Crayfish with worms from a creek.

[Stevoh]

Ok, so a couple of friends and I went to a creek last night and caught ourselves a couple crayfish. The big one has worms on it as I found today looking in my tank. Now I have 8 crab and 3 pufferfish, so I would like to get these worms gone as they might also harm them. Is there anything that I can do to get rid of the worms on this crayfish??

 

[SoulFish]

get rid of the crayfish? you can always go catch more it is not worth the risk to the pufferfish, puffers are highly susceptible to disease, although it may not even make the jump from crayfish to fish

 

[jaws2]

i agree ditch it man not worth the risk

 

[Stevoh]

Ok well, I went out and got a bottle of Mardel Coppersafe antibody stuff. It had a pic of a fish with worms and says it cures that? With your guys' experience would that help any?

 

[jabce85]

They are a parasite common to crayfish. They are a type of worm, or Annelid, a commensal organism, meaning that they live on, but do not harm the crayfish. The specific scientific name for these are Branchiobdellida. They are members of the leech family. There is more specific data on the net, just type commensal worm in any search engine.