disease

As fish geeks, the last thing we want are sick fishes, but it's inevitable: The longer you're in this game, the more likely you are to run up against disease. And having good medications to respond quickly and decisively once a diagnosis is made is essential. One of the most novel delivery...

The male of the pair of wild Hericthys cyanoguttatus (Texas Cichlids) has developed some kind of weird mouth / lip condition. He looked great in quarantine for a couple of weeks but started exhibiting signs a couple of days ago. Looks like several folks have had large New World fish develop...

I saw this on one of my keyholes yesterday. It's a little white indented patch above his left eye and on his forehead. I haven't seen any changes in behavior and he is eating well. Can anyone identify what this is and how it should be treated?

A while ago I was driving near an Lfs I frequent when in the area and went in for a browse. I seen an albino fryeri and decided to pick him up. I have never seen them in there before. I have been looking for a luecistic hap ahli for sometime and decided to settle for this guy since he was right...

My male OB Peacock has an issue. his one eye has a white covering and has swelled up pretty large. thought i was pop eye, and have been treating him in a QT tank the past 10 days with both melafix and pimafix. his eye has not gotten better and over the past two days has become more enlarged...

I'm starting to see damage on my angel fish. They seem to have injuries that look like bite marks. They mostly seem to appear around the upper fin and head area. There is no fuzz inside the wounds. This is an example of what the injuries typically look like. I've lost 3 of my 22 angels from this...

Hi, I'm new to this site and need some thoughts as to what my fish has and how to help him. From what I have read so far it seems it could be lymphocystis which is viral and apparently no real cure. He is by himself and none of my other 20+ fish have been affected and remain I'm good health. I...

I have joined this site in the hopes that someone can help me with this disease that has completely wiped out my collection of kribs over the last five years and it seems that nothing I do has any affect on whatever is killing my kribensis. The disease starts out as what looks like a crack in...

two apistos looked funny saturday. their tail fin looked as if it was clamped together.. (reminded me of dogs, when a dominant one approaches a female or less dominant they hide the tail beetween the back legs) anyone knows if that is a disease? or stress?? i have too many dwarf cichlids in...