Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:28 pm

I have managed to get my hands on a tropical fish, a black neon tetra, with a severe infection of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, also abbreviated as "ich" or commonly known as "white spot". As I am no biologist I cannot say that this species identification is correct, however I am 99.9% confident these are the Ichthyophthirius sp. protozoa.

Youtube video of these protozoa moving about, attached to the tail fin of the fish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YsbvKPPgww

20x * 1.6 DIC

20x * 1.6 DIC. Seems like 4 distinct protozoa in one transparent membrane of sorts?

20x * 1.6 DIC, one large and two small protozoa's.

40x * 1.6 DIC.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:50 am

Beautiful pictures and video.
What you shoot, what camera do you have?

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:20 am

Jacek wrote:Beautiful pictures and video.
What you shoot, what camera do you have?

Thanks. I use a Canon 600D.