Recent content by fidhw

Nope, I've removed anchor worm (from someone else's fish) before, and they are a different shape and only anchored at the head end. This was more like the bristleworms you get at the beach, growing calcium tubes on shells and stones, but WAY smaller.

I have just removed a *thing* from one pelvic fin of an Emperor tetra, and I have absolutely no idea what it was (but I would like to know!). It had been on the fish for 2 months, and in that time had doubled in size from 1.5mm to 3mm in length without moving or changing in shape. It was white...

Sorry if it was a bit graphic - I didn't mean to upset anyone!

Sorry for the length of this post! As a biologist and lifetime animal keeper the subject of euthanasia is one that, sadly, has cropped up occasionally, and I've posted on the subject of fish euthanasia in a couple of places before. In my opinion, the question of which method to use on fish is...