A couple of weeks ago I grabbed a bunch of duckweed out of a pond at my parents house for my tanks. I had recently brought my goldfish in for the winter from my pond and I added some of the duckweed to the tank I am keeping them in. This is where I noticed it first. About a week after adding the duckweed I noticed these strange cone shaped things stuck to a few of
the fishes lips. I netted one of the larger fish out to examine more closely, and it literally looked like a kind of burr from some plant that I remember picking off my clothes when I was little after playing outside. So as I had done then, I simply plucked them off the fishes lip and through it back in. Fish seemed fine but I still thought it was bizarre. Now I noticed it on an angel in another tank where I had added the duckweed. Did the same thing but now I'm worried that it could be some kind of strange parasite or something?? I have no idea though and I'm hoping someone else might have some insight or confirm it really is just a burr like a originally thought and the fish are trying to eat them and they're getting stuck. Pics aren't great but hopefully someone can help. Sorry for the essay and thanks in advance.
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the fishes lips. I netted one of the larger fish out to examine more closely, and it literally looked like a kind of burr from some plant that I remember picking off my clothes when I was little after playing outside. So as I had done then, I simply plucked them off the fishes lip and through it back in. Fish seemed fine but I still thought it was bizarre. Now I noticed it on an angel in another tank where I had added the duckweed. Did the same thing but now I'm worried that it could be some kind of strange parasite or something?? I have no idea though and I'm hoping someone else might have some insight or confirm it really is just a burr like a originally thought and the fish are trying to eat them and they're getting stuck. Pics aren't great but hopefully someone can help. Sorry for the essay and thanks in advance.Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
