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SYMPTOMS
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Possible
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Greyish white film over entire body surface, easily
confused if microscope not available )Bacterial Infection
but does not respond to anti bacterial treatment.....
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Myriads
of 0.5 - 1.0mm long crustacean "mites" teeming
on glass, rockwork etc...
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Sharply
pointed 5-10mm spines sticking out of dorsal tissues....
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Disk-like
creatures up to 10mm long crawling over the body of
the fish....
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Neon
Tetra, (and rarely other tetras) begin to lose normal
brilliant, sharply demarked colouration; respiratory
rate increases to 100 + GB / min. (gill beats per minute)...more
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Fishes
swim with shimmying action of body. Later, if untreated,
fish becomes unable to swim and sits on the gravel listlessly
shimmying....
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Small,
whitish/greyish/or creamish
puss resembling worms oozes out of head region
of Discus family fishes. Unless the infestation
is massive and/or secondary bacterial and fungal infections
develop. The condition is rarely terminal but very unsightly
and may cause infestation of other fishes in system
if parasties allowed to reproduce.....
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Shiny white cotton wool-like growths More commonly encountered
in pond fish - may be seasonal. Fish generally show
no other signs of disease. Rarely fatal.....
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Long
worm Parasite is brown / black and very large (1 to
5 cm in length). Typically, the fish sustains one or
a few parasites but ocassionally heavy infestations.
Parasite moves by looping action. In the abscence of
attached parasites, their red circular bite-marks on
the fish's body may be the only tell-tale signs. Parasites
frequently encountered off the fish, usually on plants
or substrate...
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In
early stages (first 24 / 48 hours) fishes shows signs
of extreme skin/gill irritability, continually scratching
and scraping on rocks etc., and "flicking"
the pelvic and dorsal fins against the side of the body.
However, unlike oodinium and white spot disease(which
can share the same symptoms of skin irritation sometimes),
this condition never causes an increase in breathing
rate until the fish, after several days / weeks without
treatment, is approaching death, and rarely are the
near microscopic parasites noticeable as spots on the
body, although they can sometimes be seen as blurred
spots on fins....
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