FISH DISEASE Pictures and Info

I have been asked to start a forum or a thread on fish disease pictures. Well here it is. Post fish disease pics here. It also helps to describe the disease, its causes, and to suggest possible cure options.

[Anonymous]

Ok now, this is not my fish, but I found this pic on one of the other fish forums. No one seem to know what this is.
http://www.question-mark.net/images/fish/goldfish1.jpg

[Anonymous]

Another one

http://www.question-mark.net/images/fish/goldfish2.jpg

[DynamiteSushi]

Specify what disease it has

[Anonymous]

I don't know. I thought it was your job :wink:

[DynamiteSushi]

Its gold fish disease! :lol: :roll:

[Eric-Aquaworld]

Pics I have taken:

http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Disease/oodinium3.jpg
oodinium/velvet

http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Disease/Ick9.jpg
Ick

http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Disease/dropsy7.jpg
dropsy

http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Disease/tetraziekte8.jpg
Neontetra disease

http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Disease/fungus2.jpg
Fungus

Some other images and info can be found at my disease section http://aquaworld.netfirms.com/Disease/disease.htm

Hope this is usefull

Eric

[Anonymous]

Is the first disease(velvet) you mentioned curable? Almost all oscars in my pet store have it :cry:

[Eric-Aquaworld]

Yes, but sometimes difficult! Start with a large waterchange, then use standard medications. The other thing that can work is 1 gram of salt(NaCl) per liter for a period of time. Water for waterchanges during medication should be medicated according to the recommended dosage.

[Redoscar12]

heres pictures of my oscars and there bad HITH (hole in the head) disease

http://chelle.mine.nu/Pets/HITH/severehith02.jpg
http://chelle.mine.nu/Pets/HITH/severehith01.jpg
http://www.fishadviceforum.com/download.php?id=50
http://www.fishadviceforum.com/download.php?id=51

why do your oscars have such disease? that is insane

[DiscusMad]

why do your oscars have such disease? that is insane

there is a number of fish that hold this parasite like Discus.

Another name for it is the Discus dease

[Teeth&Fins]

why do your oscars have such disease? that is insane

there is a number of fish that hold this parasite like Discus.

Another name for it is the Discus dease

What? Are you insane? It makes me mad when people blame something else. HITH is due to bad diet(feeders as well), stress, bad water quality and possibly carbon in your filter. Here's a read for you http://www.worldcichlids.com/diseases/Adamhith.html

[Roy W.]

Those Oscar`s should be put to sleep.
Its sad to see fish in such a condition.

Here`s a pic of a Pleco with ick.
Got it from a infected Pangasius Hyphopthalmus (Wich easily gets it from stress)
I cured this with Sera Costapur
http://home.tiscali.no/akvariesiden/Storste%20Plecoen.JPG

[marcmunoz]

Awesome pics people, keep them coming with some descriptions and I can help determine their diseases if need be. I am always available for anyone needing some help with diagnosis, treatment and prevention, so feel free to ask or just pm me.

Marc

[Innes]

:shock: wow some interesting pictures


ok well I think the first fish (goldfish) has a wound, most likely caused by another (larger) fish or perhaps it could be an area that was effected by slime disease and the skin has peeled away where the slime had been.

I agree with the velvet & ick pics, but I believe the "dropsey" one is better for showing scoliosis (sp)
oh and yes velvet is VERY curable

I'm not too sure those cardinal tetras are even ill, althoug neon tetra disease gives the symptem of a white belly, cardinals have a white belly like that anyway - as do neons.
I dont think they are ill.

the pic of fungus also shows the stressed look of clamped fins - a sure sign of disease or a bully fish

The oscar with HITH, well its not too bad condition for HITH and it is fully cureable at that stage, you might get left with a little scarring, but that even might heal, CLEAN THE TANKS!!! in fact to cure them you will have to do small daily water changes, offer a GOOD QUALITY and VARIED diet and remove all carbon, oh and raising the temp to about 84F should help too.

great pic of the pleco with a touch of ick, to cure that I would suggest not using meds, but raising the temp a little bit (84F) and adding some aquarium salt (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons) should do the trick, in my experiance meds are more harm to your tank than good.

[jasno999]

YEs poor fish.

[hir0]

*edited to remove much more blunt comment*
plz help oscars.

[The Kapenta Kid]

I posted this one on the last day of the old board, so it did not get carried over here automatically. Here it is again for the record.

Here are a couple of pics of an Oto with a severe case of lymphocystis. There is all sorts of conflicting information on the Web about this disease. Some say it is incurable, others say it will clear up on its own, some say it is infectious, others say it ain't. Some even advocate DIY surgery on the poor victim!!
I thought this one was a goner, but instead of knocking him on the head, I put him in isolation, with no treatment of any kind, and after about a couple of weeks the cysts disappeared and he appeared competely cured. I shifted him back to the main tank and six months later he is still in fine health.

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/album35/sickoto.jpg

http://www.aquaria.info/modules/gallery/albums/album35/sickoto2.jpg

[Ibn]

That's a pretty groddy pic of an oto...glad to hear that it's fully cured though.

Nice pictures so far. The cardinals look like they're showing symptoms from columnaris (check out that banding).

[steveracer16]

I've heard this described before as a form of tuberculosis.
I am sorry I can not be more clear.

[powellp]

I am wondering if somebody can help me Identify these white spots on my Oto? I noticed them a few days ago and I have since quarantined him/her. I am just not sure what it is or how to treat it. http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k241/powellp/100_1832.jpghttp://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k241/powellp/100_1834.jpgIt looks like a fungus, I don't believe that it is ich because it is in patches

[steveracer16]

I have patching on one of mine as well. However, I have come to the conclusion they are skuff marks from jamming into tight spots through out the day creating wear marks.
What are your water parameters? Nitrates? How often do you do water changes? Do you house discus in the same tank keeping water extra warm(30-32C)? If yes, I do not think it is fungus.

[WaterBaby]

Nice pictures so far. The cardinals look like they're showing symptoms from columnaris (check out that banding).

Great pics! I have to agree with this quote. Looks like Columnaris. Definite "saddleback" band.

Michele

[Cookieman00x]

Im new here. I registered because it seems like you guys know what your talking about. I have a recently set up tank (4 months ago). One of the fish had this disease. So I snapped a few pics. Any suggestions would be appriciated. Thanks PS sorry for the crappy pics, its my phone...
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a165/Cookieman00x/Fish/SSPX0345.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a165/Cookieman00x/Fish/SSPX0348.jpg

[iwan]

hi... I'm newbie too...
i have 4 goldfishes...
2 orandas, 1 calico and 1 black ranchu...

but now, all my fish have white spot..
i still need some tips and advice from you guys...
thx before...

[beyond]

Hi all,

New to this forum, I joined since I just noticed one of my bosami rainbow fish has some wierd gold colored patches on it. He seems to be eating but he sits on the bottom with his fins clamped.

Anyone know what this could be? I have included two pictures of the fish with the disease,and one how my other bosami rainbow fish look, for comparison. The first picture is without flash, and the colors are more correct, but the second shows more detail (at the loss of proper coloration)

My water chemistry as of about 3 days ago (will do this again shortly), is:
Ph: 7.8
NH3/NH4: 0-0.6
NO3: 5
NO2: 0.1
Phosphate: 0.25

I just introduced a group of 3 clown loaches to the aquarium, after they finished their stay in quarantine. The loaches, along with the other tank inhabitants are all healthy.

Sorry for the fuzzyness, even when they are sick they wont stay in one place long enough for you to focus and take a picture.

Any help is appreciated, thank you.