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Article #1302Re: Fish parasites?
From: Ken Dalka
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 16:37
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 16:37
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> About a week ago, after I did a partial > water change, vacuuming up the gravel as I usually do, I noticed that there > were little white thingies floating in the tank. They were white, about 2-4 > mm long and very thin, looking almost like hair. The fish were eating some > of them. I had some things in my tank a few months ago that sound the same. I asked the pet shop about them and they said they were nematodes (They didn't tell me how to spell it so I'm guessing) They said the nematodes were harmless and that they are good for the fish to eat. I never had any problems with disease either before or after I noticed them so I assumed that the pet shop was right. They also said they didn't really know what causes them to show up, they just kinda happen sometimes. -- Ken Dalka (Bell Labs) ihnp4!ihlpg!dalka IE 2F-518 (312) 416-7437
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!hoptoad!amdahl!ihnp4!ihlpg!dalka From: dalka@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Ken Dalka) Newsgroups: rec.pets,alt.aquaria Subject: Re: Fish parasites? Message-ID: <4851@ihlpg.ATT.COM> Date: 17 Feb 88 16:37:32 GMT References: <23207@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 18