Cthulhu Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 10g QT - Thought it was cycled, but it no longer is. Water Parameters: pH - 8.2 Nitrates - 0 Hardness - 150 Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0.3 KH/Buffer - 200 Water Temperature - 77.2 F (Single setting, I thought it would be fine for a QT tank) Hey everyone! After listening to the COOP live-streams over the last month this forum sound like the best so I joined up! I've been trying to get some rainbow fish for quite some time (really hard to get right now!) and believe it or not I found some at Petco. Sadly, when I got them a little over a week ago they were looking a bit lethargic and I knew they needed to be quarantined (learned my lesson once upon a time!). They were all very frightened and showed signs of ich the next morning and many exhibited flashing/twitching; my guess is multiple sicknesses. I started treatment with Imaginarium Parasite Remedy as I have had success in the past, but after a little time it got a lot worse. I took the plants out and did a 2T/5g solution per Coop article as I have also had success with this in larger tanks. On day 6they are ich free and coloring up, they are much happier now and show a lot of energy overall! Where I am now: Day 6 of salt treatment, ich clear, but I plan to go 10 days. One of the Rainbows hangs back from the group and upon closer inspection has an odd, worm-like thing coming out of 'her' gills or very close to, see image. I tried to research long black parasites but could not find anything, gill flukes are supposed to be microscopic right? Since I started seeing it about 4 days back part of it quickly turned white, which doesn't come through the image well. I have noticed at least one other still flashing but have not seen the worm on any other fish. Any thoughts? What I want to do: I am not sure if the salt will take care of this or if the fish have any additional issues. I do not have any of the trio (yet), but I do have some General Cure (similar ingredients to ParaCleanse) I picked up a while back, but I am not sure if I should dose along side the Aquarium Salt... there is not a lot of information dosing with both and the information I do find is either DO NOT do this or it's completely fine. Any experiences, suggestions, or cautions? Thanks in advance! Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 It could be an anchor worms it'sdifficult to tell for sure off that picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Hmmm... I had passed off anchor worms based on some of the images I saw along with commonality and species, but per your suggestion I looked into them more I think you are right! Bummer. Looks like these can be a hassle to get rid of? I see some people say you can remove with tweezers? Makes me a bit nervous but I have pretty steady hands. Sounds like General Cure won't do these guys in, Coop recommends CyroPro? I have attached a few clearer pictures to help better identify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Cthulhu said: Hmmm... I had passed off anchor worms based on some of the images I saw along with commonality and species, but per your suggestion I looked into them more I think you are right! Bummer. Looks like these can be a hassle to get rid of? I see some people say you can remove with tweezers? Makes me a bit nervous but I have pretty steady hands. Sounds like General Cure won't do these guys in, Coop recommends CyroPro? I have attached a few clearer pictures to help better identify. If it's anchor worms I would treat with levamisole You Can get it from select aquatics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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