What is this on my angel? please

[Thomashtom]

Hi , is this hookworms? Never seen this before. Very contagious? Treatment options? FW dips, ?praziquantinel? Thanks for your help Tom

 

[melypr1985]

That actually looks like regular old ich, but if you think it could be a worm of some kind you can do a freshwater dip. If the white spots there fall off in the dip, then prazi is your choice of med. If not, then I'm sticking with ich.

 

[Humblefish]

^^ I would do the FW dip first: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

Something about those white spots doesn't look right. They look raised; ich should be just under the epithelium (outer skin layer).

 

[aykwm]

^^ Agree, you can also do acriflavine instead of FW dip too, although I see it as ich