Microglanis sp.

[CassCats]

They are all clear, and after this week's water changes, they should be going into the main tank

They've even gotten much fatter

They like to wedge themselves behind the pump lol weird fish

 

[CassCats]

They've entered the main tank, i doubt i shall see them often from now on

 

[fishorama 10]

So cute! It'll extra exciting to see them once in a while

 

[CassCats]

I ended up eventually buying the rest from the store, because the original batch the rest didnt sell by the time I went back. So now I have 8 of these chonkers.

The ladies are huge lol

I love these goobers. They have hilariously overjoyed reactions to food time, but you dont usually see them until then. They wedge themselves into all of the wood in the tank

 

[TwoTankAmin1]

Cass this is not new. Here is a paper that might help.
Means of increasing the effectiveness of the treatment of ectoparasitic diseases in fish


And there is this which credits the identification of it in 1997.

Bauer, O.N. and Iunchis, O.N., 2001. A new genus of parasitic ciliata from tropical fishes. Parazitologiia, 35(2), pp.142-144.

Abstract​

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Ichthyophthirius schlotfeldti Yunchis, 1997 (Ophryoglenidae) was described by the junior author from aquarium fishes from South-East Asia. In the present paper this species is separated into a new genus Neoichthyophthirius gen. n. The reproduction of this species takes place within the epithelium of fishes and not in water as in Ichthyophthirius multifilius. Neoichthyophthirius schlotfeldti has a ring-shaped macronucleus with ends overlapping. Maximum temperature, when the reproduction is possible, is about +34 degrees. The parasite is pathogenous and causes a mortality of aquarium fishes.