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SYMPTOMS

Possible Diagnosis

Purple, red or bleeding gills
Fish may clamp, may appear darker in color
Red streaking on the fins or body
Fish may gasp for air at the surface of the tank water
Torn & jagged fins....

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Cloudy eye can be caused by injury to the eye, fungus, bacteria, parasites, but most often due to poor water quality

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Death occur within minutes, to a day, not all tank inhabitants affected

Poisoning. check water source, ph, co2, o2, copper, zinc, phenols, rotting food, feeding changes

Discus jumping and making jerking movements

Acidosis, alkalosis, plant insecticides

Gasping for air at surface, irregular breathing

Oxygen deficiency, ammonia or nitrite poisoning

Exopthalmia (pop eye)

Various causes;

tuberculosis ich, cestodes(sparganosis) metacercarial diseases, various bacterial diseases

Neck tumour...sometimes cannot close mouth

Thyroid or other tumour

Distension

Ich...piscine tuberculosis..abdominal dropsy, also in other diseases

Curved spine

Camallanus, sporozoan infection, piscine tuberculosis....in fry, destroy as these are congenital defects

Emaciation

worms,Ich, piscine tuberculosis, internal parasites...see also Gill copepods

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