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I found a parasite - what looks like an Argulus, on my Redcap this morning, sucking on the poor thing's tail. I took it off. just sharing the pics. What do i do to make sure that there arent any more?

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good photo!

this is definately Argulus.

the only thing to do is to just take tweezers and pull it off.

when u see it... since these red caps are old, and u have had them for a while, i assume this Argulus came with a recent purchase.

i don't worry about Argulus. last time, i found one on a wild caught rosy barb that was breathing fast in stress. when i realised what was causing the fish such anxiety, i just took out my forceps and pulled it off. they are not so prolific, so i dont see a need to medicate the fish. never saw another again... if the fish was old or sick, i would have given it some desi salt treatment as a tonic... but the barb was bouncy!

to 'make sure there aren't any more' keep your eyes open and alert for any more. same treatment will do for each. ..

Thats what. There was no new purchase, and i read that it's highly unlikely that an argulus be found in hometanks. maybe it came with the water change. I will keep a look out.