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pescadosangel Small Fry Posts: 8 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Aug-2006	I have a community fresh tank, 20GAL. I bought several rasboras, gourami's and some balloon mollies today. I noticed a white/green "splinter" on the side of one of the mollies. I was able to pluck it from her side while in the tank net. It came out whole...anchors and all. I'm assuming it was an anchor worm. Question: I don't see anything else wrong with her at all, just a small area that looks like someone else pecked her. Is the rest of my tank safe? Should I remove her immediately? I don't want her to turn into one of those poor people in the movie Alien.... "PARLEY?!? Damn to the depths of hell whatever mug thought of the name Parley!!!!!"
Posted 03-Apr-2008 00:08
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Really hard to be sure on that one, depends entirely if it had a chance to breed or not, and since one fish had it, you can safetly say theres a window for more to have got through the same gap, be it on fish, introduced on plants, not quarantining , whatever. Might be worth tracking down some cyro pro or similar.
Posted 03-Apr-2008 03:45
pescadosangel Small Fry Posts: 8 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Aug-2006	I netted the balloon mollies and returned them to the store. I didn't want to risk any parasitic breeding! "PARLEY?!? Damn to the depths of hell whatever mug thought of the name Parley!!!!!"
Posted 03-Apr-2008 04:23
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Worth taking a look here. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/ParasiticCrustaceans_files/image010.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/ParasiticCrustaceans.htm&h=484&w=593&sz=22&hl=en&start=19&um=1&tbnid=1iUs-nZUv0YyzM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Danchor%2Bworm%2Blife%2Bcycle%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX The stage you removed was an adult female in all likelihood, ergo- there may now be eggs in your tank.
Posted 03-Apr-2008 04:59
pescadosangel Small Fry Posts: 8 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Aug-2006	Edited by pescadosangel I reeeeaaaally hope not. She was only in there for a few hours....I know, I know, long enough to drop off some eggs. I'll be vacuuming tonight in hopes of sucking any stragglers up. I just got that tank in great shape too. Thanks for the input!!! "PARLEY?!? Damn to the depths of hell whatever mug thought of the name Parley!!!!!"
Posted 04-Apr-2008 13:59


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