Blue Face Angel With Worm On His Side

[pind4070]

I obtained about a 4.5 in Blue face angel about 1.5 months ago. Quarantine tanked initially and had a ich outbreak 1 week into quarantine. Treated with hypo salinity for 5 weeks and placed into display tank 1 week ago. The day after being placed in display tank I noticed one of his scales was out of place and assumed maybe he had a disagreement with a tank mate over night (although about day 3 had my suspicion it could be some sort of external parasite). Today (day 7) the first dislocated scale fell off and there is an obvious parasite/worm looking thing protruding from his body. I am attaching some pictures
( http/www.flickr.com/photos/48448315@N04/?saved=1 ). Please any help in diagnosing and treating this little #28### would be great. The fish is still active eating and generaly enjoying life.

Display tank
180g with 40g wet dry/30gallong refugium with 6in deep sand bed
PH 8.1
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0.1 (having some issues with local water supply unless would be 0)
Nitrate >20
Phosphates 0
Fish tank mates include 13in tesselata eel, 7in porcupine puffer, 5in Yellow tail Red Coris Wrasse, 2.5in dog face, 2in maroon clown, 1 watchman gobi, 1 other type of sand sifter gobie I dont like lol, 2.5 male lyretail anthias, 1 in female lyretail, 1 in blue damsel, and 1 in flame angel
Food includes frozen Market shrimp, pe mysis shrimp, spirulina brine shrimp, dried sea weeds, and formula 2 marine pellets

 

[fishfinderdave]

I obtained about a 4.5 in Blue face angel about 1.5 months ago. Quarantine tanked initially and had a ich outbreak 1 week into quarantine. Treated with hypo salinity for 5 weeks and placed into display tank 1 week ago. The day after being placed in display tank I noticed one of his scales was out of place and assumed maybe he had a disagreement with a tank mate over night (although about day 3 had my suspicion it could be some sort of external parasite). Today (day 7) the first dislocated scale fell off and there is an obvious parasite/worm looking thing protruding from his body. I am attaching some pictures
( http/www.flickr.com/photos/48448315@N04/?saved=1 ). Please any help in diagnosing and treating this little #28### would be great. The fish is still active eating and generaly enjoying life.

Display tank
180g with 40g wet dry/30gallong refugium
PH 8.1
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0.1 (having some issues with local water supply unless would be 0)
Nitrate >20
Phosphates 0
Fish tank mates include 13in tesselata ee, 7in porcupine puffer, 5in Yellow tail Red Coris Wrasse, 2.5in dog face, 2in maroon clown, 1 watchman gobi, 1 other type of sand sifter gobie I dont like lol 2.5 male lyretail anthias, 1 in female lyretail, 1 in blue damsel, and 1 in flame angel
Food includes frozen Market shrimp, pe mysis shrimp, spirulina brine shrimp, dried sea weeds, and formula 2 marine pellets

i dont know much on marine illness i kno a small amount but not on this.
sorry
nice fish though.

 

[seffieuk]

Get that fish out now and put it in quaranteen - many parasites on fish will drop off into the tank and then infect other fish. I have looked at your photo but its not close enough to identify the parasite - google isopod

He is one beauty though

Seffie x