Got my fish delivery online today, while acclimating I noticed this on its gill just now?! What can I do with this/for this? Thanks for taking time to check this out!
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Pics very fuzzy and almost too close. Need clearer pics but may be trematodes or Piscicolidae worm. Need to confirm thoughGot my fish delivery online today, while acclimating I noticed this on its gill just now?! What can I do with this/for this? Thanks for taking time to check this out!
Googled both, not really sure. It looks like a reddish tube with 2 curly cues coming out of it and pretty long.Pics very fuzzy and almost too close. Need clearer pics but may be trematodes or Piscicolidae worm. Need to confirm though
Just went on a larger screen and looks so much like a thread worm but they are mainly freshwaterGoogled both, not really sure. It looks like a reddish tube with 2 curly cues coming out of it and pretty long.
Found this, closest thing I can find. A reply from @Jay Hemdal on the second page here along with yourself.Just went on a larger screen and looks so much like a thread worm but they are mainly freshwater
Ah yes, egg mass.Found this, closest thing I can find. A reply from @Jay Hemdal on the second page here along with yourself.
Worms on firefish gills?
Help! I noticed a stringy whitish-opaque parasite on one side of my firefish's gills. I had him in in freshwater for 3 minutes but it didn't fall off. What should I do? Is it not flukes? This picture is of him on the way to quarantine.www.reef2reef.com
Googled both, not really sure. It looks like a reddish tube with 2 curly cues coming out of it and pretty long.
Good morning Jay, I always thought that copepods did reproduce in aquariums? Just curious here.Those are copepod egg cases. Don't try to remove them, as the female copepod is deep in the fish and pulling her out will damage the fish. Luckily, most copepods don't reproduce in aquariums, although this infection may prove fatal, it won't spread.
Here is an article on higher parasites of fish:
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/arthropod-parasites-of-aquarium-fish-hemdal.792/
These species typically have a planktonic larval stage that really has a difficult time surviving in home aquariums (they tend to get filtered out before they can mature and infect new fish).Good morning Jay, I always thought that copepods did reproduce in aquariums? Just curious here.
Ahhh, okay, got ya. thank youThese species typically have a planktonic larval stage that really has a difficult time surviving in home aquariums (they tend to get filtered out before they can mature and infect new fish).
I think I'd have to see the pod removed in this case, as I haven't researched these types of pods yet, and at least a few species from the genus have similar-looking eggs; I would guess postmetamorphic adult female Cardiodectes as well at this point, though.I can narrow it down to "probably something in the Cardiodectes genus" though @ISpeakForTheSeas may be able to help from here.