DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF GOLDFISH AND KOI*

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES

SICK FISH FORM Anatomy of Goldfish - Picture Jo Ann's Diagnosis by Poop
Jo Ann's Fish Physical Fins of a Goldfish Jo Ann's diagnosis of water
NECROPSY - streaming video Directions for necropsy with pictures  

 
SYMPTOMS BEHAVIOR
Clamped fins Darting Eating bubbles Flashing Floating Head standing
Tail standing Jumping  Lethargy Listing to the side Spasms Whirling 
Won't Eat Bent spine Blindness Yawning   Gasping at surface

 
SPOTS, DOTS, LUMPS, BUMPS, STREAKS, ETC
Sudden death Black spots Black streaks on fins Scales sticking out - pine coning
Body swollen Bulging eyes Bubbles under the skin Changing color
Dropsy Fin Rot Fin shredding/splitting Hole-in-the-head disease
Getting thin Loosing scales Lump(s) Protrusions of the anal port 
Red Sores Red Spots Red Streaks Redness at base of pectoral fins
White spots White flecks in eye White spots on head growth White spots on gill covers

 
BACTERIA, VIRUSES
Aeromonas Columnaris Lymphocystis Skinny disease

 
PARASITES
Argulus - fish lice Brain flukes Branchiomycosis Costia
Chilondonella Dactylogyrus- Gill Flukes Epistylis Gyrodactylus-Flukes
Henneguya Hexamita Ich Lernea - anchor worm
Myxosporidia Oodinium Trichodina  

 
CONDITIONS/SYNDROMES
Acidosis Dropsy Hydrogen sulfide poisoning Rock in the mouth Sick filter

 
TREATMENTS
EMERGENCY Aging water Water changes
TUB TO TUB method Topical treatment Fish coming in from the pond
Wound control on pond fish Euthanasia Immune system of GF
PEROXIDE DIP - NEW    

 
MEDICATIONS
Antibiotics in food Antibiotic in water Antibiotic injections Copper
Dylox - trichlorphon Mercurochrome/merthiolate PP- Potassium permanganate Salt dips
Uses of salt  Quick Cure/Formaldehyde What is in the food  
What is in the medications Where to get meds Medicine chest for GF  
* I want to acknowledge the contributions and publications of those who have been my source of information on the care, diagnosis and treatment of Goldfish.  I have borrowed most heavily from my teacher Jo Ann Burke and her book, Health Care Standards for Goldfish and Koi  [$39.95/ available by calling U.S. 1-251-649-4790]
Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease  Diagnosis and Treatment, Mosby 1996 [$100]
Michael K. Stoskopf, Fish Medicine, W.B.Saunders Co., 1993 [$140].

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