Fish disease case nr. 223 Swordtail Xiphophorus with parasitic Ichthyobodo and bacterial infection

Hello, dear Aquarist. Today I will talk about the swordtail Xiphophorus Hilary which has a parasitic infection, Ichthyobodo and a bacterial infection. And I show you my findings and observations with the microscope here in my PowerPoint. The parasites were Ichthyoboda used to be called Kostia. And usually they cause a secondary bacterial infection. I explain about diseases and treatments diagnosis in my books available in different languages. The link is here below. And here we see the swordtails. You can see that some clamp their fins, their tails, they're not swimming normally. Some become very weak. Particularly look at this one here on the bottom here. That's a typical sign that the fish is not feeling well, that something is troubling, particularly the skin of the fish. And you see here the skin scraping that reveals that some parasites are moving around. The little tiny flagellated Costea parasite. You see them circling around, little bean shaped parasites. And at the same time you see bacteria, all the little black specks. And here are a few colonies on the scale. Here we see it. On another observation, you see the parasites moving and you see the. The clumps of bacteria, the black specks here at the side of the scales, not at the top here. Here where I mark this. That's pigment. That's the difference with pigment. And here at the side there is the bacteria. So we see bacteria and the parasites Ichthyobodo. The treatment of this fish well can be done on time because the fish are not so badly damaged. The parasites cause of course secondary bacterial infections. So it can become very serious if you wait too long with a treatment. I would recommend to combine the treatment antiparasitic and antibacterial. Ask your aquarium shop or the fetch doctor for advice what to use. I used in my experience my formula FMC together with Ferreltadome. I describe that in my books. You can also help the health of the fish, particularly the ones which are not badly infected yet and are eating well with a functional fish food that helps during the disease to improve the immunity. I recommend Dr. Basler buy fish food forte more details on fish diseases available in my books or get my training or your training at my Patreon. So I hope this video helped you to understand this disease on this swordtail and that a microscopic observation is very important to find out what is the cause and then you know what treatments you can use. Thank you for watching and subscribe to see more of my videos.