Small Worm on Catfish

[amyjod2]

Hey all,

I noticed this morning several small white worms that are crawling on the side of my large catfish. Kind of a thread looking. Let me know how I should treat would be great and can I treat the whole tank. Fish and plants.

Thanks
Amy

 

[amyjod2]

Here are a few pics the best I could do...

there are a couple located right in the middle of the photo and not sure if the ones up by the fin are the same or not.

Amy

 

[msjinkzd]

are they attached to the fish or crawling on it?

 

[lovemybarbs]

Those look like planaria.

Check around the tank and see if they are on the glass.

 

[BigFishKeeper]

Is that a channel catfish?? What type of cat??

 

[jm1212]

probably isnt what the little thready worm is, but he might have an anchor worm near his dorsal.

 

[amyjod2]

Hi

Sorry wasn't around this afternoon. There are a couple that are crawling but I thing there are anchor worms. My tank is pretty clean. Parameters are all good and I vacuum weekly with a 30-40% water change. I don't see any of the worms on the glass.

Amy

 

[BigFishKeeper]

Do another water change put some salt and medicane in there. And what type of cat is he????

 

[amyjod2]

Thanks for treatment. Also, I have no idea what kind of cat. Here is the front and the tail is like scissored.
He has very long whiskers

 

[Dangerdoll]

They aren't hook worms or anchors.... I had this same type of worm on a german ram once and because I couldn't find much detail on them, the ridding of them was close to impossible... let me see if I can find where the post is that found them... ah found it... what they were finally diagnosed as were round worms. I tried using copper safe on him and it seemed to work for a little bit but ultimately, the worms got him..... it was suggested though that I used Levamisole hydrochloride. I heard that it is what gets them and I wish I had the stuff sooner. However, with this being a catfish, you should look into if using this would cause more harm than good on him.