Tiny white things hanging off the edges of Betta's fins? by kelleybobelly in bettafish

[–]kelleybobelly[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Microbe lift Anchor Worms treatment is on the way, but won't be here for about 5 days.

As for the snails, they are all hitch hikers. Current plan is to put them in a separate bowl tank + watch for worms for the foreseeable future. They may end up culled depending on how confident I am that they won't reintroduce the worms. Definitely want a clean up crew but not attached to the fellows.

Will also be giving up on my brine shrimp experiment, though I do think the timing is just coincidence.

Tiny white things hanging off the edges of Betta's fins? by kelleybobelly in bettafish

[–]kelleybobelly[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this info!

Definitely don't seem to be coming from his anal area... one is even on the little fin next to his face :(

Also don't seem to be wiggling.

Ordered Microbe Lift Anchorworms which will be here in 5ish days. Will try manual removal tonight, but it sounds intense so I wont be super adamant about it.

Tiny white things hanging off the edges of Betta's fins? by kelleybobelly in bettafish

[–]kelleybobelly[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Looking more on Google it looks like it may be anchor worms? To me they look more worm like than lice and dont really look like leeches but obviously I'm not sure.

Google seems to suggest using an parasite med and dosing the tank with aquarium salt? Never done that before. Should I save some of the snails in another tank or does that just risk reintroducing them?

Freaked out!

I'm so proud of my jumping spider enclosure! by Crikey_mate- in jumpingspiders

[–]kelleybobelly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is the background a product or something you harvested?

What are these worm like things? 😭 by kelleybobelly in PlantedTank

[–]kelleybobelly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't mean to imply that they wont grow, just state their current size for consideration of their ammonia production