Kribensis with lumps

[Shushan]

Flubendazole is also in NT Labs Anti Fluke & Wormer and Maidenhead Aquatics own brand AquaCare Anti Fluke & Wormer (which is probably the same product)

Thanks I will have a look.

Would I have to treat the entire tank or just the female and possibly the male as got them at the same time?

 

[Essjay]

When the worms are in the intestines, you have to treat the whole tank because if one fish is showing signs of worms there will be eggs in the tank which will infect the other fish.
But these worms are not in the intestines, they are in the body tissue, something I've not heard of before. I think it should be OK to treat them in a separate tank, but Colin_T is the one who will know.

 

[Colin_T]

There's a chance deworming the fish won't kill the ones in the muscle tissue so just treat all your fish tanks at the same time to get rid of any intestinal worms while you are at it. That way you know your fish won't have intestinal worms and if the deworming medication works, it will also treat the ones in the body.

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But these worms are not in the intestines, they are in the body tissue, something I've not heard of before.

It's not common and usually occurs in wild caught fishes that have farms next to the river. However, it can also occur in fish grown in ponds that have livestock around the ponds. When it rains heavily the animal waste gets washed into the water and worm eggs go with it. The fish ingest the eggs and they hatch out. The worm larvae crawl around the body and look for the organ they normally live in but get lost and end up somewhere else. Some of these worms might normally live in the lungs of sheep or in the liver. When they end up in fish, they can't find the lungs or liver and just settle wherever they end up.