Bronze Cory White Worm?
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I am by no means an expert on fish disease, but two things are obvious to me.
(1) It ain't bacterial.
(2) It ain't internal.
(1) It ain't bacterial.
(2) It ain't internal.
I've been told it's not a anchor worm and was suggested to treat it for bacterial meds by this thread. I hate treating for something that does not exist. Anyone suggest me trying to remove it?
I wouldn't suggest that, no, it'd probably give the fish a coronary anyway, but also I suspect it, whatever it is, doesn't want to let go, so you could potentially damage the gills by trying.
I'd go for an external parasite med, but I would suggest running a carbon filter for a few days first, to get rid of the anti-bacterial med. This is probably just me being overly-cautious, but I don't like having 2 different meds in the water at the same time. Just feels wrong.
Don't have any carbon and wont have any till next week. I've treated this tank with 2 different meds now and am about to put the fish down as I can't keep throwing money at meds that just seem to lead to something else sadly
I think it is some sort of worm parasite
With Anchor worms they can take several months before the worm becomes visible in form of holes or ulcers on the fish's body. After laying eggs, the worm dies off.
Since the worm can not be removed by hand, a potassium permanganate bath for about 20 minutes should cure it (dosage 10ml/l).
At least with a permangante bath you wont be treating the entire tank, but if it is something like anchor worm, I dare say in time you will need to dose the entire tank. There are quite a few anti-parasite medications available, personally I would fully investigate the inforamtion on each type before adding any to your tank. From careful reading I was able to stumble across a broad spectrum medication that I have found safe to use even with shrimp in the tank.
With Anchor worms they can take several months before the worm becomes visible in form of holes or ulcers on the fish's body. After laying eggs, the worm dies off.
Since the worm can not be removed by hand, a potassium permanganate bath for about 20 minutes should cure it (dosage 10ml/l).
At least with a permangante bath you wont be treating the entire tank, but if it is something like anchor worm, I dare say in time you will need to dose the entire tank. There are quite a few anti-parasite medications available, personally I would fully investigate the inforamtion on each type before adding any to your tank. From careful reading I was able to stumble across a broad spectrum medication that I have found safe to use even with shrimp in the tank.
You only asked about this fish 4 days ago, is it still swimming irratically or has that stopped I was presuming so after the pm saying the med was working? What antibacterial med are you using, most I know of are a course of at least 5 days. If that white lump has a forked tail then yes its an anchor worm, but from the picture its too large for an anchor worm and gill flukes you can usually only see magnified. I think you will find once the antibacterial medication course has finished the lump will just drop off, but I could be wrong.
The med had some sort of effect that he stopped for a day, But the next day the parasite or whatever it is had pushed out futher from his gill and the fish is now trying to leave the tank. He's hit the light so hard that I swear I can see what looks like blood left from him. Will my tank have anymore of this? I'll be finishing the treatment as best I can but I don't think I can do much else for him afterwords, It's starting to burn a hole in my wallet for one cory that cost me 2 quid. Yes I know am trying my best but I'd rather stop him for suffering anymore than spend money on meds that only have a small chance of even helping him only for him to suffer more.
Do you by any chance have a breeding net/ trap that can be suspended near the surface of the tank, away from bright light but still near the filter?
I was thinking if you keep medicating and have him in a net/ trap then you could also put a large artificial leaf over the surface of the net. This will furhter shade the cory (less stress about being in bright light), while providing a softish roof incase the cory makes another bid for freedom. I have a large leaf that for one of my Siamese fighters (even though mine dont try to jump out) and he loves resting on the leaf and under it.
If you do use a leaf in conjunction with a net just make sure there is still an air pocket for the cory to gulp air from.
By the sounds of it the parasite is starting to vacate your cory, hence the extra efforts of the cory to esacpe, it would have to hurt having whatever it is attached to any body part.
I was thinking if you keep medicating and have him in a net/ trap then you could also put a large artificial leaf over the surface of the net. This will furhter shade the cory (less stress about being in bright light), while providing a softish roof incase the cory makes another bid for freedom. I have a large leaf that for one of my Siamese fighters (even though mine dont try to jump out) and he loves resting on the leaf and under it.
If you do use a leaf in conjunction with a net just make sure there is still an air pocket for the cory to gulp air from.
By the sounds of it the parasite is starting to vacate your cory, hence the extra efforts of the cory to esacpe, it would have to hurt having whatever it is attached to any body part.
I guess but if it does leave his body wont it have left eggs inside him? Is there any risk of this becoming worse and infection the other fish? I don't want something in my fish can that suddenly spread to the rest of the, I have a QT tank ready and waiting. Shall I move him to it?
Sadly nothing till my paycheck comes through on monday, I've already spent a good 15 quid on meds for nothing.
To be fair, it's still early days with this medication. It took nearly 3 weeks of treatment to sort my bronze cory with her funky white things out. Have you seen this thing move at all? Looks way too big to be an anchor worm, and looks the wrong shape too?
How's his behaviour doing otherwise? Has swimming improved at all?
How's his behaviour doing otherwise? Has swimming improved at all?
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