6 Dead fish in 3 days

[caylynn]

So a couple of days ago I found my male guppy that I had just gotten from PetSmart swimming around with an orangey-brown worm hanging out of his side...and more on the tank bed. I removed him and scooped out the rest, gravel-vacced, and did a 50% water change. All the other fish looked ok. The next day the female guppy had one too. I moved her in with him....I had to wait to get treatment because I live an hour away from anything except Wal-Mart....which had nothing for internal parasites...and I had to work. I came home to find both guppies and 4 of my neon tetras....which are in the tank I removed the guppys from...dead. I called PetSmart, and they agreed to replace my fish and also give me meds for my tank. I almost got the Jungle parasite clear but I have ghost shrimp in the tank....and it is harmful to them. Can't move the shrimp to the other tank because the goldfish will get them....so I got Gel-tek. Got home to find my other 3 tetras colorless and barely swimming. I put some of the Gel-tek in and went to bed. This morning their color was back....they were swimming with the school....but I am afraid it may have spread to my frogs also? So, 3 questions:

Can African dwarf frogs get camellanus or anchor worms?
Should I treat the water also or just the fish with the Geltek?
What can I treat the water with that is safe for frogs, tetras, guppies, and shrimp?

 

[H2O]

Sorry for your loss!
Try Prazi-Pro. It should help, without being harmful to any of your pets. (double check on frogs, though) They won't have it at Wal-Mart, you might have to order it.
I would treat with it as well as Geltek, I recently had an infestation of camelanus worms, and it seemed to do the trick.
Have you shared any equipment with the goldfish tank? If so, you might want to treat it as well with the Prazi-Pro just to make sure.
Best of luck.

 

[caylynn]

Thanks

Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought about it but I do share my net and my gravel vac between tanks. The Gel-Tek seems to be working well...I will check on the Prazi-Pro.....crossing my fingers for live fish when I get off work.

 

[FroggyFox]

How are they doing?

 

[caylynn]

The Gel-Tek seemed to work pretty well. I lost one more tetra...and 3 ghost shrimp...but the shrimp actually got eaten by one of my frogs....apparently Gel-Tek does not fill them up....hmm. But all my fish look better now and I haven't lost one in a couple days....so hopefully its over.

 

[caylynn]

Ok, now I lost my female ADF. I think it might be because of the shrimp though, not the worms....they were pretty big shrimp, and she ate 3 in a day....she was just bloated on the bottom of the tank.