Quick Diagnosis help please - New Angelfish Tube from Anus

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Linwood

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New juvenile angelfish just brought home from pet store for new tank that just completed cycling. Because it's a new tank and not much invested in current stock (and because I didn't have a separate tank) they went into the tank the same day.

I noticed what I thought was some poop hanging loose, but on closer inspection (and a bit of reading) am worried it is Camallanus or similar.

I have a couple of pretty high resolution images and hope someone can tell me for sure.

I yanked both (since they were in the same tank in the store) and they are in a bucket at present, not sure if I should put them back or not (may become moot, even with a bubbler I have not sure how long they will live in a bucket).

The first is when they were still floating in the bag, and the clear, segmented appearance led me to be sure they were some kind of poop.

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Here's another shot up closer, where it looks as though some of it broke off:

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So do I have a serious problem, or just a new fish with a bowel problem?
 
it's poop, nothing more, nothing less.
From the looks of the first pic, the lfs was feeding primarily brine shrimp.
Put them back in the tank, feed them a good diet and they will be fine.

all the pics of Camallanus that I just looked at look nothing at all like your pics. The worms are red and usually multiples are seen.
 
Thank you. That's a relief. Easy to panic when you're new to all this, and read a couple stories that seem to describe the end of the world from similar symptoms.
 
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