Visible parasitic worms on fish and in snail

[AuroraDawn]

A number of my tanks have parasites... but I am not sure what kind(s). I think they came in on snails possibly. I have two videos. One is of a snail I pulled out of the water, already dead I believe and worms begin crawling out of it. Second video is of two angelfish, each in its own tank.

I had a pair of fw angelfish in a tank. When they both started jumping my friend said flukes. So I used coppersafe. I tried adding some general cure and the female was breathing unusually hard also and she died the next evening. I did not add any more general cure after that. The female next door was jumping at the same period as the others, but after a few hours with the coppersafe in the tank, there was no more jumping. From anyone. I had seen what looked like boring marks in the female next door and when I looked at her today, I saw what I think are worms on her. I looked over at the male in the other tank and he may also have a few.

I got a lot of pest snails some while back from this seller in florida. He grows his plants outside and despite using potassium permanganate on the plants, some snails survived. Apparently living in regular outdoor conditions exposes pond snails to a lot more parasites. I think I am learning this the hard way, or my fish are. I was thinking it was from the wild snails but that had been months ago... however their population has recently exploded in 3 of my tanks. I took my mystery snails out of the ones I was dosing with coppersafe and put them in the ones I needed to use paracleanse in. It's day 5 of coppersafe and the female looks like she has more hanging on her than before...

Is it the same worms from the snail? One friend told me flukes, before I saw the worms hanging on them. AI is going with ich and anchorworms. (in case you wondered.) What is your verdict?

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Incidentally I have some fry that were exposed to the contaminated water before I knew about it... Can you treat fry?

 

[Fishfur]

A number of my tanks have parasites... but I am not sure what kind(s). I think they came in on snails possibly. I have two videos. One is of a snail I pulled out of the water, already dead I believe and worms begin crawling out of it. Second video is of two angelfish, each in its own tank.

I had a pair of fw angelfish in a tank. When they both started jumping my friend said flukes. So I used coppersafe. I tried adding some general cure and the female was breathing unusually hard also and she died the next evening. I did not add any more general cure after that. The female next door was jumping at the same period as the others, but after a few hours with the coppersafe in the tank, there was no more jumping. From anyone. I had seen what looked like boring marks in the female next door and when I looked at her today, I saw what I think are worms on her. I looked over at the male in the other tank and he may also have a few.

I got a lot of pest snails some while back from this seller in florida. He grows his plants outside and despite using potassium permanganate on the plants, some snails survived. Apparently living in regular outdoor conditions exposes pond snails to a lot more parasites. I think I am learning this the hard way, or my fish are. I was thinking it was from the wild snails but that had been months ago... however their population has recently exploded in 3 of my tanks. I took my mystery snails out of the ones I was dosing with coppersafe and put them in the ones I needed to use paracleanse in. It's day 5 of coppersafe and the female looks like she has more hanging on her than before...

Is it the same worms from the snail? One friend told me flukes, before I saw the worms hanging on them. AI is going with ich and anchorworms. (in case you wondered.) What is your verdict?

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Incidentally I have some fry that were exposed to the contaminated water before I knew about it... Can you treat fry?

Can you try to get a sharply focused still shot or two showing these?

Really can’t see anything in the first video and unfortunately, video doesn’t allow for zooming in to try to see more detail.

If these things protrude, try to get a shot from above or in front that allows the protrusion to be seen.

 

[AuroraDawn]

Can you try to get a sharply focused still shot or two showing these?

Really can’t see anything in the first video and unfortunately, video doesn’t allow for zooming in to try to see more detail.

If these things protrude, try to get a shot from above or in front that allows the protrusion to be seen.

Thanks, I will do that!

What did you think of the tiny worms coming out of the dead snail? Do you think they are the same thing that bored into my fish and the same thing that is on the outside too?

 

[AuroraDawn]

Can you try to get a sharply focused still shot or two showing these?

Really can’t see anything in the first video and unfortunately, video doesn’t allow for zooming in to try to see more detail.

If these things protrude, try to get a shot from above or in front that allows the protrusion to be seen.

They are white things. She also has red streaks on her back near her tail and some reddish spots on her back. Definitely not normal for her.

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[A201]

I think you were dosing the wrong medications. Praziquantel (Prazipro) would have been my first choice.

Coppersafe is a medication best suited for an Oodinium outbreak.
It's also a very harsh med,

 

[AuroraDawn]

I think you were dosing the wrong medications. Praziquantel (Prazipro) would have been my first choice.

Coppersafe is a medication best suited for an Oodinium outbreak.
It's also a very harsh med,

Prazipro for flukes specifically? I am not that familiar with that medication. Is it safe for glass catfish, mystery snails and neocaridina?

My fish mentor recommended coppersafe as they have had a lot of success with it.

 

[A201]

Prazipro is probably one of the safest medications available. It is very effective against flukes & worms. It also won't damage plants or adversely affect the biological filtration.

Coppersafe is great for Oodinium & Ich. Unfortunately copper sulfate is lethal to scaleless fish & invertebrates. Copper sulfate also can damage fish internally. Copper sulfate might completely eliminate the targeted parasites, but also shorten the life of the surviving fish.

 

[AuroraDawn]

Prazipro is probably one of the safest medications available. It is very effective against flukes & worms. It also won't damage plants or adversely affect the biological filtration.

Coppersafe is great for Oodinium & Ich. Unfortunately copper sulfate is lethal to scaleless fish & invertebrates. Copper sulfate also can damage fish internally. Copper sulfate might completely eliminate the targeted parasites, but also shorten the life of the surviving fish.

Just found more of the same small white parasite on the outside of one of my black pinoys..... different tank. I will add the pics, but honestly, they suck just as much as the ones in my original post of my marble girl with the same worms. They also look like the same thing I saw crawling out of a dead pond snail two nights ago.

Do you have any idea what this is? I have never seen this particular fish jump or scratch at all. As a matter of fact, I interrupted him/her in the act of spawning. lol The marble one and my blue chocolate smokey pair were going nuts jumping so high they would hit the lid. Are there two parasites in 3 different tanks?

Shared fish keeping equipment (I feel so stupid!), my hands/arms, and these horrible wretched pond snails I can't get rid of. Also, mystery snails. Could my hands/arms cross contaminate between tanks? What about the snails?

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