Some Kind of Worm? (with pic)
Five days ago I picked up some fish and put them into quarantine. In the last two, possibly three days, I noticed what I thought were possible Ich spots on them, but even smaller than usual. I spent a lot of time inspecting the fish today, and now those extremely tiny spots have turned into extremely tiny threads. Like... a milimeter long, at most. A lot of them are easily less than that. They don't seem to wriggle or move around, either.
I thought Planaria at first, but I've never had planaria on my fish in such a way. I sparingly feed, too. Once a day and I make sure each fish only gets two pellets max.
They're not covered with it, but it's noticeable. I'm not seeing them anywhere else in the tank, either. Just on the three Hoplo catfish, in no particular area like the gills, eyes, mouth etc. The cleanup crew snails don't appear to have any on them either.
They are still highly active, as hungry as ever, and still seem to be in good spirits because they like to play with my hand and peck at it when its in the tank for whatever reason. I've observed them for many hours and I have yet to see any of them flashing against anything.
Any help would be appreciated. I'd add a photo but I doubt even my best camera could capture a decent picture of them.
Edit: Managed to get a very close up pic. This fish is between 3.5 and 4 inches.
Five days ago I picked up some fish and put them into quarantine. In the last two, possibly three days, I noticed what I thought were possible Ich spots on them, but even smaller than usual. I spent a lot of time inspecting the fish today, and now those extremely tiny spots have turned into extremely tiny threads. Like... a milimeter long, at most. A lot of them are easily less than that. They don't seem to wriggle or move around, either.
I thought Planaria at first, but I've never had planaria on my fish in such a way. I sparingly feed, too. Once a day and I make sure each fish only gets two pellets max.
They're not covered with it, but it's noticeable. I'm not seeing them anywhere else in the tank, either. Just on the three Hoplo catfish, in no particular area like the gills, eyes, mouth etc. The cleanup crew snails don't appear to have any on them either.
They are still highly active, as hungry as ever, and still seem to be in good spirits because they like to play with my hand and peck at it when its in the tank for whatever reason. I've observed them for many hours and I have yet to see any of them flashing against anything.
Any help would be appreciated. I'd add a photo but I doubt even my best camera could capture a decent picture of them.
Edit: Managed to get a very close up pic. This fish is between 3.5 and 4 inches.
