Helminth? ID

[rayadog]

Curious what y’all think of these creepy. In a QT tank. Finished Copper Ich treatment a little bit ago and have been slowly removing the copper in media and changes. Intended to switch to a kanaplex treatment next but decided to do Expel-P first. Rashly thought they were nematodes, but really don’t know what they are. 1 of 2 clownfish is quite bloated looking and was hoping to aid with kanaplex…. It’s curious that after removing copper these things surge in a “sterile” bare tank. I just have some new ornaments, hiding tunnels and the cut bottom of frag plugs.

 

[rayadog]

Clown abdomen swelling

This is going to sound silly. I thought my clown in quarantine was swallowing air with feeding. The initial concern was they would be excessively bloated/full stomach after hardly eating. Noticeably hardly eating anything between days of feeding pellets, eggs, clam, or mysis. They seem to be...

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Previous example of bloated gut