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[convict360]

Afternoon all,

I think one or two of my white cloud minnows have gill flukes, after seeing flesh like protrusions at the gills.

Can anyone confirm or suggest an alternative prognosis? Secondly, I just got a new batch of cherry shrimp, is there a way of treating without killing the shrimp?

I've heard prazi doesn't affect them?

Thanks in advance

 

[Hendre]

Prazi, according to a few sites, does not contain copper, and is good for flukes.

Don't take my word for it, but it should work

 

[Wailua Boy]

Prazi is shrimp safe. That very fat white cloud looks to be carrying internal parasite of some kind, she's a little too big to be just gravid IMO. As far as gill flukes, hard to say by picture but sounds plausible. I would run prazi/metro to rule out most issues.

 

[monkeybike]

You can do a formalin dip on the affected fish.

 

[convict360]

Closer pic

 

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Aquanero

 

[Charney]

anchor worms should look like a fine strand coming from the gills. Metro or prazi will not touch that. You can use a combo of prazi and metro for many internal parasites and flagellate parasites.
From the picture it looks like the gill plate may be eroding? Is the protrusion ventral?