worm

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worm (update with surgery)

I have found a worm on a wild red Eliza...
i am treating the fish with trichlorfon, just using half the normal dosage for bigger cichlids ... are there any effective methods
for this disease? Please advise. Thanks.

 

[fishgeek]

get a hand lens or some magnification and get a better idea of what the critter is
external worms are not that common, terminology now
options

louse- argulus
anchor worm - lernea
leech - pissicola


external metazoan parasites are a possibilty
as with most other external parasites you should have this fish in QT and avoid potential intermediate hosts(live foods) copepods/snails etc

if possibly remove the worm and then swab the local area with general antibacterial to ensure dont get secondary problems i damaged tissue
otherwsie trichofloron is a good strat for external parasites

watch for flashing in any other fish

 

[blueblue]

Thanks fishgeek for your advice.
The fish is a newly imported fish and is now isolated
from all the other fish... i hope the trichlrofon can help...

 

[blueblue]

surgery I !!

Finally, i have to pick out the worm from the fish by surgery!!

1a. Place the fish on a plate with a small amount of fish

1b. Zoom in from the above pic, we can see the worm clearly..

2. Tool: A toothpick ^_^

...

 

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surgery II

3a. Slowly and carefully pick out the worm... finally after 3 minutes,
the worm is picked out, together with some tissues of the fish...

3b. Zoom-in photos of the worm

4. The fish is placed back into the tank, and some salt is added.