Look at the grid below to get a quick idea of what your fish may have.

Then follow this link and read up about the possible ailment.

Does Fish Exhibit....	Possible Ailment
White spots?	see Fish Lice, Ich, Velvet
Fuzzy gray or white on body/mouth?	see Fungus, mouth fungus
A swollen body?	see Dropsy
Pink/red swellings?Redness?	see Dermocystudium, Septicemia, TB, skin flukes
Red or inflamed gills?	see Gill flukes
Ragged or torn fins?	see Fin rot, skin flukes
Eye problems?	see Cataracts, pope eye
Bad colorations and body mucus problems?	see Slime disease
Parasites?	see Skin flukes, anchor worm,chilodonella, costia, fish lice,
Scale loss or skinny fish?	see Scale loss, wasting
Open wounds?	see Ulcers

 

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