Freshwater Tropical
Hexamita (Hole-in-the-Head)
Intestinal flagellate parasite causing pitted lesions on the head and lateral line, especially in cichlids and discus. Often…
Moderate
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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
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
Goldfish
Spring Viremia of Carp (SVC)
Virus disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: lethargy, darkening, exophthalmia, distended abdomen (dropsy), petechial hemorrhages in skin and…
Critical
Freshwater Tropical
Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN)
Virus disease of aquarium fish. Key signs: fry: darkened skin, exophthalmia, distended abdomen, faecal cast trailing from vent,…
Critical