HELP!! What are these things!!!

[reefs4life]

I pulled a few of these out of a regal that I newly acquired. At first I thought they were just spines or something and I honestly didn't notice them at the store. Anyways, I don't think they're spine though, and I'm kind of worried now. Can anyone tell me what they are please!!

 

[KathyC]

Do you have a pic?...and where on the fish did you find them?

 

[reefs4life]

Do you have a pic?...and where on the fish did you find them?

Sorry I was having a hard time uploading from my phone. But they were pretty much scatted on his body

 

[KathyC]

They look like anchor worms... is he in QT or in your DT?
But anchor worms are typically found on FW fish...

 

[reefs4life]

They look like anchor worms... is he in QT or in your DT?
But anchor worms are typically found on FW fish...

Is there anything I should do you think?

 

[KathyC]

Is there anything I should do you think?

It has to be a gill fluke, not an anchor worm..the info on the net ..excuse me...sucks in regard to pics agreeing on which is which.

I would treat with PraziPro in a QT..you don't want these in your reef!
Marrone had an issue with them a couple of years ago and IIRC did 2 treatments of both Prazipro & copperpower to get rid of them.
Hopefully he wll be back on-line shortly to give you more info.

 

[duke62]

bring the fish back. if it is gill fluke there can be some you dont see and it will infect your whole tank. unless you want to try and QT it. therer is a thread about this on another site but i cant remember which one

 

[marrone]

From the picture its doesn't look like Gill flukes. The best bet would be to give the fish a 5 - 10 min fresh water bath, make sure the Ph is correct too. You should see the gill flukes fall off at which point you can ID them. If you have Gill flukes you need to treat the fish, and if you put the fish into your DT you're going to need to treat that too.


Below is a link on how to get rid of them.
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/pests/99529-monogenetic-trematodes-gill-flukes.html

 

[reefs4life]

UGH!! So discouraging, I literally just finished restocking my tank after my crash...cannot go through something like this again...

Thanks for all the advice though, I'll see what happens next...

 

[mbg75]

It sucks, but take it as a lesson learned. After 2 bouts with fish issues, I learned my lesson. No fish go in my tank without going through QT