what is this parasite

I have discovered a parasite on some of my fish. It is visisible on the side
of a couple of my fish.

It looks like a small white tube about 1-2mm long and 1/2 - 1 mm in
diamater, sticking out of the body of the fish. like the tip of a worm
poking through the flesh. it is perfectly straight and seems almost rigid.
It is perfectly white.

infact it looks almost exactly like this: - exactly to scale, but white
instead of black. ( I'm talking about this thing: "-") and it's sticking
out of the body of the fish.

In Australia we have things called hundreds and thousands, that you decorate
cakes with. if you have seen them, it looks like one of them!

the fish try to scratch in the site where this thing is.

each fish affected has only one parasite, and each fish that has one
scratches.

please help me diagnose this problem, I have searched some diagnostic sites
with no luck.

"Paul" wrote in message
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| I have discovered a parasite on some of my fish. It is visisible on
the side
| of a couple of my fish.
|

Anchor worm?
http://faq.thekrib.com/disease-fw.html#parasites

billy

Dinky wrote in message ...



"Paul" wrote in message
...
| I have discovered a parasite on some of my fish. It is visisible on
the side
| of a couple of my fish.
|

Anchor worm?
http://faq.thekrib.com/disease-fw.html#parasites

billy



possibley.. but I read they have a forked tail, and also this thing isn't
coming out of a wound, it's like it's just come out from between some
scales.

"Paul" wrote in message
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I have discovered a parasite on some of my fish. It is visisible on the
side
of a couple of my fish.

It looks like a small white tube about 1-2mm long and 1/2 - 1 mm in
diamater, sticking out of the body of the fish. like the tip of a worm
poking through the flesh. it is perfectly straight and seems almost
rigid.
It is perfectly white.

infact it looks almost exactly like this: - exactly to scale, but
white
instead of black. ( I'm talking about this thing: "-") and it's
sticking
out of the body of the fish.

In Australia we have things called hundreds and thousands, that you
decorate
cakes with. if you have seen them, it looks like one of them!

the fish try to scratch in the site where this thing is.

each fish affected has only one parasite, and each fish that has one
scratches.

please help me diagnose this problem, I have searched some diagnostic
sites
with no luck.

Some type of flukes?
http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/flukes.htm
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_FA033
http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/...article_id=198
might be of some interest

NetMax

NetMax wrote in message ...

"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have discovered a parasite on some of my fish. It is visisible on the
side
of a couple of my fish.

It looks like a small white tube about 1-2mm long and 1/2 - 1 mm in
diamater, sticking out of the body of the fish. like the tip of a worm
poking through the flesh. it is perfectly straight and seems almost
rigid.
It is perfectly white.

infact it looks almost exactly like this: - exactly to scale, but
white
instead of black. ( I'm talking about this thing: "-") and it's
sticking
out of the body of the fish.

In Australia we have things called hundreds and thousands, that you
decorate
cakes with. if you have seen them, it looks like one of them!

the fish try to scratch in the site where this thing is.

each fish affected has only one parasite, and each fish that has one
scratches.

please help me diagnose this problem, I have searched some diagnostic
sites
with no luck.

Some type of flukes?
http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/flukes.htm
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_FA033
http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/...article_id=198
might be of some interest

NetMax



thankyou, I treated last night with a Wardleys Parasite med, seems to have
killed them.

"Paul" wrote:
thankyou, I treated last night with a Wardleys Parasite med, seems to have
killed them.

Keep an eye on the fish -- anchor worms and flukes are not particularly damaging
in small numbers in and of themselves, but the secondary bacterial infections
can be real nasty.

Andy Hill wrote in message ...
"Paul" wrote:
thankyou, I treated last night with a Wardleys Parasite med, seems to have
killed them.

Keep an eye on the fish -- anchor worms and flukes are not particularly
damaging
in small numbers in and of themselves, but the secondary bacterial
infections
can be real nasty.

ok, thanks for the tip, I'll keep a good eye on them.