Firefish still hurtin'

[IanInDC]

Hey all-

i sent a message out the other night about my purple firefish developing a spot that wasn't ich but looked like some kind of internal parasite.

Now he has a bunch of them showing. I'm still pretty sure it's not ich; they're not "hairy" like ich cysts are, and I swear I've seen them move, like some internal worm or something.

Any tips on something to do? I don't even know how I'm supposed to catch the guy to treat him in the first place....

 

[Angela Short]

I think I answered you in your last post. Its less confusing to just repost on the same thread if its the same fish/problem as it alleviates confusion and we can know what people have already advised.

Still sounds like a parasitic copod to me. Either way it needs to come out of the tank whatever "it" is to be treated. A FW dip would be the first plan of action to see if they dislodge and fall off.

I also gave you some info on how to catch him I belive. The how to catch reef fish/critters sticky in the "all things salty forum" forum.