Fish disease case nr. 128 Choco gourami (Sphaerichthys) with parasitic and bacterial infection

Hello, dear Akarist, Today I will present.

My fish disease case number 128, about a chocolate gourami.

Yeah, Chocolate gouramis are delicate. They like soft and acid water.

And sometimes they come in with diseases.

Because they are imported from the wild.

And can bring in some problems which.

We should try to diagnose correctly and at the same time try to treat correctly here. The shokugurami, the scientific name is Feritis.

Osphramenoides, had a bacterial and a back and a parasitic infection. The behavior was becoming skinny and having.

Clamped fins and slowly wasting away.

And we had some losses.

That's how it looks like.

Maybe we could see some red markings. But anyway, these fish sometimes are looking very reddish in color. Brown, reddish.

But typically was already that.

We found a bacterial infection in the gills.

Here we see on the top, this part is rotten, how can I say?

Eaten away by bacteria. And here we see also big damage.

Of the gill tissue.

Here we see parts of the gills also damaged internally.

We found encapsulated diagenetic trematodes in different.

Parts of the organs in the intestine here next to the spleen. And the spleen also had melanoma growth center and maybe some necrosis here on the side.

So bacterial infection was also involved in the gills, in the organs.

Some meta cercaria taking away healthy tissue.

Here's some more metacercaria and some tubercles in the organs.

Here we found the tubercle next to.

The intestine, a large tubercle. Well, these are the cases we find in checking on those fish.

So this wild gourami had lots of betasarcaria and tubercles and will not survive.

Because he becomes too weak due to that infection. That weakens his immune system, weakens the fish.

And this defends against other pathogens so easily.

To get other bacterial infections like Gilrot.

You can try to control the secondary.

Bacterial infections, especially those in the gills.

With an antibacterial medication like Veromorph, for example, you can try or an antibiotic.

Ask your fish doctor for advice or.

Read my books on fish diseases. You can help this fish with a.

Special functional food we have for this.

Kind of fish is our Dr. Basler Baiser food Cavar to strengthen the health of the fish.

This fish of course, doesn't like too.

Much to eat dry granulated food.

But at least this Cavar has a high palatability.

So at least you can try and give some functional fish food. Get some information from my books available through our website with many details on.

Fish diseases and treatments.

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So thank you for watching and I.

See you soon for my next case on Face Disease.

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