Uhh...guys,better take a look at this....

[we4wieners]

Dude, I am absolutely paranoid now. I think I see worms all over the tank, damn. Good luck with your treatment!!

 

[krichardson]

I think the lesson here is that quarantine is paramount along with anti parasite medication as Oddball pointed out.


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[F1 VET]

Wow that is worst case scenario right there... This thread should definitely be a sticky! How did it come to have an open sore?


Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

 

[kevinfleming21]

Holy Crap! That's a big round worm! Think you found out the reason for the lumps on your thinbar though..

 

[krichardson]

Wow that is worst case scenario right there... This thread should definitely be a sticky! How did it come to have an open sore?


Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

Well I had been already going through it with this fish as it developed a few lumps on its head.I pierced the lumps with a pin and some whitish fluid drained from them but the biggest one became a scar and then a wound,which is when the worm appeared.


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[surfpalmsncycads]

wow. think it had could have reproduced inside the fish? i hope theres not more than 1. does that med also treat the fish internaly?

 

[krichardson]

I treated the sore with Bio Bandage which probably soaked in and killed the worm as it was already dead when I removed it from the fish.


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[krichardson]

Good question,Surfpalm's,as far as reproduction...Hopefully parasite medication should address that and I am going to try to find the stuff that Oddball mentioned.


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[djaalix]

dude, thats insane!!! yuck!! belongs on that show eaten alive, nice find though, and hopefully the fish makes a full recovery.... i would def look into the med oddball suggested, dont want them getting to any other fish for sure... either way, you are officially the fish surgeon!

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[00rollins]

I bet you were pretty surprized to pull that outta your fish. Was it dangling around half out or did you pull it outta the sore completely.

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