Parasite ID

[manfish]

Caught this little Hawaiian sailfin tang a few days ago.
Can anyone help me identify this parasite on its tail?
I’ve never seen one of these types of parasites before.
Gave him a freshwater dip but no effect.
#reefsquad

 

[ying yang]

Aw seen something similar to this and can't remember name. Was something like a cling worm or something like this and has the 2 bits.let me try see if can google name for you

 

[ying yang]

Anchor Worms in Freshwater Fish

Anchor worms are a common, itchy problem in freshwater fish. Proper quarantine measures for new arrivals can significantly reduce their occurrence.

www.thesprucepets.com

Anchor worm look up.
Not saying what you got is 100% one
Let's tag @vetteguy53081 and @Jay Hemdal to get their verdict

 

[ying yang]

Help identify please

Hi i am posting these pictures from a fb club. I saw this once back in 1989-90 but never again. Can someone identify and if possible give treatment info. I have not seen these fish in person but my understanding is that this has been going on for at least 1 month possibly longer.

www.reef2reef.com

Similar thread to yours .yours is on tail and not body so not sure if that means anything or not and sure I've read something about the part on back going into 2.

Good luck and hopefully someone more experienced in fish diesese/ parasites can advise you or someone who gone through it themselves.
All I can do is say from my research on reef related stuff,I've come across anchor worms and whats on your fish looks similar ^_^

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its a parasitic copepod referred to as sea lice. Best course of action is to net fish and place net and fish in a container of tank water. Having a toothbrush ready, gentle brush it off, give the fish then a freshwater dip for about 3 min in water the same temperature as tank water and return fish to display tank

 

[manfish]

Help identify please

Hi i am posting these pictures from a fb club. I saw this once back in 1989-90 but never again. Can someone identify and if possible give treatment info. I have not seen these fish in person but my understanding is that this has been going on for at least 1 month possibly longer.

www.reef2reef.com

Similar thread to yours .yours is on tail and not body so not sure if that means anything or not and sure I've read something about the part on back going into 2.

Good luck and hopefully someone more experienced in fish diesese/ parasites can advise you or someone who gone through it themselves.
All I can do is say from my research on reef related stuff,I've come across anchor worms and whats on your fish looks similar ^_^

Thanks for the info.
Yeah it sure looks like that's what it is, with the little forked tail.
Apparently extremely rare.

 

[ying yang]

Thanks for the info.
Yeah it sure looks like that's what it is, with the little forked tail.
Apparently extremely rare.

Your very much welcome.
And yeah reading that thread and few other things since you posted this thread,seems rare in saltwater and that reef2reef thread I posted above humble fish mentioned that their a " mystery diesese that tangs normally gets straight after a copper treatment that looks same as an anchor worm and he mentions doing a freshwater dip to see if anchor worm or not
I'm guessing from reading I just did that a freshwater dip WILL NOT remove an anchor worm

 

[ying yang]

There is a "mystery disease" that somewhat looks like this. Seems to happen to tangs sometimes following copper exposure, although a virus or something bacterial is also possible.

It's been "cured" on a few occasions by treating with kanamycin + metronidazole. (Also wouldn't hurt to add Furan-2 to the mix.) I've yet to actually get my hands on a specimen with this, so I can get a sample to examine under my microscope.

From humble fish in post 12 in thread I shared above and little about it in post 9 also.

Not sure if you know or not but humblefish used to be resident fish diesese expert on r2r and used to help lots people so lots of threads from him on r2r but now has his own forum.

Once again good luck ^_^

 

[manfish]

Its a parasitic copepod referred to as sea lice. Best course of action is to net fish and place net and fish in a container of tank water. Having a toothbrush ready, gentle brush it off, give the fish then a freshwater dip for about 3 min in water the same temperature as tank water and return fish to display tank

Thanks for your reply.
Appreciate your help!
Aloha.