Aquariums: Anyone know what this is? it attached itself to my balloon molly and i thought it was having a stroke or something but then i found this guy moving around the mollies body
Anyone know what this is? it attached itself to my balloon molly and i thought it was having a stroke or something but then i found this guy moving around the mollies body
Posted by Beginning_Sky651
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Full_Ad_3226 on
It’s a fish louse. They give me the heebie jeebies. 🙁
I would check for more lice and ask around or Google for a tank treatment.
Edit: I should mention fish lice are a type of crustacean, not a bug. They’re more common in like koi, but I’ve seen quite a few posts about them in smaller aquariums.
ComfortableFold2862 on
Fish lice, what that other guy said, bad thing, manual removal AND potassium permanganate bath
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It’s a fish louse. They give me the heebie jeebies. 🙁
I would check for more lice and ask around or Google for a tank treatment.
Edit: I should mention fish lice are a type of crustacean, not a bug. They’re more common in like koi, but I’ve seen quite a few posts about them in smaller aquariums.
Fish lice, what that other guy said, bad thing, manual removal AND potassium permanganate bath