be fine!

puffertt77 wrote:OK Naboo seems to be getting better and he had his last pink/white poo today and has started pooing brown/black again hooraa

The problem is I was syphoning the tank and I got a mouthfull of dirty water

Straight away I pictured the poos and gaged

Now I'm wondering can I get worms from the water?

Should I have a swig of Naboos Meds

I don't think it'll be a problem for you. I'm not a worm expert but the ones you have to watch out for are the tape worms and from what you are describing Naboo didn't have tape worms.

i do that on a regular basis. I did it last night while setting up a new tank... my fluval 404s primer leaver snapped so i sucked on the hose and got a full mouthful of dirty black gunk that collects in those rubbish ribbed pipes! then the sealing rings leaked so i ended up with a wet tank base and carpet! so i siliconed it together from the inside!!! *&%$*%$&$^*^%* im buying a eheim for that tank in a month or so! my only fluval filter ((other than the +range) which are actually good for flow and thats about it!!! in general fluvals are rubbish! i cannot wait to get a nice wet dry eheim on it and throw that thing in the bin! ( i may smash it open just for the beautiful substratpro inside! hahaha

i dont mind getting a mouthfull of water for a eheim though <3

flash.dan wrote:i do that on a regular basis. I did it last night while setting up a new tank... my fluval 404s primer leaver snapped so i sucked on the hose and got a full mouthful of dirty black gunk that collects in those rubbish ribbed pipes! then the sealing rings leaked so i ended up with a wet tank base and carpet! so i siliconed it together from the inside!!! *&%$*%$&$^*^%* im buying a eheim for that tank in a month or so! my only fluval filter ((other than the +range) which are actually good for flow and thats about it!!! in general fluvals are rubbish! i cannot wait to get a nice wet dry eheim on it and throw that thing in the bin! ( i may smash it open just for the beautiful substratpro inside! hahaha

i dont mind getting a mouthfull of water for a eheim though <3

Welcome to the world of fish keeping...lol

yunachin wrote:Welcome to the world of fish keeping...lol

I would'nt mind I've swollowed plenty of dirty fish water before, it's just that I've been treating Naboo for IP and I saw him poo out some nasty white/pink stringy poos today!
Shudda

It's good stuff. J/K , unless you swallowed a gallon or so, you have no reason to worry.

...........i'm so sorry for laughing so hard....but i don't think there's a whole lot of fish keeping folks that haven't done that at some time or another......now about those worms..... .....you might have to be hosed..... .....being that you have "treated" for them...they are more than likely dead....so i don't really think you'll have to worry about infestation......but if you start seeing your stomach moveing around ....and i mean like the movie "alien" moving around i would go to the nearest ER and be evaluated ...... ...just kidding....but i couldn't help it.....i've done that too and i threw up for an hour.....

Lol, I love my "self-starting" gravel vac. Just have to about break my arm pumping it up and down every time I need to vac.

You're probably okay, especially since you are treating for them. So, any parasites should be dead any way. I know, gross right?

I have one of those self starting gravel vacs. I broke the little plastic piece though cause I got mad having to shake it so much

Try getting a mouth full of paludarium water... 100 times worse in my opinion
I actually swallowed a mouthful cause I have to use just the tube cause the whole vac won't fit. So in my water was a little gravel which cause me to choke then gulp. made me very sad.

I've been chugging tank water for over 30 years & still have a weight problem, so I'm pretty sure there's no worms in me.

get a python.

EliWhitney314 wrote:get a python.

I'd love to, but I need a bigger tank to keep it in.
just kiddin.

lol. They work great though. Worth every penny.