Fish Leech (Piscicola geometra) - fishhealth - Pond Life
The life cycle of Piscicola geometra takes up to 30 days. The life cycle of other species may take anything from 24 days to several months depending on water temperature and avaiability of hosts. Symptoms. Attached fish leeches can be easily seen without magnification even from a distance.
Flukes (Gyrodactylus and Dactylogyrus) - Pond Life
Life Cycle Monogeneans only require one host to complete their life cycle. Gyrodactylus is usually found on the skin and fins and is a viviparous (livebearing) hermaphrodite (has both male and female reproductive organs).
Chilodonella - fishhealth - Pond Life
Chilodonella is a leaf-shaped motile ciliated protozoan 30-70µ long and 30-50µ wide. It can be identified through a microscope at 100x magnification but, as it is slower moving, it is a little more difficult to spot than Trichodina and costia.
Costia (Ichthyobodo) - fishhealth - Pond Life
Life Cycle. Reproduction is by division and is temperature dependent. It is a cold-water parasite that reproduces rapidly at temperatures between 10°C - 25°C but does not apparently survive above 30°C. The life cycle is completed in 10 - 12 hours at 25°C.
Pond snails with Comet Goldfish - New to Ponds and ... - Pond Life
2017年4月10日 · Re: Pond snails with Comet Goldfish Post by Alex Ice » April 10th, 2017, 8:14 pm I don't know too much about snails but I have them in both of my ponds and they don't seem to cause problems, they arrived of their own accord as I certainly didn't put them in there so I guess they're part of the pond wildlife cycle.
Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) - Pond Life
Koi Herpesvirus (KHV). The Diseases of Fish (England and Wales) Order 2007 (SI 2007 No.864), which came into force on 6 April 2007, makes it a legal obligation for any person, including fish farmers or their staff, fish dealers and fish keepers to notify the Fish Health Inspectorate if they suspect that fish may be infected with KHV (Koi Herpesvirus) Disease.
nocturnal goldfish - Pond Fish Forum - Pond Life
2009年4月29日 · nocturnal goldfish Post by tottering » April 29th, 2009, 3:25 pm Purchased 10 small fish on saturday, first day they were fine but from sunday till now they only seem to appear when the sun goes down.
Anchor Worm (Lernaea) - fishhealth - Pond Life
Life Cycle. The female anchor worm becomes an adult on her host after fertilization by the male. The typical copepod body then changes to become unsegmented and worm-like. The head is thrust into the skin of the host, often through the body wall and into the internal organs. The head develops cephalic horns (anchors) to hold it in place.
How to Kill Mosquito larvae But not the water creatures? - Pond Life
2014年5月12日 · I want to breed Daphnia, too. To feed them the green water from the goldfish pond, cycle it through them somehow. The buckets first came about as various samples I was hoping to find Daphnia in. Standing there for some days because I was informed that Daphnia will go into a spore like stage in the dry and can then come back to life when moistened.
Any natural solutions to pond wall algae? - Pond Life
2018年6月29日 · the cycle is complete, ammonia nitriet is converted into nitraat= manure for plant life! If you want to stop that cycle, stop feeding. One sulotion if you want mother nature to help you= a plant filter, that will cunsume all of you're nitraats Sorry don't know the propper english word for nitraat, maybe someone can shime in?