Ichthyophonus hoferi

Ichthyophonus hoferi

Ichthyophonus hoferi Fungi in Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium

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Identification

Rocking and swaying as they swim.
Lesions on the skin start to pronounce.
The lesions in the skin erupt from the inside out.
Often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis bacteria, outcome is same, no cure.
Aggressively attacks the internal organs in the blood stream.

CLASS

Fungal

Reproduction

Attacks internal organs.
Forms cysts, once the host dies will hatch and wait to be ingested by new hosts.

Causes

Always a secondary infection, need to find the root cause.
Poor water Quality and poor husbandry.
The fish are at risk from starvation, malnutrition, improper diet, incomplete diet, cold, stress from transport, unsanitary condition in the tank that burden their processes.

Treatments

Preventative is the only course, there is no treatment.
Removal of dead animals, uneaten food and waste is the method of control.

Observations, Notes, Remarks

This is an internal fungal infections, still a secondary infection to stressor.
Also known a false hole in the head disease.
This fungi can cross from saltwater to freshwater.