Freshwater Tropical
Swim Bladder Disorder
Loss of buoyancy control — fish floats, sinks, or swims at odd angles. Common in fancy goldfish and…
Moderate
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Fish disease library
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Fish type
Symptom
Bloated Abdomen 2
Bloated belly 2
Clamped Fins 3
Cloudy Eye 1
Color Fading 1
Cotton Like Growth 1
Cottony Tufts 2
Darkened color 4
Dropsy 1
Emaciation 4
Erratic Swimming 7
Excess Mucus 3
Eye Discharge 1
Fin Erosion 1
Fin Rot 3
Fin Whitening 1
Flashing 4
Flashing / rubbing 8
Floating 1
Frayed Fins 6
Gasping at surface 4
Gill Damage 1
Gold Dust Coating 1
Gold-dust film 1
Granulomas / nodules 3
Head Pitting 1
Hemorrhage 1
Hemorrhaging 13
Lateral Line Erosion 1
Lethargy 19
Listless near bottom 1
Loss Of Appetite 7
Loss Of Balance 1
Mouth Erosion 1
Open Sores 4
Pale Gills 4
Pinecone Scales 1
Pop Eye 17
Rapid breathing 4
Rapid Gilling 4
Red Fin Bases 1
Red Ulcers 2
Scale Loss 1
Scratching 3
Sinking 1
Skin Erosion 1
Skin lesions 4
Spinal Deformity 2
Sudden death 3
Sunken Eyes 1
Swimming Sideways 1
Tissue necrosis 8
Ulcers 1
Visible parasite 1
Wart-like growths 2
White Fin Edges 1
White Grey Patches 1
White Patches 1
White Patches Gills 1
White Spots 5
White Stringy Feces 1
White Tail 1
Cause
Aeromonas hydrophila 1
Aphanomyces spp. 1
Argulus spp. 1
Bacteria 16
Branchiomyces spp. 1
Columnaris 1
Dactylogyrus spp. 1
Environmental 2
Fungus 3
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis 1
Lernaea spp. 1
microsporidian 1
Parasite 18
Pleistophora hyphessobryconis 1
Pseudoloma neurophilia 1
Pseudomonas fluorescens 1
Saprolegnia spp. 1
Trichodina spp. 1
Virus 14
Marine / Saltwater
Marine Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans)
Saltwater white-spot disease. A 2006 resistant strain renders traditional copper and formalin treatments ineffective — quinine sulfate is…
Severe
Freshwater Tropical
Cloudy Eye
Hazy or opaque film over one or both eyes — usually a sign of bacterial infection or chronic…
Moderate
Freshwater Tropical
Freshwater Ich (White Spot Disease)
The most common freshwater fish disease. Tiny white spots resembling grains of salt cover the body and fins.
Moderate
Freshwater Tropical
Velvet (Oodinium)
Dinoflagellate parasite producing a fine, gold-dust coating across the body. More lethal than ich; gill infection causes rapid…
Severe
Koi & Pond
Koi Herpes Virus (KHV)
Notifiable viral disease devastating koi populations worldwide. Mortality 80–100%. No cure — only management and prevention.
Critical
Freshwater Tropical
Costia (Ichthyobodo)
Parasite (flagellated protozoan) disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: blue-grey film of mucus over skin ('slime disease'), peeling…
Moderate
Freshwater Tropical
Ceratomyxosis
Parasite (myxosporean) disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: distended abdomen, ascites, hemorrhagic enteritis, lethargy, blackened tail, anaemia; chronic…
Critical
Freshwater Tropical
Oncorhynchus Masou Virus (OMV) Disease
Virus disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: fry: petechial hemorrhages on skin, exophthalmia, white spots on the body…
Critical
Freshwater Tropical
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN)
Virus disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: fry: dark color, exophthalmia, abdominal distension, spiral swimming, white mucoid faecal…
Critical
Freshwater Tropical
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)
Virus disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: acute: exophthalmia, anaemic gills, hemorrhages on skin and at fin bases,…
Critical
Freshwater Tropical
Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) Disease
Virus disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: skin congestion, scale erosion, exophthalmia, abdominal swelling, ocular alterations, behavioural changes;…
Critical