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Symptom
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Possible Cause
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Small white spots on fins or skin
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Ich
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Peppery coating, yellowish
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Oodinium (Velvet)
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Gray or white fluffy patches
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Fungus
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Gray or white fluffy patches around mouth
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Mouth Fungus
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Pale appearance
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Neon Tetra disease
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Black to red nodules beneath skin
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Metacercariae (Flukes)
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Unsual racing around tank
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Flukes
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Milky cloudiness on skin
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Costia, Chilodonella, pH too extreme
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Red streaks
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Red pest
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Destruction of fins or tail
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Tail or fin rot, bully fish
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Ulcerated patches on skin
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Red pest or Ichthyosporidium
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Yellow to black nodules on skin
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Ichthyosporidium
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Emaciation, hollow belly, possibly sores
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Tuberculosis, Hexamita
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Protrusion of scales with bloated body
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Dropsy
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Protrusion of scales, body normal
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Scale protrusion
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Eyes protrude
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Pop eye, copper poisoning, various diseases
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Cloudiness of eyes
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Toxins, Ich, velvet
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Hole in head, ulceration of lateral line
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Hexamita
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Crustaceans on skin
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Argulus, Ergasilus, etc.
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Flukes on skin or gills
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Flukes
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Worms hanging from anus
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Nematoda
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Heart shaped worms
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Leeches
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Nodular white swellings on fins or body
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Lymphocystis, Glugea, Henneguya
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Spinal deformity
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Genetic, vitamin deficiency, calcium deficiency, tuberculosis, Ichthyosporidium
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Glancing off rocks or plants
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Velvet, Ich, toxins, flukes, anchor worm
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Fins clamped
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Velvet, Ich, toxins, shock
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Sluggish, loss of balance
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Tank too cold, other diseases, shock
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Severe loss of balance
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Swim bladder disease
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Gasping at surface
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O2 deficiency, CO2 excess, tank too hot, toxins, shock
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Jumping out of water
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pH wrong, toxins
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Unusual color
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Ichthyosporidium, toxins, shock
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Appetite dwindles, belly swells, feces trails
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Constipation
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Fins frayed or split, scales missing
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Injuries
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Diagnostic Chart
