Is my fish poorly?

[Hezzah]

This is a young skirted tetra. I'm not sure what the white swirls on his head and behind his eye are though. Is this a parasite?

 

[Rocky998]

Looks to possibly be a worm maybe... What are your water parameters using a liquid drop test kit?

 

[I Like Rare Fish]

Looks like parasites.

 

[Hezzah]

Water parameters are as follows
pH 7.2
Ammonia 0.00 ppm
Nitrite 2.0 ppm
Nitrate 5.0 ppm

I know the nitros are high and will start doing daily water changes to bring them into check.

Any suggestions on worms treatments?

 

[Essjay]

It depends on what exactly they are. For intestinal worms, there are meds that kill flat worms, meds that kill round worms and meds that kill both, for example. But external worms?

Are the worm things flat on the skin or inside a raised bubble? Do they look like the photos in this old thread?

Holes In Fish (Cyst That's Exploded)

Hi all. I had a cyst appear on the side of one of my CPDs (Celestial Pearl Danio). I thought maybe it was from scrapping with another fish so didn't do anything. Anyway, that popped and another two have appeared now, so I need to sort something out. I have done a 30% water change and turned on...

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[Hezzah]

It seems to be inside a bubble.
It looks exactly like that picture

 

[Essjay]

There doesn't seem to much info out there on dermosporidia, but the consensus seems to be that it can't be treated and will go away by itself.

Another thread I've just found, a bit more recent than the last one

Is this a worm on my GBR?

Hey so I recently saw these white worm looking things on my gbr. She’s acting normal, not scratching, but this is really concerning to me because there are 4 of them on her and I don’t know how they got in my tank. None of the other fish have them as I can see. Are they harmful? What are they...

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[Rocky998]

Are you sure its

It seems to be inside a bubble.
It looks exactly like that picture

Are you sure its in a bubble? When I was looking at the photo and zoomed in on the fish's back, that worm seemed exposed... But maybe its the way the picture is...