Fish disease case nr. 84 Tiger barb with a worm, Nematode infection

Dear Aquarist, good day. I'm happy you staying watched for my videos on fish diseases, cases I encountered during my work as a fish doctor. And today it's already number 84. Of course, when you deal monthly with fish diseases, I can collect a lot of details and information and try to share with you my findings. So you might be able to learn to diagnose better the problems, to prevent the wrong medications, to prevent the wrong treatments, and to be aware what you should watch out for when you deal with diseased fish. So I will show you my PowerPoint presentation with my observations I found on the tiger Barbara, in this case, number 84, the tiger barb. Now the scientific name is Desmopuntius tetrazona, the tiger. And we've had, which had a parasitic worm infection, the nematode, a kind of capillaria. Always call it O. Capillaria, but there are different kinds. But here you see the fish in the tank. Some are looking well, but look at the back. Some look separated from the group, getting skinny, getting darker, wasting away and dying. Also here in the group you see here, this one here, look, getting skinnier, not moving so well. I show you again. And usually that's how it starts, you know, before they start dying you see a few like here, this one here, not looking so great, looking weaker, thinner, darkling coloration. Look, here is another one here I put here, let's point out to you here, this one. And that's how it starts. And that's the time you should start looking what is the problem of the fish? And perform a diagnosis using the microscope and taken out the most weakest one because it's going to die the next 24 hours. And it's better to sacrifice for the well being of the whole group of fish. And here we found nothing specific on the gills or the skin, but in the name, in the intestine we found these elongated worms, round worms called nematodes capillaria. It's a kind of capillaria. Typical for these are those eggs here. All those eggs are sitting here, ready to be expelled with the excrements and to reinfect other fish in the aquarium, because when they're eating, they infect the other fish. So see also my case number 47, that was also tiger barb from the same source, the same farmer which were larger sized tiger barbs, but had the same problem as these small ones, because those are young tiger barbs. So it's usually caused by the breeder when they have been fed with diseased fish or kept with disease. Which I would mean. And also by feeding live food which contains eggs or worm larvae, particularly eggs from these capillaria. You can see the fish that become weak. You better put to sleep. Euthanize them. Put narcotic product like Narcomor plus or Macari Muenster first try to give perfect conditions. What you can do as an aquarist is daily siphoning the bottom two times a day. So you can remove the eggs or worms. Also regular cleaning of the filter. So you get rid of the eggs which reproduce new babies. And new reinfection to the whole group in the aquarium. So your physical interaction of siphoning and cleaning filter will certainly be able to help. Of course, you will need to do a treatment like products with prazicanthal, Levamizole, fenbendazole to control the free worms. I mean the worms in the intestine worms which coming out of the eggs. And ask your veterinarian to for some advice. And important to think to retreat after seven to 10 days. Because the eggs can come out so in within seven to 10 days. So think about retreating after after some time to control the outbreaks. You can also help feeding your fish with the pumpkin or bifurcation pumpkin. It's a cetus tract that helps the fish in controlling those nematodes or other worms. And you have to feed at least 20 days and do not feed any other food. You know. That's so that the pumpkin has the best effect in helping the fish to control the worm infection in the gut. So I hope this case helped you to understand this part of fish disease. Worms. Worms are coming common in our hobby. Yes, particularly when you're feeding live food. Think about it. Take care. I hope this teaches you a lesson in keeping fish in the best condition. Thank you.