Okay, I came home and went to feed my beloved goldies. I saw everyone was alright, untillll I saw my baby bartholamew had something wierd on his side! What is it? I really want to get rid of it I'm tired of sick goldies, if you can please help me treat him before anything develops.

• Test Results for the Following:
  Ammonia Level? 0
  Nitrite Level? 0
  Nitrate level? 20-30
  Ph Level, (If possible,KH and GH and chloramines)? pH: 7.6
  Ph Level out of the Tap?7
• Tank size (How many Gals) and How long has it been running? 10 gallons; begginging of febraury well cycled
  
• What is the name and size of the filter/s? 10 aquatech (100 gph)
  
• How often do you change the water and how much?weekly, more often if needed
  

How many fish in the tank and their size?1 fish, Bartholamew my little red telescope, 1.5 inches or so
<li>What kind of water additives or conditioners?aquaclear stuff for water conditioner
<li>Any medications added to the tank?no, but I've had him at 2% salt to prevent any mishaps
<li>Add any new fish to the tank?well, him about last week, he is very active
<li>What do you feed your fish?hikaari pellets, soaked up of course
<li>Any unusual findings on the fish such as "grains of salt",
bloody streaks, frayed fins or fungus? weird inflamed thing on his side, I have pics
<li>Any unusual behavior like staying
at the bottom, not eating, ect..? hes perfectly active, and seems normal. I just want to get rid of whatever this is



Heres some pics




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Hi Trico, yes it does indeed look very like anchor worm and not unlikely on a new fish. The larvae were prob. in the water in the bag he came in. Poor fish is having a good yawn with that too...

The good news is it is very easy to treat. Can you get some dimilin or "anchors away" to use?

You can use it with salt.

Thanks for responding, can I find these products at say a p3tc0?

This is an easily treated and curable parasite isn't it?

Would parasite clear from jungle work?

I used parasite clear from jungle when Mr. Big had anchor worm it worked very well.

Yes most certainly it is and it is also interestingly enough the very least stressful parasite to the fish as long as there are not too many. Rather like having a few uncomforatble zits. Many of my fish have come in with anchor worms. As they grow, you can pluck them out with tweezers if you like but you still need to treat the tank in case any larval stages are either in the water or still (invisible) on the fish.

Your local store should have something for anchorworm. If you can get dimilin straight as it will not harm your cycle (make sthe water cloudy but does not seem to affect bbs). Some of the other products will kill bbs but this is a QT so that is not a major concern I presume.

Yes. Parasite clear tank buddy tabs are an excellent choice for new fish. Prazi and dimilin in those

you can but I think you have to run it three times instead of 2

Most likely. The dimilin is a very low dose and you would need to repeat for hatch outs with an interval.

Ok, I'll have to get those supplies a little later today.

Thanks guys, but there appears to be no anchor worm coming out ... yet. I'm afraid to pull it out when it does grow though, hes barely over 1.5 inches, and telescopes eyes are very delicate.

But now I know the importance of Qting fish!

It takes some days to grow so you can see its floating off the fish. In the pic it looks to be just head burrowed, you'll see the forked tail copecods in a few days I expect.

I added the jungle buddies tab, do I have to remove the filter carbon?

yes remove the carbon when treating with meds

Ok, thanks I'll update some more later.

How is your fish now, Trico?