YouTube video (case 248) by Gerald Bassleer presenting an Oscar (Astronotus) cichlid infected with gill flukes. The speaker describes symptoms (clustering, heavy respiration), shows microscopic images of flukes on gill lamellae, explains treatment recommendations (anthelminthics like praziquantel or flubendazole with a repeat dose after seven days), and mentions supportive measures (functional food with garlic). The video also promotes Bassleer’s illustrated guides and training resources.
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Hello, dear acurist, dear Chiclet keeper, yes, you selected this video on an Oscar Cichlid or an Astronautus and like the title already explained to you, it's a Chiclet that has been infected by gill flukes. Today I have a better sound system. Maybe you like it better. Let me know so I can continue to proceed using this better voice. Maybe you recognize better or understand better the diseases explaining by this way. I explain you my details with the help of my PowerPoint. It's case 248, an astronautus or an Oscar cichlid with gill flukes. You can read more about diseases of cichlids or discus in my new illustrated guide to Phish disease diseases, available in English and French. We have a lot of details on treatments and on the specific diseases for cichlids. Also, the Practical Guide is a book available in several languages and has the most important diseases available. Here we see the Oscar cichlids grouping together in the corner with a heavy respiration. Well, try to learn from your fish when they explain this kind of behavior, that means they're suffering. So it's important for you as a hobbyist to learn to watch your fish when they're healthy and to understand when they're showing an abnormal behavior. They're talking to you. They're asking your attention, please help me and get my problem solved. And here the problem showed it as a gill fluke infection in the gills. Some gills were partially already affected and damaged. You see different parts of the gills with many different gill flukes damaging the fish. Here we see it in a higher magnification. The gill flukes attached to the lamellae and of course causing damage and also causing a risk of a bacterial infection coming onto the fish, particularly on the gills. So a treatment for the Oscar cichlid. Well, I always recommend treat as soon as possible with an anti fluke medication such as Prazicanthal or Flibendazole or other products which are available through your fish doctor or through your pet shop. Make sure that you retreat after seven days to control the reinfection. This reinfection occurs by the eggs, which are spread out by the worms in the gills. And it's spread out through the. In the bottom of the aquarium. In the. And the eggs will produce approximately after seven days they produce worm larvae that reinfect the fish in your aquarium. So you have to retreat to kill the larvae that appear at the same time. A functional fish food can help the fish to become more in. How can I say, more stronger in defending this disease and it's with the help of Dr. Besler. Biofish food Garlic because the garlic develops a smell or a taste in the mucus that the gill flukes do not like. So this is not a medication, it's a help. It's a functional help for the fish. I explain diseases and treatments in my books. The link is below or you can get more training on fish diseases at my Patreon. Thank you for watching this video on the Shicklet, the Oscar Shicklet Astronautus that suffers from a Gulf look infection. And you will see here a link to more videos on the cichlids that can help you to understand and to control fish diseases. Thank you for watching.
