Parasites?

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fishguy1978

fishguy1978

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My green/turquoise sev has these filamentious things just behind the right gill plate and one just below the left. I'm not seeing anything on the other fish. I do see occasional flashing but I frequently. There has been some chasing of the G/T sev by the H.N. which I'm not sure wasn't courtship related. My initial thought was that this was an aggression injury.
Water tested
Ph ~7.4
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate ~40
Gh 9 drops for color change, 6-11 degrees?
Kh ~5-6 drops for color change, 50-100ppm?
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Do a search for anchor worms and see if that is what they look like. Posting a clear pic of the 'things' would also be helpful.
 
deeda said:
Do a search for anchor worms and see if that is what they look like. Posting a clear pic of the 'things' would also be helpful.
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I updated the first post with pics. I type on my computer and use my phone for picture upload.
 
Hard to make out for obvious anchor worm but I’d try a round of copper. Make sure you check copper levels.
 
I made up a 3g meth blue bath and dunked the sev twice. First dip was ~20 seconds and second dip was ~10 seconds since the bottle states not to exceed 10 seconds. I had a syphon running water out of the tank for a water change so I rinsed the sev between dips and before putting back in the tank. Finishing up a ~50% water change too.
I am going to order a gallon of Paraguard. Should be able to get it here tomorrow.
kno4te said:
Hard to make out for obvious anchor worm but I’d try a round of copper. Make sure you check copper levels.
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I don't want to go the copper route as I have a pothos and Süsswassertang for nitrate removal. If I do have parasites I don't want to transfer them to another tank if I were to move the planter box filter.
 
fishguy1978 said:
I made up a 3g meth blue bath and dunked the sev twice. First dip was ~20 seconds and second dip was ~10 seconds since the bottle states not to exceed 10 seconds. I had a syphon running water out of the tank for a water change so I rinsed the sev between dips and before putting back in the tank. Finishing up a ~50% water change too.
I am going to order a gallon of Paraguard. Should be able to get it here tomorrow.

I don't want to go the copper route as I have a pothos and Süsswassertang for nitrate removal. If I do have parasites I don't want to transfer them to another tank if I were to move the planter box filter.
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Copper shouldn’t effect the plants.
 
After doing the MB bath the streamers were gone the next day. Since I am teleworking and spending the full day in my fish room I observed the H.N. pursuing the Turquoise sev with the intent to harm. I moved the T. sev into the 55g with the chocolate. I checked on him just now and the places on the gill plates are healing.
 
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