Parasite?

[tooth517]

I have a 5" female flowerhorn in a 55 hex. Params are good. Temp is at 83 deg. The tank has been up and running 3 months now. I have noticed a few spots where the scales have a slightly yellow tint and are protruding slightly away from the body. Tonight I looked and it looks like there maybe something behind the affected scales. I did one treatment of "copper free" 6 days ago under the assumption this is a parasite infection.The treatment doesn't appear to be helping. Any ideas what I am dealing with?

 

[tooth517]

Tick tock tick tock! Need help please!

 

[Aquanero]

Can you get close up pic of the affected area?

 

[tooth517]

I can try. She doesn't stop moving so I'll have to net her to get a decent pic. She doesn't seem to be rubbing or flashing. It doesn't seem to have any affect on her other than the the visual ones. She has a healthy appetite always. I'll get pics one here asap.

 

[tooth517]

Ok. Here are a couple pics. The first is a pic of the "parasite?" which is now hanging out from behind a scale. The second is of the affected area which has a yellowish tint to it and an arrow pointing at the white "thing" on its side. Both sides of this fish have these symptoms. Please help me figure this out. Thanks!

 

[boldtogether]

Could be anchor worms.
Treat the fish in a hospital tank for parasites with either Lifegaurd, ParaGuard, Ich-Attack or even General-Cure by API.
If she isnt flashing or itching, I would go with Ich-Attack as it is all natural and kills parasites well. It smells weird though, FYI. and I would do a hospital tank for only her.
Good Luck. Thats a nice looking fish. I wish you success.

 

[tooth517]

Could be anchor worms.
Treat the fish in a hospital tank for parasites with either Lifegaurd, ParaGuard, Ich-Attack or even General-Cure by API.
If she isnt flashing or itching, I would go with Ich-Attack as it is all natural and kills parasites well. It smells weird though, FYI. and I would do a hospital tank for only her.
Good Luck. Thats a nice looking fish. I wish you success.

Thank you! I was wondering how fish get anchor worms, so I can prevent it in the future and if I treat her in a hosp. tank will the tank she's in now(55hex) need to be treated to be rid of any eggs or worms that may be in there?

 

[Snowflake311]

Could be anchor worms.
Treat the fish in a hospital tank for parasites with either Lifegaurd, ParaGuard, Ich-Attack or even General-Cure by API.
If she isnt flashing or itching, I would go with Ich-Attack as it is all natural and kills parasites well. It smells weird though, FYI. and I would do a hospital tank for only her.
Good Luck. Thats a nice looking fish. I wish you success.

you have used ich attack and it worked?? I have tried it twice now and it did NOTHING for me. First time I treated ich for a week with it doesing 2 times a day doing wc every other day and the ich never got better.

I used it again and saw no improvment in my fish.

Coppersafe is a good cure all for parasites of all kinds. I have had it work well even with plants and pictus cats. With parasites you need to treat the whole tank.