Microscope of ich and flukes.

[Turkeysammich]

Well a few weeks ago I finally had enough of not knowing what is up with fish. With all this technology out there I figured there has to be an easier way for us to identify what is on our fish.
So I asked if anyone had a compound microscope cuz I only had a stereo microscope for coral inspection. That’s a different story for a later date. Anyhoo, Chris got me one. And someone gave me a 6ave fish that is sick. Perfect !!!! For me. Not the fish. So I did a skin scrape and here is what we see. Interesting Right . The first 3 pictures are skin flukes. Theres gill flukes too but I haven’t graduated to that level yet. The 4-5 pictures are ich. They are tanish brown and round.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Here is the fish when you see it with the naked eye. You would think brook. That’s what I thought. After two formalin baths it didnt look any better. With stuff like this. It can be multiple different things at once.

 

[spuri87]

that's one really sick fish.. Hope you are able to save it along with sharing your under-the-micro-scope journey with us.. thanks Will for always trying new things, loved your recommendation around coral dippings that I came across when someone recently shared it in some other thread!

 

[PjFish]

From aquarium man cave to laboratory now!! You keep surprising!
Thanks Wil…