GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
Forum rules
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
Please help. My GSP got attacked my his (ex) friend about a week ago. She has half a missing lip and a missing tail fin. I am very worried, because despite how often I feed her her belly continually stays sunken ( I did a week of IP treatments that ended last week). I decided to do a freshwater dip and every time I do I see these brown threads/streamers coming out of her left gill. Are these worms>? What Should I DO!!!
i <3 Lil' Fish
-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32975
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
Probably difficult to do but can you get a pic?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
I have a picture, Im not sure where to put it at, its format is too big to fit on here.
i <3 Lil' Fish
-
allycat
- Dwarf Puffer
- Posts: 87
- Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:38 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 2 x DP's in planted 20-hi
Divine, F
Cujo, M
2 x Irrubesco in divided 15-long
Rogue, F
Probation, M (lorteti??)
1 x 2.5 in GSP in 10G 1.020
Merck, ?
Also kept: 29 G FW juvie loach community, soon to be 55G!)
10G Misgurnus tank
2.5G snail breeder - Location (country): USA-Indiana
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
post it at Image Shack and copy/paste the link... easiest way. You don't need an account there to upload
ask: is this suffering necessary or unnecessary?
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 07&theater
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 07&theater
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 07&theater
There are 3 pics Ive loaded to facebook, i hope that you can see them!
Thank you!!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 07&theater
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 07&theater
There are 3 pics Ive loaded to facebook, i hope that you can see them!
Thank you!!
i <3 Lil' Fish
-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32975
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
What did you use to treat his IPs? Sounds like you didn't use the correct med. That should have killed off the flukes too.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
I used 3 treatments of Tetra's Parasite Guard as recommended by a friend who is very experienced in fish care.
i <3 Lil' Fish
-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32975
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
That should have worked.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
I know. I dont understand. What would be making her center of gravity off? She is having a really hard time staying down, and when she lets of of the control, she kinda sumersaults in the water before going back up. I know that is not normal. Ive done water changes regularly, they tested my water at the pet store and said it was perfect for them. :'( I dont know what to do.
i <3 Lil' Fish
-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32975
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
Try burping.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
-
allycat
- Dwarf Puffer
- Posts: 87
- Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:38 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 2 x DP's in planted 20-hi
Divine, F
Cujo, M
2 x Irrubesco in divided 15-long
Rogue, F
Probation, M (lorteti??)
1 x 2.5 in GSP in 10G 1.020
Merck, ?
Also kept: 29 G FW juvie loach community, soon to be 55G!)
10G Misgurnus tank
2.5G snail breeder - Location (country): USA-Indiana
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
JW, does that medicine require the removal of activated carbon? I know sometimes carbon can neutralize the effects by absorbing it from the water column.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
ask: is this suffering necessary or unnecessary?
-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32975
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
Yes, you should.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
I did remove the carbon filters when I treated.
Burping? How would I go about doing that?
Burping? How would I go about doing that?
i <3 Lil' Fish
-
lil fish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:02 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Lil Fish- SAP- LOVE of MY LIFE and now always in my heart
Hector-GSP
Sheep Jr. GSP
Christopher Robin- Burrfish 55g which will become something larger when he gets older. I caught him as a baby - Location (country): SC, USA
- Contact:
Re: GSP brown streamers (worms) coming from left gill
NM that last one,i just found the article, now to catch my little friend. She swimming isn't very good, but she still has a lot of fight! 
i <3 Lil' Fish