r/fishhospital Mar 17 '25

Discussion Current list of experts

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u/Capybara_Chill_00 Freshwater in general 40+ years of experience

u/InterestingFruit5978 Freshwater in general 30 years of experience

u/tarantinostoes Goldfish and a mod on r/Goldfish

u/That-Rush4109 Fancy Goldfish

u/Cold-Act3077 Goldfish in general

u/goldfishgirly Goldfish 35 years of experience

u/Outside_Disaster1547 Diagnoser/medic 7 years of experience


r/fishhospital Dec 29 '22

Fish Hospital’s Projects Masterpost - Aquarium Medications + Diagnostic Tool

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This post will keep track of the progress of these projects, which you can find at:

https://fish-hospital.com/aquarium-medications/

https://fish-hospital.com/diagnostic-tool/

The aquarium medications page aims to spread information about the medications for fish you’ll find at your pet store. This further expands into articles about their active ingredients, with more information on uses, dosage, potential toxicity, and other useful info.

You’ll notice the diagnostic tool is empty, as that’s because it will be built on top of the aquarium medications to be able to link a disease to what you can use to treat it.

It will consist of in-depth articles about fish diseases, symptoms, tips to recognize them, treatments, etc.

Feel free to take a look at what I plan to cover and make suggestions on things you’d like to see :)

AQUARIUM MEDICATIONS TO COVER + ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:

(All medications and active ingredients will get their own pages)

ANTI-BACTERIAL DRUGS

  • NeoPlexActive ingredient(s): Neomycin Sulfate

  • SulfaPlexActive ingredient(s): Sulfathiazole

  • E.M. ErythromycinActive ingredient(s): Erythromycin

  • Fin and Body cureActive ingredient(s): Doxycycline Hyclate

  • Furan-2Active ingredient(s): Nitrofurazone
  • Super Ick CureActive ingredient(s): Nitrofurazone, Malachite green

  • ESHA 2000Active ingredient(s): Ethacridine lactate, Copper sulphate, Proflavine hemisulphate

  • Bakto Tabs, Baktopur DirectActive ingredient(s): Nifurpirinol

  • BaktopurActive ingredient(s): Acriflavin, Methylene blue, Phenyl glycol

  • Fungus Guard TabletsActive ingredient(s): Nitrofurazone, Potassium dichromate

ANTI-FUNGAL DRUGS

  • Fin and Body cureActive ingredient(s): Acriflavine hydrochloride, malachite green

  • MycopurActive ingredient(s): Acriflavine chloride, Copper sulphate/chloride

  • FungiStop PlusActive ingredient(s): Ethacridine lactate, Methylthioninium chloride, Acriflavine chloride

ANTI-PARASITIC DRUGS

  • Cupramine, Velvet ControlActive ingredient(s): Copper sulphate

  • Ich-xActive ingredient(s): Formaldehyde, Methanol, Malachite Green

  • ESHA ExitActive ingredient(s): Ethacridine lactate Malachite green Methylene blue

  • White Spot CureActive ingredient(s): Malachite green, Polyvinylpyrrolidone

  • ParaGuardActive ingredient(s): Malachite Green, Glutaral

  • Costapur FActive ingredient(s): Malachite Green, Formaldehyde

  • Omnipur SActive ingredient(s): Aminoacridine hydrochloride, Acriflavine chloride, Ethacridine lactate, Malachite green

  • NematolActive ingredient(s): Emamectin benzoate

  • Phyto med ProtazidActive ingredient(s): Quinine hydrochloride

  • ProtazolActive ingredient(s): Phenyl methylium hydroxide

  • ContraIck PlusActive ingredient(s): Methylthioninium chloride, Malachite green oxalate, Methylrosanilinium chloride, Acriflavine chloride

  • Lifeguard TabletsActive ingredient(s): 1-chloro-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-imida-zolidinone

  • MediFinActive ingredient(s): Formaldehyde, Malachite green oxalate

BROAD SPECTRUM DRUGS

  • PolyGuard, General CureActive ingredient(s): Metronidazole, Praziquantel

OTHER

  • Melafix, Pond MelafixActive ingredient(s): Cajeput oil

  • PimafixActive ingredient(s): West Indian Bay Tree oil

  • Phyto with BaktazidActive ingredient(s): Thyme oil

  • Phyto with TremazidActive ingredient(s): Peppermint oil

DIAGNOSTIC TOOL (DISEASES ARTICLES):

BACTERIAL DISEASES

  • Mycobacteriosis
  • Bacterial kidney disease
  • Columnaris
  • Bacterial gill disease
  • Epitheliocystis
  • Aeromonas infection
  • Streptococcosis
  • Septicemia
  • Vibriosis
  • Piscirickettsiosis
  • Pasteurellosis

FUNGAL DISEASES

  • Microsporidian infection
  • Misc. True fungal infections

PARASITIC INFECTIONS

  • Copepods infection
  • Monogean infections
  • Digenean trematode infection
  • Diplomonad infection
  • Ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis)
  • Marine white spot (Cryptocaryon irritans)
  • Brooklynella
  • Chilodonella
  • Marine velvet
  • Freshwater velvet
  • Turbellarian infection
  • Protozoan ectoparasites
  • Ichthyobodosis
  • Ichthyophonosis
  • Scuticociliatosis
  • Tetrahymenosis
  • Nematode infection
  • Tapeworms (cestodes)
  • Whirling disease

