Gerald Bassleer examines balloon mollies with internal nematode infections that were hard to spot visually. Necropsy revealed capillaria worms and eggs in the gut, plus signs of possible Mycobacterium co-infection. Treatment involves anthelmintics like benzimidazoles and levamisole, plus medicated foods with pumpkin seed extract.
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Hello, dear aquarist.
Welcome to my next case on fish diseases.
Today, with a background of a trip.
On the Amazon, the Rio Negro near.
Manaus and Barcelos, where I joined the piaba trip.
And of course we have beautiful sceneries here at night. And we enjoyed a lot the collecting.
Of tropical aquarium fish.
So it's a study worthwhile doing it next to studying fish diseases, studying the.
Biotopes and the environments where the fish are coming from.
Well, today I share you my findings.
On a very popular accordion which was the balloon Molly.
Of course you like it or you.
Don'T like it, the balloon mollies. But some people love this kind of.
New variety of normal of mollies.
And here we found the balloon Molly.
Coming from a breeder with internal worm infections.
In my case127.
We could not see anything particular except.
A few losses and a few skinny.
Ones like the black one here.
But hard to see on a balloon Molly if they're getting skinny. Here's one getting a little bit deformed. But anyway, a skinny one here, but.
Not particular signs of a disease we could see.
But when we investigated the fish, we.
Found in the gut these worms, big.
Worms, many worms in the intestine, in the gut.
And these are a type of capillaria worms. And from these worms you also can.
Find the eggs in the excrements. If you do an excrement examination.
Well, this was the problem with these.
Mollies, just some capillaria, good quantities, causing weakness of the fish and of the other.
And the other part of the body.
We found in the organs, some tubercles.
Most likely could have been mycobacterium.
So that is a mix of problems can occur when you breed fish in.
A big, big farm, in ponds outside.
That's a risk of also breeding diseases.
Well, the nematodes can be treated.
Ask your fish doctor for treatments like.
Products like Bendazole, Prazicanthal or levamizole.
See also the details in my books.
The tubercles, that can be serious for.
Some fish because it can be mycobacterium. Some people tried high dosages of oxytracycline or minocycline.
But when they are encapsulated with the tubercles, it's hard to get the medicine inside. We always recommend to use a functional.
Food like here are Dr. Basler bifish.
Food pumpkin seed extract that helps in.
The control of the worms and helps.
The fish to recuperate and to regenerate. So these are my findings, which you.
Also can explore in my books available.
In different languages with more details on fish diseases.
Or you can go to my Patreon.
To learn more about fish diseases. So now for now I say goodbye.
