YouTube video by Gerald Bassleer describing a case of tank‑raised Malawi cichlid (Pseudotropheus, albino variety) showing severe systemic tubercles in organs consistent with fish tuberculosis/Mycobacterium infection. The presenter documents clinical signs (separation, bloated abdomen, heavy respiration), necropsy findings (liver, spleen full of tubercles), discusses probable breeder-related causes (poor genetics, feeding, water quality), and notes antibiotics are usually ineffective; he points viewers to his books and resources for further diagnostics and supportive care.
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Hello, dear acurist, dear fish keeper, and in this case you, the shicklet lover person who likes to have cichlids. And here it's about a Malawi cichlid, a pseudotrophores that has been tank raised, tank raised in Europe. And yes, some fish might develop problems during breeding. That's something that this video might teach a lesson particularly to some breeders to take good care of quality control because this fish was suffering badly. So watch this video and I show you the fish how badly they looked in, into the, into the aquarium because this pseudotropheus had massive tubercles in the organs. Morph details on fish diseases and treatments you can get in my books on fish diseases. The link is here below or you can buy them in different languages. And here we see the Psyrotropheus Socolophy, an albino variety that some become weak. You can see here in the back, they're separating from the group, they're not coming anymore to look for food. Like many are still healthy enough to look for food. And that one is separating and eventually will die. Here we pulled it out and you can see it has an extended belly, bigger belly than normal. You see the heavy respiration already and that fish was dying in the, in the hours to come. So that's the one we pull out and we check for examination. And the main thing we found in that fish that all the organs had massive pro workers in the whole body, in the liver, in the spleen, everything was full of tubercles. It was one big mess. Hardly to ignore that these tubercles was of course killing the fish. Eventually the fish will die and, and some cichlids will suffer more than the others. You can see it in the aquarium, but you have to be aware that it might become a serious advanced infection later on in this stage of the lifespan of the fish. So it's a poor tank race fish caused by a breeder, maybe breeding the fish with a poor parent, poor couple of cichlids, maybe poor feeding practices, maybe poor quality water, quality control. Many things you have to check with the breeder. Here's the problem. The treatments of antibiotics are usually not effective. Some people blame that or claim that that certain antibiotics might help. But to be honest, I've seen very small, very little good results with it. Except maybe for the fish which have little infection. Maybe. But ask your fish doctor for advice or get advice from my books. You can help the less infected fish which are still eating well with a functional fish food that helps during the disease and you improve the immunity like our Dr. Basler by fish Food Fuko. More details on fish diseases and treatments available in my books. Try to subscribe to learn more to stay tuned and get more videos on fish diseases. Also on cichlids, I have a special playlist for for cyclage and you can get training on fish doctoring at my Patreon Channel. So I hope this video helped you as a cichlid lover to understand that a breather can cause a problem and that you should be aware that a microscope can help you to find out what's going on. Thank you for watching.
