What is this!?

[piranhaman00]

Is this some sort of parasite?

 

[Chrisv.]

@Jay Hemdal

 

[piranhaman00]

Also seeing this on scopes, not raised, I’m thinking flukes?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Also seeing this on scopes, not raised, I’m thinking flukes?

Is this some sort of parasite?

Looks like a parasitic tapeworm known as Cestode

 

[vetteguy53081]

Also seeing this on scopes, not raised, I’m thinking flukes?

These dots appear to Be lympho which both fish may be due to viral or result of water quality issues. If youre overfeeding, they likely have a secondary food source.
What foods are you feeding and how much ?

 

[piranhaman00]

These dots appear to Be lympho which both fish may be due to viral or result of water quality issues. If youre overfeeding, they likely have a secondary food source.
What foods are you feeding and how much ?

Yes looks like lympho, no water quality issues but out of copper recently, I feed twice a day and not over feed, what do you mean secondary food source? I feed all PE and rods

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yes looks like lympho, no water quality issues but out of copper recently, I feed twice a day and not over feed, what do you mean secondary food source? I feed all PE and rods

Cestodes are internal parasites. The spot on the copperband could be a mucus plug. The spots on the Scopas's fin is something else (as that part of a fish doesn't have many mucus producing cells).

Any other symptoms with the fish at all?

Jay

 

[piranhaman00]

Cestodes are internal parasites. The spot on the copperband could be a mucus plug. The spots on the Scopas's fin is something else (as that part of a fish doesn't have many mucus producing cells).

Any other symptoms with the fish at all?

Jay

Thank you for replying.

The cbb spot is gone this morning, but I will examine again this afternoon.

Both fish are eating very well with no additional symptoms and I only noticed both yesterday.

I will get a better look tonight.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thank you for replying.

The cbb spot is gone this morning, but I will examine again this afternoon.

Both fish are eating very well with no additional symptoms and I only noticed both yesterday.

I will get a better look tonight.

The spot being gone does point to it being mucus (easily dislodged) but it may come back since we don’t know what started it.
Jay