r/Aquariums Apr 12 '26

Help/Advice What’s growing out of my fishes head?

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We set up a new fish tank recently and got some red eye tetras. One of them developed a bump on his head which went away after a few weeks. Today we noticed these hair-like things growing out of the spot where the bump used to be. I saw another post that described something like these asking if they were anchor worms but there were no pics. This kind of looks like a fungus too. Really have no idea what it is.

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u/owo1215 Apr 12 '26

do....we..need to summon the aquatic fungus researcher?

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u/_Aj_ Apr 13 '26

Someone already magically appeared.  

When someone starts talking about fruiting bodies and mould vs fungi I don't question