Fish health index

Introduction

• An introduction to fish health

• (Fish) Medication law (UK only)

Accidents (trauma).

• Heater burn
• Minor cuts and grazes
• Eye loss
• Jumped from tank
• Treating wounds on larger fish

Aquarium pests

• Aiptasia (marine only)
• Leeches
• Hydra

Bacterial diseases

• Dropsy*
• Fin rot
• Cloudy eyes
• Columnaris
• Fish TB
• Suspected bacterial infection

Congenital conditions

• Bent spine
• Fancy goldfish buoyancy problems
• Missing gill cover
• Swim bladder disorder

Environmental conditions

• Causes of ill health in fish
• Ammonia
• Hypoxia
• Nitrate
• Nitrite
• New tank syndrome
• Water problems

*Bacterial disease is just one of many causes of dropsy.

Euthanasia

• Euthanasia

Fungal diseases.

• Saprolegnia, cotton wool disease

Parasites

• Argulus

• Flukes

Protozoa diseases

• Cryptocaryon irritans (marine only)
• Guppy disease
• Hexamita
• Hole in the head disease.
• Neon tetra disease
• White spot and it's treatment (fresh water only)
• Velvet

Tumours

• Tumours

Viral diseases

• Lymphocystis
• Carp pox

Treatments

• Remedies 

• The medicine chest