Lesions of the girl cover
What I’m talking about as far as gill cover is fish, that’s the bony covering under the eye that protects the gills of the fish and allows it to produce a certain degree of suction as the girls are pumping over the gills.
Lesions of the Gille cover seem to be fairly common and they seem to be difficult for hobbyists to manage correctly.
I will go through some of the more common lesions of the guild cover and some of the pitfalls associated with Gil cover disorders of the Gille cover
In baby fish it is not a comment to see a girl cover and curls at work and you should be aware that that is a nutritional lesion, properly fed, little fish grow without flaring of the girl covers the same could be said for the absence of guilt covers which is to a certain extent genetic but to a greater extent. Nutritional.
In Corey and Pond Fish you will often see scrapes and lacerations of the girl covers, these are difficult to treat because they do not close like normal “skin“. A common problem with these is that hobbyists want them to heal and close like a lesion on the body and so they will often over treat, or treat too long because the girl lesion won’t heal.
However in fact, the Galician may be dormant or done, but it takes a long time to heal because the tissues have a difficult time taking back lost ground over the bony Gille cover. As soon as inflammation and redness subside in a Gille cover lesion, and after a reasonable amount of care, you should allow time for healing without further handling of the fish.
Holes in the guild cover of any fish are seldom life-threatening, unless they are actively infected.
But holes in the guild covers of ornamental tropical fish often speak to three different things.
A hole in the guild cover of a tropical fish can be secondary to two, stress related disorders.
One of those is tuberculosis. When a fish is being consumed by tuberculosis with liver lesions, and the starvation that goes along with that, they become vulnerable to infections, and quite often you will see erosion of various tissues not the least of which being thin and Gille cover. Tuberculosis is difficult to diagnose before the fish has actually died because the best lesions to see diagnostically are in the liver and squash preparations under the microscope.
The second stress related disorder that causes holes in the guild covers his exit meter. It is very difficult for that parasite to infect fish that are at the top of their game and in good condition. Want to text me that begins to Chew on the fish, they start to develop pitting and erosion and holes on the face and kill covers. This is especially evident on Oscars, which take a long time to die of hexedine infections. Again, next meeting is a stress related disorder where these protozoans would have no effect on the fish unless they were worn down by stress.
Then the question how do I treat these go cover lesions, and here are the answers.
Flair to kill covers from nutritional deficiency are not treatable, they do not reverse. Before any more fish are disfigured, you need to improve the caliber quantity of the nutrition that you were offering these growing fish.
For lesions of the grill cover in tropical fish where erosions and holes are starting to appear, it is your responsibility to establish that water quality is excellent and make sure that they have plenty of space, and high-quality nutrition. Remember, in tropical fish, erosions of the face and Gille cover or a stress related disorder and often subside as soon as good water quality and nutrition are restored.
Finally, lesions on the girl covers of Koi and goldfish are often caused by damage perhaps in the breeding process or if they Dash themselves against some sharp ornament, and these lesions are simply slow to heal. Don’t over treat them.
On initial approach to a kill cover lesion in a Koi or goldfish You would want to provide a certain degree of debridement and antibiotic coverage in water that is at least 78° and of high-quality, plus an excellent plan of nutrition if possible. It is always better to accomplish these improvements to the husbandry within the Main system and in a crowded or cramped, stressful quarantine facility if possible.
After the initial cleaning or debridement of the girl cover lesion, it is wise not to do that again because healing is going to occur from the outside of the lesion in word. And you don’t want to keep scraping away The tissues as they try to heal across the damage on the guild cover. That is a very thin layer of skin.
If you recover a fish from a girl cover lesion, you will be replacing it in the main Ken quarters, before the lesion has fully healed because they take weeks and weeks to get to a normal appearance.
If you recover a girl cover lesion and fungus take up residence, that is OK. You may see in Taft tuft of a tan, white or green colored photos in the lesion, that is infinitely better than active bacterial infection, and you will notice over time that that we should get smaller and smaller until the Taft simply pops off and healthy skin is revealed underneath. Do your best to resist the urge to pull the fish into a small, stressful quarantine facility for more treatments.
To recap, when you see a lesion on the grill cover of any fish you have to question whether or not your husband really is adequate. Proceed to establish that your water quality, and crowding conditions are ideal and that the needs of your specific fish species are being met.
If you determine that the lesions are congenital or nutritional deficiencies, you need to improve what you were feeding and the amount.
If you see holes and other lesions in the face and gills of tropical fish, some consideration should be given to stress and secondary hexa meter infections. Very often, improvement in water quality and space limitations will resolve those lesions on their own, other times you might need metronidazole.
Finally, and coil and goldfish, when you see deletions you would simply clean those wounds in a procedure called debridement, administer have an antibiotic, preferably by injection, and plan to return the fish to the main facility as quickly as you possibly can. At least with B Trail or in reflects a sin, you get the privilege of having to handle the fish only every third day meantime the fish can be in the main facility where it will be happier and less stressed. Do not over clean a girl lesion and do not keep the fish in quarantine until the Galician is fully healed because that takes weeks.
