Fish disease case nr. 189 Apistogramma agassizi, dwarf cichlid, with a bacterial infection

Hello, dear aquarists, look, the fish house in the back.

I sometimes do some work on fish diseases and today I will show you a disease of a dwarf cichlid, apistogramma.

And I may be wrong, but it's highly unlikely.

If you have critical things about my work I'm doing well, tell me, give.

Some comments and watch.

Now, my presentation I prepared for you.

In in this PowerPoint.

So I want to share with you what I found in the Apotheogramma agassizi with a bacterial infection in case 189.

And of course, some of you might have already my books on fish diseases and learn something more about fish diseases.

Here we see the dwarf cichlids, the apistogramma. You see some of them in the back with an abnormal behavior. They're getting dark, they're clamping the fins, they become skinny, they lose color.

And sometimes there was a dead fish reported.

Yes, that pistol grandma Gasesi. We took a skin scraping and we saw lots of bacteria like you can see here, this group of millions of bacteria covering the scale.

And these are some damage to gills with gill rot. Yes, most likely this is all caused.

By the bacterial infection and that's why.

The fish will suffer and die and not eating.

Well, the internal organs, the spleen and.

The liver here on the left, the.

Spleen and on the right liver were in bad condition.

You see those black markings and spots inside? This is not normal.

It should be clear, healthy red or orange tissue.

And here we see a video of.

The millions of bacteria which you see moving around. Now we go to the highest magnification 400 and that you notice, well, the millions of moving bacteria. It's a mix of bacteria that that we found internally in the organs of the fish.

Well, what can we recommend for you?

How to act and what to do?

Well, we found damage caused by bacteria. So of course you have to start treating.

But the first thing you have to.

Check how is the quality of your.

Water, your filter, the fish food you're giving. That is all important that you fix that before you start treating.

Use an antibacterial medication, not a disinfectant. That will not be effective.

And ask your shop or your fish doctor that can help you.

Also, the advice of the aquarium shop.

Is worthwhile going to. So select a good shop where you.

Can get advice from somebody who is acquainted with dealing with infections and how to treat. Or you can see my books, which I explain a lot details how to.

Treat the fish diseases and at the.

Same time, yes, of course, I can recommend Dr. Basler biofish food, grapefruit seed extract, moringa or the fuko or the professional treat.

All helpful for the fish to, what.

Can I say, recover and to fight off bacterial infections. So try to get my books. The link is below where you can order the books.

Stay tuned.

I give more training in my fish doctoring or specialist and you can find my books.

So I hope this helped you to understand fish diseases, but I may be wrong.

But it's highly unlikely.

Thank you for watching.