Worms coming out of skin??

[Christopher Presley]

So I am at a loss, I’ve had a fish in QT for a couple weeks now. I’ve been using copper power pretty steady at 1.75, I’ve done a course of Prazipro and general cure along with furan 2. Now all a sudden my hippo has at a distance looked like ich. But upon closer inspection it almost looks like little worms sticking out of the white spots. It was very hard to get a picture but I did what I could. Also after a 5 minute freshwater dip non dislodged. Any ideas?

 

[Big G]

Do the little "worms" have V shaped tails?

 

[Christopher Presley]

Too small to tell, anchor worms were what I was thinking but I always thought they were super rare and would dislodge in a dip.

 

[Christopher Presley]

I should also note he’s eating like a pig and acting fine.

 

[Big G]

Nope, they usually have to be pulled and then give the fish a bath in antiseptic like Ruby Reef Rally. But they usually are longer than those in your post.

Taking a second look, it looks more like really bad lympho. Sometimes it presents as cottony filament strands as well as the usual puff ball shape.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

If you look at the spot on his dorsal fin in the second pic I would say lympho also. That’s a pretty bad case of it though.