Fish disease case nr. 278 Thoracocharax stellatus, Silver Hatchet Tetra, with a bacterial infection

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Video about the Tetra a silver hatchet.

I show you my findings that I.

Collected in my PowerPoint that this thoraxarax stellatus, the hatchet fish had a serious bacterial infection. Details on fish diseases, diagnosis, prevention and treatment is available in different languages.

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Here we see the thoracocarax, the silver.

Hatchet, which is very weak, not normally.

Swimming, hanging upside down.

You can see the respiratory problems.

So this fish was really dying the next minutes. An interesting example to take for examination.

And the gills were very bad shape.

Or in very bad shape and bad condition. You can see necrotic gills missing all.

The lamellae here and here.

Also these parts are gone.

So of course this fish will die.

Due to the bacterial infection in the gills.

Also internally we found a lot of rot type bacteria. You can see here thousands of bacteria here. It's a big colony collected here at the sample.

Here we see it had at a.

Higher magnification that there is a big.

Impact of a bacterial infection.

And of course the organs will be affected.

You can see here the left spleen.

And here on the right liver, which.

Were not in good condition due to the bacterial infection.

So what can you do as treatment.

For this hatchet fish?

Well, you can understand this fish came from the wild. This came from Colombia. It was weakened due to the collection, the packing, the transport, acclimation, and maybe.

Already weakened it because of living in.

The wild and having to deal with harsh conditions made it more proneable to get infections. So then the fish is getting weaker and of course susceptible to a bacterial infection.

We could recommend here to apply an.

Antibacterial medication like an antibiotic. Ask your fish doctor or your aquarium shop for advice.

You can help with a fish food.

That is functional and helps in the.

Repair of the fish.

We have different types we can recommend.

Like Dr. Basler biffish food, Fuko or Forte or grapefruit seed extract Moringa.

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So I hope this video about the silver hatchet fish explained you what diseases.

A fish can come in with from.

The wild or after some harsh conditions, and that you can apply treatments to.

Help the fish to survive.

Thank you for watching.