I moved this topic to Aquatic Explorations, and removed it from the General Fish Topics. Unfortunately, it seems to have deleted both topics. It's probably a bug in the system, so I'll contact the server.
Originally posted by joolie:
here are a few of the common cold water parasites i have captured under the scope gyrodactylus (skin fluke top and bottom end shot) you can see the live young inside the adult
Originally posted by joolie:
trichodina not a true fish parasite as it dosnt actually feed on the fish it just uses it as a host and feeds on pond /tank organics but they are enough to irritate the fish and cause flicking
Originally posted by joolie:
juvenile whitespot cyst
Originally posted by ichthic:
Very impressive! How do you go about identifying all of these?
EDIT: Also, I moved this topic to the Aquatic Explorations category.
Originally posted by joolie:
i guess through experience and I had a first class mentor one of the old school who taught me many things before he passed away
heres a link to a gallery I made http://www.koivista.com/gallery/547/microscope-shots
Originally posted by corylover:
Wow, those look like pictures in my science books. Very cool and thanks for sharing such interesting pictures.
Originally posted by joolie:
i think it htis part of keeping koi I find most interesting keeping the fish in tip top condition saying that I lost my best fish yesterday no matter what i tried she didnt respond she had salt baths a pp regime and antibiotic injections i found she had lost her fight yesterday morning so i did an autopsy and found a tumor in her kidney and she was retaining water as in her osmosregluatory system was packing up so i guess it was out of my control it always happens top the best ones
Sorry to hear you lost your koi, jools. At least now you can imagine what it might be in the future if you come across the same problem.
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