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Ich in Koi and Goldfish |
Any one who has ever had an
aquarium can tell you that they know what Ich is. It is the plague of
aquariums and tropical fish. AND our beloved koi and gold fish can become
infested with it too. They are not as easily identified on Koi as they are on
tropical fish. But a microscopic exam will reveal them readily.
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One good thing about Ich is
that it clears easily with salt. It takes about 2 weeks of salt at .3 in
order to be fully killed off. |
To the naked eye it will look like salt or
sugar has been sprinkled on the fish. Ich is easiest to see on the fins.
Under the microscope it is one of the easiest parasites to see. It may
appear round or oval and will change shapes. Inside the black circle you
will see a crescent shape "roughly "c" shaped with many black dots. These
dots, if you watch them will spin around. I did try to capture the crescent
shape in the camera, but after many attempts was not able to. Both
pictures are "click able" to enlarge them to see the details.
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Top left is was taken on the microscope at 400x. There are
2 Ich right next to each other where my name goes through the photo.
The last picture, the picture on the right is slightly zoomed in with a photo
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