My Tropical Fish World

The most common type of fungus is called Saprolegnia this causes cotton wool like growths to appear on the fins, gills, mouth and eyes of infected fish. This disease normally effects fish that are suffering from other illnesses such as White Spot . Symptoms Of Tropical Fish Fungus Disease Cotton wool like tuffs appear or [...]

White Spot Ich (Ichthyophthiriasis, ichthyophthirius) is one of the most common tropical freshwater fish diseases its marine equivalent is called Cryptocaryon irritans. This parasite is also very easy to spot as the name suggests that the fish will become covered with tiny white spots on its body and fins. When the parasite reaches its full [...]

Velvet Oodinium belong to a group of parasites known as dinoflagellates, which is related to algae and contain chlorophyll. It is a fairly common disease to diagnose as the fish is covered with a layer of fine gold dust. The marine equivalent is called Coral Fish Disease Amyloodinium. Symptoms Of Velvet And Coral Disease This [...]

The best method of tropical fish disease prevention is to prevent poor fish health is carefully choosing the original stock combined with the use of a quarantined / hospital tank; good aquarium hygiene at all time and regularly checking all aspects of water chemistry. When you originally stock or add a fish to your community [...]

Dropsy is potentially fatal disease for fish. The fish is characterised by a swollen or hollow abdomen. The swollen abdomen appears so large that proportionally give the fish a very strange look. Often this disease is ignored as the aquarium owner thinks that either the fish is pregnant  or carrying eggs. The cause of this [...]

Gill flukes is the infection from either the Dactylogyrus or Gyrodactylus parasite. There are two types monogenetic (single host) and digenectic flukes (several hosts). This disease is more common on coldwater fish, monogenetic flukes do not bother freshwater tropical fish. Flukes often appear on the skin and are known as skin flukes. These can appear [...]

Fin rot and fin tail rot is the degeneration of the tissue between the individual rays of fins caused by a bacterial infection often brought on by bad water conditions. The fins especially tail fin may already be damaged by a bullying fish or bad handling. This is one of the most common tropical fish [...]

This diseases is also known as Freshwater Head Lateral Line Erosion (FHLLE) and is a common freshwater fish disease. It mostly effects cichlids, discus and Oscars. The disease is thought to be caused by the parasite Hexamita, that eventually causes holes to appear in the head along the lateral line. The parasite is found in [...]

Grey Slim Disease Grey slime disease is caused by several parasite families. These are Chilodonella in freshwater, Trichodina and Costia (Ichthyobodo) in both freshwater and marine water and Brooklynella in marine water. When a fish is effected by these parasites they produce a large quantity of mucus. Symptoms Of Grey Slime Disease The build of [...]