Parasites? Is it safe for me to put my hand in there?

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andream

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One of my emperor tetras has what looks like 2 white curved thorns comming out of a red hole in his side and a white squiggly thing inside his tail fin.

Is this a parasite?
It looks horrible, it is safe for my hands to be in there? These things cant transfer to humans can they?

What can I do to identify and cure this? I have lots of live plants, shrimp and dont want to kill them with meds.
 
I have the same question, except I have something like tapeworms in my tank. I'm paranoid about getting them myself. Would it be safe to stick my hand in there?
 
blue_soda025 said:
I have the same question, except I have something like tapeworms in my tank. I'm paranoid about getting them myself. Would it be safe to stick my hand in there?
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You'll be fine with tapeworm. That's only transmitted to humans by ingestion of the larvae by eating undercooked fish.
 
you will be fine i have had my hands in many a prasite ridden tank in just the last few years due to people taking poor care of there tanks and really low filtration (run a tank maintenance buisness) if your really paranoid like my buddy just get some elbow length gloves
 
andream said:
One of my emperor tetras has what looks like 2 white curved thorns comming out of a red hole in his side and a white squiggly thing inside his tail fin.

Is this a parasite?
It looks horrible, it is safe for my hands to be in there? These things cant transfer to humans can they?

What can I do to identify and cure this? I have lots of live plants, shrimp and dont want to kill them with meds.
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Sounds like anchorworm...harmless to you, but difficult to rid your fish of....especially with shrimp in the tank.
 
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