Parasite????

Stuginski

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Hi guys. How are you?


I'm facing a problem with my characins fishes.
It seems like a parasite problem.


Symptons: - Little white spots in fins and eyes
- Eyes sometimes clouded...but not the entire eye! Just a portion of the cornea
- Some thin "things" like a baby's hair attached to the fish.


My fishes are eating normally. They aren't rubbing against nothing. All symptons seems to be cyclic and the cycle seems to be fast.


I took that pics from the eye of my tat yesterday, today that eye is almost completely normal...but the other one turned cloudy today.


Note that besides the "large eye spot" there is some small too.
Note the "thin hair thing" in the back of the yt kuda.


My water parameters: no ammonia, nitrates..I really don't know, temp 28-29 celsius, Ph 6.0, WC every week, they eat frozen fish (entire fish not just fillet).


What is this? How can I treat?


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Stuginski

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Thank you but...


What is this? How much salt? Can Stingrays handle with salt treatments (i have one)? and plants?


Thanks


D.
 

burbon44s

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Stingrays can handle salt but plants won't
Not sure of parasite. Maybe ancher worm.
Might be best to pull ray and plants out.

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Stuginski

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Hi Burbon, thank's for your reply.
I'm trying to discover what the hell is it before take of all my plants...stingray etc...
I think that it is possible to be 2 different parasites.
I'm thinking that the "eye one" could be a fluke worm...but I'm not pretty sure.


I'm waitng for a positive ID before starts anything...but it is getting hard.


Thank you


D.
 

Aquanero

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Looks like an eye fluke and anchor worms. Praziquantel will help with the eye fluke. For Anchor worm you have to remove them from the fish and then give a 30 min bath in Methylene blue dosed at 1 teaspoon per gallons of aquarium water. The fish can be placed back into the aquarium being treated with the Prazi.
 

Aquanero

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No Prazi will not kill the plants.
 
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