A short promotional/introductory transcript for Gerald Bassleer’s book 'Practical Guide to Fish Diseases', a practical photo-rich guide on diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases in ornamental tropical fish, some palm fish and shrimp. Covers major diseases (fungal, bacterial, parasitic including Oodinium/white spot and 'hole in the head'), diagnostic photos (~275), microscopic images, treatment advice, medication combinations, causes, and a brief shrimp-diseases chapter. Book available via Baslya.com.
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The book Practical Guide to Fish Diseases. It's about ornamental tropical fish, palm fish and shrimp. It's a practical guide with a lot of photographs that explains you how to deal with fish diseases, how to diagnose by looking at pictures like here, the Malawi cichlid or the swordtail or this other fish. We talk about discus fish, South American fish diseases like hole in the head disease. So a lot of details on practical details that you encounter when you deal with fish diseases. We explain our findings or observations or suggestions for prevention and particularly some advice for treatments. This all with also the help of microscopic photographs here about oodinium. We also talk about the cycle of Odinium white spot disease, a very important disease. So this all explained about the most important diseases and about the things you can find about your fish. That's of course unfortunately a problem when you deal with ornamental fish. We explain about some typical diseases that occur like fungus or like spots that appear on the fish. It's explained with about 275 photographs and the book also has a particular emphasis on the causes of fish diseases. Diagnostic photo list of the most important diseases you encounter when you look at your fish. Some small microscopic examination common ornamental fish diseases discussed in detail. The bacteria, the parasites. We also have a small chapter on the shrimp diseases. Of course the medications, how to use when you have a fungal infection, a bacterial infection, a parasitic infection and tips of the combination of certain medicines. I put some literature down that I can recommend to you and I register. So this small book is available through our company Baslya.com you can order it online to make you more successful in the keeping of your fish in the best condition. Thank you.