Anchor Worms...

[tkeracer619]

I suspect my tank has somehow become infected with Anchor Worms. I'm not quite sure how this happened but I have been fighting what seemed like unbeatable Crypto for months upon months with several failed attempts, maybe I misdiagnosed this all along...

Does anyone have any advice? I've never crossed the path of this beast before. Tank has been treated with Prazi for about 24 hours and it doesn't seem to have helped much but I still have my fingers crossed that it will.

It looks like certain less common drugs are useful in this situation but it appears non of them can be used in a FOWLR tank. Right now my rock is essentially base rock. I'd love to treat the entire tank but will want to keep hard corals and inverts in the near future.

Shy of pulling all of the fish into QT, treating with neurotoxins, and dumping a handful of gallons of bleach into the display... are there any other options?

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I'll continue to work on better pictures. He's quick!

 

[HumbleFish]

Anchor worms can be treated with dimilin.

But if those are anchor worms, the tail end of them will make a V:

 

[Dmorty217]

Maybe a silly question but have you tried praziquantel?

 

[Shanet]

Looks very similar to what I have, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2688814
I tried to catch them and try different medications but there was no way I could get them so I dosed Prasi Pro every 3 days (4 times) it seems to have stopped the breeding cycle of whatever it was. I now have only the original fish with 3 of these whatever they are stuck in it, the seem to be getting smaller. I would have dosed again but ran out of prazi and it isn't available in Australia so I have ordered more. It seems to be getting better but it was a ***** to get under control. Hope this info helps.