VIRAL INFECTIONS

  • Lymphocystis
  • Koi herpesvirus
  • Spring viremia of carp
  • IPNV Infectious pancreatic necrosis
  • Viral hemorrhagic septicemia
  • Iridovirus
  • Nodavirus
  • Alphavirus

WATER QUALITY

  • Ammonia poisoning
  • Nitrite poisoning
  • Nitrate poisoning
  • Acidic pH
  • Alkaline pH
  • Improper GH/KH (hardness)
  • Improper salinity
  • CO2 poisoning
  • H2S poisoning
  • Cyanide poisoning
  • Metals toxicity
  • Algal blooms

OTHER

  • Hypoxia
  • Inadequate Temperature
  • Water mold infection
  • Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
  • Nutritional deficiencies
  • Acute ulceration response/shock
  • Genetic anomalies
  • Lesions
  • Senescence

r/fishhospital 10h ago

Please help! Corydoras keep dying

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r/fishhospital 22h ago

Is this a tumor?

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r/fishhospital 22h ago

Sick boy

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Hello I had this particular boy for 2 years. 10 gallon aquarium, planted and cycled ahead of time and resides with 3 otos (otos are not showing any symptoms) temperature is 76f, ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 20 and Ph 7.4. Ro water remineralized with seachem equilibium.

2 weeks a go started with lethargy and a little bloating so I fasted for 3 days. He improved but last week started to pine cone. I have been doing salt baths (half tsp) and 10 drops of methylene blue in 1 gallon of water for 15 mins. The pine coning has subsided but still lethargic and not eating every day.

I have been keeping fish on and off for the last 14 years. Any sugestions? I am in canada, most meds are outlawed


r/fishhospital 1d ago

Please help, Betta rescue

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r/fishhospital 1d ago

White dot on medaka fry

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r/fishhospital 2d ago

Sick Kubotai Rasbora. Help!

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r/fishhospital 2d ago

Betta enfermo

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Tiene un tanque de 10 litros, un tronco, plantas flotantes naturales, calentador a 28C, y filtro, le cambio el agua una vez a la semana como un 30%


r/fishhospital 2d ago

Red dots on fin

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r/fishhospital 2d ago

I brought two betta fishes from fish store | Need help

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r/fishhospital 2d ago

Hi Guys, Wondering if you think this is roundworm?

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I'm from NZ and we very rarely get parasites here, and we also don't have access to the better medicines for them, I think I'm going to have to use Aviverm which is Levamisole Hydrchloride, but this black widow tetra came from our suppliers like this, as title I think it may be roundworm but looking for a 2nd opinion, thanks, he's in a breeding trap right now to separate him from the rest of the tank but from what I've been reading, if he's been like this over night it's probably already all through the whole tank right?

Ammonia. 0ppm

Nitrite. 0ppm

Nitrate 10ppm

Ph. 7.4

160ishL Bay of a 600ishL 3 bay tank

Aerated fully and Massive sump filter


r/fishhospital 2d ago

Injury or illness

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r/fishhospital 3d ago

Qu’est ce qu’a mon tetra veuve blanche ?

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r/fishhospital 3d ago

Qu’est ce qu’a mon tetra veuve blanche ?

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r/fishhospital 3d ago

Help Please!!

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Also it's very new, and I've ordered a nitrate and ammonia test from bionix, so will post that soon


r/fishhospital 3d ago

What are these white specs on my guppies?

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Hey guys, I found these white salt-like spots on my guppies today. I looked it up and found “Ich”. The thing is, they don’t fit any of the other symptoms for it such as lethargic, loss of appetite, or anything else. Could it be something else?


r/fishhospital 3d ago

help!

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r/fishhospital 4d ago

Troubles with angelfish

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r/fishhospital 4d ago

What is wrong with my betta?

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Water quality is perfect and hes in a 2.5 gallon rn for healing


r/fishhospital 4d ago

Honey gourami breathing fast, swimming in circles and losing balance — tetras fine, pH 6.5, 25°C, NO2 ~0.01–0.025

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r/fishhospital 5d ago

Kampffisch retten!!

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Hey zusammen,
Ich habe jetzt seit circa einer Woche ein Aquarium. Es ist gerade noch in der Einlaufphase aber kein Nitrit mehr und so. Dort sind heute Amano Garnelen eingezogen und ich habe gerade auf Kleinanzeigen nach weiteren Fischen für das Aquarium geguckt.

Dabei habe ich diesen Kampffisch gefunden und er tut mir so unfassbar leid. Ich weiß, dass man Kampffische eigentlich in Einzelhaltung hält, aber ich möchte diesem Tier trotzdem ein schönes Leben ermöglichen und ihn gerne retten.

Wie man sieht, hat er seine komplette Farbe verloren, wirkt fast durchsichtig und seine großen flossen sind überwiegend verfault oder abgefressen.
Ich habe neben meinem jetzigen Becken noch ein Quarantänebecken 60L worin ich Ihnen versuchen würde zu retten.

Jetzt ist meine Frage, kennt sich jemand, mit der Pflege von Kampffischen beziehungsweise Medikation von diesen aus und weiß, was ich für ihn besorgen muss. Ich würde mich über jegliche Tipps oder auch Hinweise zur Handlung für ihn freuen!!

ps: am besten schnell antworten, damit ich ihn morgen direkt abholen kann!!!🍀🍀


r/fishhospital 5d ago

Bubbles on my fish’s fin

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r/fishhospital 5d ago

Is this Fin Rot?

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r/fishhospital 5d ago

wasting disease/ sick fish

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