Category: Pathogens
Schering’s “NuFlor” injectable has been used in Europe on Salmonid fishes for a while now. I was…
Saprolegnia – Water Fungus Written by R.E. Carlson Like all fresh water environments, koi and goldfish ponds…
This is a warmwater gill fungus. I’ve had this in a collection of my own fish, one…
Trichodina This saucer-shaped parasite is over-rated in its pathogenicity (not a big fish killer by itself but…
Costia Costia or Ichthyobodo necatrix, is a ciliated protozoan parasite of freshwater fish that also has the capability…
Freshwater Ich (Ichthyophthirius multifilis) is a ciliated protozoan that encysts under the epidermis of the fish; and,…
A discussion of the major worms and their control Worms in Koi In the past, the discussion…
Argulus – Fish Lice look like little (4mm) greenish or yellow “flying saucers” and are easily visible…
Chilodonella infections, rapid mortalities from this freshwater parasite of Koi, pondfish and aquarium fish. Cleared with salt…
Flukes, also known as Trematodes are the most common almost ubiquitous parasite of Koi. And while Koi…
Ichthyophthirius “Ick” or “Ich” in Koi, Pond Fish and Aquaria also known as white spot, seen under…
