Vibriosis

Vibriosis is one of the most dangerous and difficult-to-diagnose fatal diseases. Often asymptomatic or similar to other bacterial infections.

The disease is common in saltwater or brackish aquariums, but it also occurs in freshwater. Infectious to humans, the bacterium Vibrio anguillarum is the causative agent of cholera.

Symptoms:

Loss of appetite, lethargy, increased breathing, bloating, in an acute form of hemorrhage on the body. Bleeding begins with redness under the skin, becoming red spots that develop into ulcers. There are problems with vision – clouding of the lens of the eye, bulging eyes. Sometimes the disease is accompanied by dropsy.

Causes of the disease:

Infection with Vibrio anguillarum bacteria occurs through wounds on the body (if a stamp of bacteria is present in the water) or by eating the excrement of infected fish. Violation of fish keeping conditions can provoke the disease, especially against the background of organic water pollution by products of the nitrogen cycle (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates).

Disease Prevention:

The only way to protect the inhabitants of the aquarium from disease is to maintain the necessary conditions and water quality in the aquarium, to prevent excess concentrations of nitrogen-containing substances, that is, to use biological filtration.