as so many members frequently ask about disease in fish and struggle to post a clear picture i thought i would create a thread with pics of common diseases for us to identify and compare
white spot
fungus
cloudy eye
bacterial infection
bullying nipped fins
ulcers
fin rot
gass bubble disease
hith
internal parasite
pop eye

poor water
split fin
bacerial infection through trauma
scars/physical damage

hith on a grey fish(courtesy of artemis1)

hope these pictures can help you identify your problems and if any of you have any other pics of diseses/conditions i have not posted please add them to the list in the thread

Cool thread BGH. Did you take the pictures or get them somewhere else?

thanks art i guessed it would be usefull as lots of members struggle with pics ........you must have some to add !!! i accumalated the pics over time ...im glad i didnt have to take the pics myself !!!!!!!!!!!!

cool. i have some great pics of popeye and hith.

in my thread - HITH.... or not? feel free to use the second pic.

additional sample pictures of oscar wounds

ive seen these pics before. there not your oscars are they paul?

if i remember correctly it is some kind of ulcerations that is growing in size and merging together to form a larger blemish on the fish

no, they are not. i pick themp in the internet and included in my oscar album. as usual, the 1st name is always the owner and next name is the name of the fish if ever there is. have you check my album in photobucket.... i almost completed all oscars available from the hobbyist from several locations.

i just want to show that such condition where some people abandone their fishes is not that hopeless just in case. thats why i posted it. actually, i dont know what it is since it was not properly identified in that site.

will it be against out code of ethics? please advise.

i have tried to locate this thread with the same objective in mind.
i thought it was in the older version and had been archives. nevertheless,
i will delete the new thread and will post some pictures here based on the
most recent diseases picture. thanks marcus.

One of these pics looks like what my Oscar has. I think it was the 2nd to last pic. It says disease from scar/wounds. And for him to get those wounds, he must be getting bullied. How do i stop the bullying? because i put in plants for them to hide in and he rips up all the plants. And the hollowed fake logs thats in there he owns all of them. The other fish dont stay in them long. The fish that isnt doing well is not growing in size at all. and now not eating and isnt swimming much. His eyes look sunken into his head and theyre a purple color. Looks like the color of an ink pen that deep purple color. And he has lots of those white wounds all over him. Doesnt seem like theyve gotten any smaller. And he has a few more white spots. What should I do? Any want to save a Oscar? I wish I had another tank to seprate them. I wish the Pet store informed me about this kind of fish. They had like 5 small Oscars in one tank and I see ppl with 2 Oscars alot. So I got 2 of them. So now any1 got any advice? Pleez W.B. ASAP. Thanx for yur time!

ahhh man... those pics made me a little sick to my stomach.

yeah the HITH cases are shocking to be honest...how do people let them get like this?