Aquariums: Is this ich? I don’t see it on any of my other fish and I don’t know what the weird stringy bits are on the tail.
Is this ich? I don’t see it on any of my other fish and I don’t know what the weird stringy bits are on the tail.
Posted by EnthuZiast_Z33
4 Comments
Fit_Bag1607 on
It does look like ich
Fishstery on
Ich and flukes
Kermodero on
That fish has parasites unfortunately. It’s most likely ich, did you add anything to the aquarium recently? Also those stringy bits may be anchor worms but I’m not sure. If you can separate it from the others please do, I’d start anti parasite medicine such as ichX immediately. A warmer temperature will also help.
Capybara_Chill_00 on
You got yourself a two-fer!
Protozoan parasite, likely ich, treat with any formalin/malachite green combo like ich x. Don’t raise temps and do 2 courses of treatment after the last white dot disappears; otherwise follow instructions religiously.
Anchor worms, based on size. Treat with Dimilin or another insecticide for anchor worms. If you have shrimp, you will need to isolate all fish for a thirty-day treatment (and hope that’s long enough that all the baby anchor worms died off) as the only treatments for anchor worms will also kill shrimp.
4 Comments
It does look like ich
Ich and flukes
That fish has parasites unfortunately. It’s most likely ich, did you add anything to the aquarium recently? Also those stringy bits may be anchor worms but I’m not sure. If you can separate it from the others please do, I’d start anti parasite medicine such as ichX immediately. A warmer temperature will also help.
You got yourself a two-fer!
Protozoan parasite, likely ich, treat with any formalin/malachite green combo like ich x. Don’t raise temps and do 2 courses of treatment after the last white dot disappears; otherwise follow instructions religiously.
Anchor worms, based on size. Treat with Dimilin or another insecticide for anchor worms. If you have shrimp, you will need to isolate all fish for a thirty-day treatment (and hope that’s long enough that all the baby anchor worms died off) as the only treatments for anchor worms will also kill shrimp.