MICROBE-LIFTLice and Anchor Worm for Saltwater and Freshwater Aquariums and Fish Tanks, 4 Fl Oz

This product is very easy to use. The dosage rate on the bottle works perfectly for my 20 gallon. I'm on the second week of treatment and so far the results have been positive. I will have to perform the full 3 week treatment cycle to be sure but so far it seems to taking care of the Anchor Worm infestation in my tank. No noticeable harm to fish, snails or plants.

directions on amazon site state use one ounce per 300 galdirections on bottle state use one teaspoon per 20 gal

I ordered this medication to help kill anchor worm and it exceeded my expectations. It killed the parasite faster than I expected. As others have said, the results came as early as one week. I no longer saw my betta itch. It helped him immensely, as he was extremely miserable.The problem started when I had accidentally introduced new plants that I had ordered online and did not quarantine them. Five to six days after I had placed them in my aquarium, I noticed my betta looked very irritated and was scratching his body on rocks and anything sharp in the aquarium. At first I did not know what the problem was, until I saw very small parasites hanging off the side of his skin. So that is when I did my research and found out what this parasite was. It’s not a true worm but a crustacean that sucks the blood of your fish. I was desperate to help get rid of it. Since my aquarium is heavily planted, I could not use salt. I was forced to use another solution and that is when I found this product. I bought it based on the positive reviews and I wasn’t sure if it would work as quickly as it did. To my surprise, my betta stopped itching against objects the first week I started the dose. As the bottle states, you must use at least three consecutive doses at one dose per week. I’ve already finished with each of the doses and I see no signs of anchor worm. My betta is back to his healthy self again and he’s happy and so am I! I highly recommend this medication for anyone who wants to kill anchor worm super fast!

My five fish died. I only have my sucker fish left and he has more anchor worms than he did before so this product does not work.

After first 4 days saw visible worms dying (still attached- they were flaccid and changing color) Prior to purchase, I had read all the reviews-the science paper on the mechanism of handling Lice/Anchor Worms, and I recalled one person who thought it didnt work till he pulled the worm off the fish. So, i grabbed the biggest fish (mine are small) and tweezed it off--sure enough it was dead-slippery goo!! YIPPPEEEEEThe others are way too small to tweeze off, so I will run full course and hope the dead bodies just drop off cuz they are unsightly.*Note for the angry fellow submerging lice in this solution--stating it doesnt work--the bottle CLEARLY states its not a poison per say, but kills them through drying out the crustacean skin over time--(osmosis of drying agents soaking crustaceans0 -It is odd some people dont read the instructions and just do things and complain about the product due to their lack of data! Added bonus---its handling my mystery snail explosion and I am so happy!! Those things reproduce like 30 rabbits all at once!!!

I introduced a live plant to my aquarium and didn't quarantine it for 30 days prior to having it with my shubunkuns. As a result they developed a horrible case of Anchor Worms. This product came in fast and it worked within a week of starting treatments. The first thing I did was removed the carbon filter system. I did a 50% water change with each treatment (It recommends a 25% water change each time). I did see the worms disappear within the first week of beginning but I did see this out for the entire 3 week treatment because I wanted to play it safe. Make sure you dose properly! I definitely recommend this product to help get rid of anchorworms fast!

The media could not be loaded. First time I've had to deal with anchor worms. Been a few decades since I've needed any medication. One of our cats jumped onto the glass tank lid one one of our tanks and managed to break it putting shards of glass in the tank, so we had to replace all the gravelI always buy river gravel from Home Depot for the goldfish tanks as it's about 90% cheaper than gravel from Petsmart. The rookie mistake I made was not cleaning the replacement gravel properly this time. I skipped on boiling it so I am to blame for the crustaceans getting into the tank.I followed the dosing instructions and along with manually removing the worms got to no visible parasites within 2 weeks. However just because you don't see them doesn't mean you are clear. I'm 1 1/2 months in and haven't seen any worms for 4 weeks, but am going to continue treating until the 2nd bottle is empty (I had 2 bottles for a 40 gallon tank.) If you stop treating too soon you'll be seeing the worms again. My advice, along with far more partial water changes and manual removal of the worms with tweezers, keep treating for a minimum of 2 months.Much better price than in the local pet and fish stores.

Well it came in a completely different bottle but the name was the same. The anchor worms died but they didn’t fall out so it gave me the illusion they were still there so I was getting really frustrated. I used a bit more than the recommended and it didn’t hurt them a bit. I took one of my fish out and with some tweezers gently pulled on the worms, they were like jelly and just slid on out, proving that they were dead. I just didn’t want the dead ones all over my tank so I took all of them out. They we’re definitely dead.. just hanging on and looking like they weren’t.