|
Diagnoses
(disease) |
Description and
symptoms |
Treatment |
Seriousness of
Disease |
|
Anemone fish
disease
Brooklynella
hostillis |
Slight velvety
sheen
Shows signs of
restlessness. Releases bodies
slime. |
Copper. Not to be used in Coral
tank |
Very
contagious
must
be treated promptly. |
|
White
spot
Cryptocaryon
irritans |
White spots on
the head and fins loss of appetite breathing
rapidly. |
Can
be treated in a Coral tank with various products. Such as heal
all |
Can
be cured easily. |
|
Velvet
Amyloodinium
ocellatum |
Fine
peppery gold brown coloured spots on the sides and head of fish. Rapid breathing. Also clamped fins. Occasionally flicking of
rocks. |
Copper. Not to be used in Coral
tank.
Raise
temperature to 30°.
Quarantine for 21 days in an isolation
tank. |
Often
fatal.
If
caught early, can save fish. |
|
Cotton wool
disease
Lymphocystis |
Small opaque
lesions on the fins.
Increase in
size to become fluffy. Almost
like cauliflower clusters. |
Difficult to
treat.
Remove fish and
cut it of the fins. Then
treat with antifungal |
No
treatment. Other then
mentioned previously. The
fish normally ends in death. |
|
Pop
eye
Exophthalmus |
Swelling of eye
or eyes. Loss of
appetite. Eyes become
opaque. Often become
blind. |
Reduce
lighting.
Do a
couple of water changers.
Generally caused by a bump into the rocks, or bashed by a
net. |
Generally not
contagious. If caught early
normally gets better. |
|
Gill and skin
flukes
Neobenetenia
mellini |
Small worm like
parasites that attach themselves to the skin and gills of the fish. Gills become pink. Rapid breathing. The fish will flick itself of
rocks to displace the parasite. |
Treat in fresh
water bath. Or use a
copper.. |
Curable. Must be treated otherwise will
spread. Treat in a quarantine
facility. |