Aeromonas Hydrophila (Motile Aeromonad Disease)
Aeromonas hydrophila complex is probably the most commonly encountered bacterial pathogen of freshwater fishes... |
Aeromonas Salmonicida (Furunculosis)
Aeromonas salmonicida (furunculosis) is the persistent sequential occurrence of furuncles (or boils) over a period of weeks or months caused by the organism aeromonas salmonicida... |
Ammonia Toxicity
Dogs and most other mammals produce urine which consists primarily of a compound known as urea, and most species of fish produce ammonia which is very toxic in the aquarium... |
Aquarium Water Quality: Ammonia and Nitrite Toxicity Explained
When ammonia and/or nitrite levels in an aquarium become too high, such as during the period when biological filtration is being established, fish become sick and frequently die... |
Argulus (Fish Louse)
Fish lice are not insects, as their infamous name suggests, nor are they related to the lice that infest humans and other domestic animals... |
Buoyancy Problem
Does your pet fish have trouble swimming? If your fish floats on the surface or has a difficult time rising from the bottom, he has a buoyancy problem. |
Chlorine Toxicity
Chlorine in water reacts with living tissues and organic matter causing acute necrosis (cell death) in fish... |
Fish Pox (Cyprinid Herpesvirus I)
Fish pox, also known as carp pox or warts, is a chronic skin disease of carp and several related species of cyprinid (family of soft-rayed fishes) fish, including ornamental koi... |
Flukes
Trematode parasites (flukes or flatworms) come in two main groups: the monogeneans, which have a direct life cycle and live on a single host, and the digeneans, which have indirect and often very complex life cycles with one or more intermediate hosts... |
Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE)
Close inspection of affected fish may reveal small pits in the epidermis (skin) around the head and lateral line progressing to large, usually non-hemorrhagic (non-bleeding) ulcers... |
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