Persistent parasite

[shawe1]

This is the 3rd time I have posted about my chocolate cichlid having some kind of parasite.

It's started out with a small reddish looking lump on the caudal fin. I used some iodine on the spot and the symptoms lessened. Then another one appeared and the original one came back. The fish seemed mildly distressed occasionally flashing or shaking but nothing too bad. Water parameters are fine, all other fish are fine and all eating well including the 'sick fish'.

Another parasite has now appeared on the same fish but this time on one of the pelvic fins. This one seems worse than the others, much more red and a lot more visible.

I dosed the tank with some waterlife parazin p but this has had little to no affect.

Can some help as the fish seems to be deteriorating slowly!


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[shawe1]

No advice at all?


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[burbon44s]

Only advice I could give.
Turn up the heat and add plenty of salt.
Might want to quarantine that fish to
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[Aquanero]

it's Anchor worm the free swimming stage of the female has not been killed that's why it's returning. The female is the parasite. Give the fish a 30 min bath of 1 teaspoon of Methylene blue per 5 gallons of water. Use tank water, do this every day for ten days. Treat the tank with Malachite Green at a dosage of 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons of water. Do not use carbon in the tank, and wate at least 30 mins after using a declorinator befor adding Malachite Green to the aquarium. This should clear them out in 10-14 days. Do every other day water changes & substrate cleanning during treatment. They can be stubbron if you don't get them all. Remember Methylene Bule in the bath and Malachite Green in the tank. You can add 1 tablespoon of salt per 5 gallons of water in the tank along with the Malachite Green.