Sunfish Disease

My bluegill recently got something growing on its tail. Its about 2mm long, and looks like some kind of a larva growing. I looked but couldn't really find anything on what it could be. I just noticed it today after i did a 50% water change and vac'd the gravel. Any help would be appreciated.

Pluck it off with a tweezers.

Try to post some photos if possible.

When I had an issue with one of my Bluegills I did that. Some folks here are very helpful.

Hi:

Try and Google "Anchor worm" and see if that matches the larva on your Bluegill's tail.

I had a large male BG that I caught by angling and had him in the aquarium for several months ... all the time fighting with Anchor Worms, and that was my lesson. When he died, I did a massive cleaning of the tank and equipment, let everything sit for about 3 weeks, then started all over again with 6 or 8 small BGs that I inspected very, very closely for any signs of parasites or ill health.

Then "I was away to the races" and really enjoyed them.

Hope this turns out to be helpful to you.

Regards,
Radioguy

Consider possibility parasite is a leach.

If anchor worm, then most effective treatment is with Dimilin which will not defeat previous efforts to cycle tank.

i pulled it off last night, it sorta looks like an anchor worm in the pictures. Does anyone have a picture of a leech larvae, because i did feed them leeches a month ago. But the blue gill was the only one with anything on him.

I put some feeders in my tank for my fish to eat, and i noticed two of them have what appears to be ick all over them. Is there any health concern with eating ick covered fish.

im havin lots of problems lol

Anchor worm


Some sort of leech?

If you do in fact have Anchor Worms, the Jungle brand Parasite remover tabs work well to rid the tank of them. They actually aren't a worm, but a type of crustacean, and they can be hard to get rid of. The key to sucessfully eliminating them is to RE-TREAT exactly 5 days after your original treatment, EVEN if ther are no subsequent signs of any other "worms". This way, you'll effectively be eliminating the adults, AND and larvae that may have survived the initial treatment. After that, a 3rd treatment, a week following the second may be necessary, but that will depend upon how bad they were in the first place. You may just want to treat the third time regardless, to be sure that no larvae remain. After that, you should be fine. I'm guessing that even if they were leaches, that this remedy should also work, but I have only had experience treating Anchor Worms like this, so I couldn't say for sure. Best of luck.


Ben.