IGR – Savingsickfish.org

The Insect Growth Regulators or IGR’s are pretty easy to find and aren’t very expensive. They make “getting rid of” Anchor Worms = Lernea elegans and Fish Lice = Argulus super easy.

These are two parasites that can be seen with the unassisted eye. They’re both about a quarter-inch (4-6mm) in size.

The best and safest treatment is an IGR. (Chitin Synthesis Inhibitor)

Removal of Anchor Worms from the fish on a one-by-one basis is a fool’s errand. Why? Because there is a big, toothy head under the scales for Lernea and you’ll do incalculable damage removing that. Let the worm die and then the head dissolves quickly. When Argulus dies it just lets go and dissolves in the tank. Handling the fish compounds their stress and the IGR’s work fast enough.

Insect Growth Regulators are available under many trade names but maybe the easiest to find is “Dimilin” as:

Generic “Lufenuron”

Also Found in:

Anchor Worm and Lernea Fix,
Program Tablets,
Dimilin-X,
CyroPro <= First favorite (Doc’s),
LAWP from Microbe-Lift <= Second Favorite (Doc’s)

Argulus, the Fish Lice (Fish Louse) is a crustacean parasite you can see on fish (especially pond fish) in the Fall of the year. This parasite clears EASILY with an IGR like Cyropro or LAWP.

Anchor Worm, (Lernea elegans) is a worm that burrows under some scales on the bellies of fish (especially pond fish) and the egg-cases on the females (the only ones that embed) create a worm with a "Y" shaped trailing strand. Leave them alone and treat with Cyropro or LAWP. — Anchor Worm, (Lernea elegans) is a worm that burrows under some scales on the bellies of fish (especially pond fish) and the egg-cases on the females (the only ones that embed) create a worm with a “Y” shaped trailing strand. Leave them alone and treat with Cyropro or LAWP.

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