An hour or so after posting yesterday, I discovered more camallanus worms in second-generation mollies. This time, more than one worm in the same fish.
This is devastating because it marks one more time that I thought the problem resolved only to learn it isn’t. The elimination of the problem the hard way will commence today. It breaks my heart, but it has to be done because the true cure is not available in the U.S.
My daughter has convinced me to keep one special fish. It’s a cross between a marbled molly and an orange lyre-tailed molly. I have never seen the father, so this little thing was quite a surprise and totally different from any of her tank-mates. It is explained because mollies can store sperm for up to 6 months before producing fry. This fish just sort of appeared one day, but it is a beautiful hybrid strain.
Logic tells me I should euthanize her also, but people have become attached to her. So, I will isolate her into a small tank by herself and give one more treatment cycle with the praziquantal. However, she will always be confined to solitary because I cannot risk the worms spreading back to the other tanks. That is particularly true with the fish I plan to restock them with. More on that later.
