Southerrrngirrl Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 And I was looking in a tank of platys and saw something really disgusting. There was a silvertip tetra in there which had what looked like a transparent sac growing from under its eye. The eye itself was still attached but pushed out and down a bit from the socket. The transparent sac had a white wormlike thing inside it? Any ideas what this might have been?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 i was in a store in Hamilton on sunday for "the sale" and a tail-less and somewhat half eaten red jewel was being feasted on by others in the tank. Problem was, the poor thing was still alive albeit barely!! I suggested to the retail assistant that she may want to take it out of the tank and put it out of its misery. Her response was "oo, but thats so cruel, I could never bring myself to do that. At least we wont have to feed them tonight" Disgusting!! The tetra doesnt sound much better. I have no idea what it could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Oh thats so horrible. I've seen the same thing at this LFS many times. I was wondering whether it was some sort of worm or parasite thing. Whatever it is, it makes me not want to buy anything from the tank thats for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 its possibly what we call in the uk a HIGHER FORM PARASITE that fish should be put to sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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