Q: Why can fish swim so smoothly?
A: Because they have fin-ass.
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Croc has shark for a meal.
So I’ve been told that crocodiles are relatively "lazy" creatures. They’ll sit and watch for patterns in movement of their prey for some time. When they’ve decided they have enough information to go on, they’ll strategically move into place, sit and wait… in ambush, for the right moment.
They may be lazy, but they’re certainly smart, and FAST!
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Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
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How often must I add salt to my aquarium – pond – fish tank?
Salt (sodium chloride, or NaCl) is useful for the health management of sick fish. In most cases, you’re maintaining salt level at 5g/L for most freshwater fish species.
Once added, salt doesn’t leave the system or evaporate.
So it’ll mean replenishing any that’s lost when conducting water changes.
On the contrary, salt levels rise if you’re simply replenishing the evaporated water (e.g. during summer)!
This means testing the salinity, and then calculating how much you need to add back.
Alternatively, it will be fairly safe if you add 3-4g of salt for every litre of water you’re changing.
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Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | TOWNSVILLE | BRIBIE ISLAND.
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
Web: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Mail: PO Box 5164, East Victoria Park, WA 6981, Australia.
Fish Joke for Monday-itis: fences
Q: Why don’t they build underwater fences?
A: Because fish can scale anything.
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‘Transgender fish’ due to wastewater outfalls in the UK.
Ingredients in the contraceptive pill, by-products of cleaning agents, plastics, cosmetics and antidepressant drugs are creating a new generation of transgendered fishes.
Read more here –
Some of these chemicals can have much wider health effects, including implications for other animals including humans. How many countries monitor for the health and environmental effects of hormones and other chemicals in our waters?
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Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA – PERTH | SYDNEY | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE | BRIBIE ISLAND
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- Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
- Mail: PO Box 5164, East Victoria Park, WA 6981, Australia.
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Race between man and the great white shark. Who wins?
A great effort by Olympic medallist, Michael Phelps, but nothing can beat a natural born swimmer.
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Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | TOWNSVILLE | BRIBIE ISLAND.
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
Web: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Mail: PO Box 5164, East Victoria Park, WA 6981, Australia.
Fish drugs vade mecum.
There are very few medicines authorised for use in fish. Subsequently, as a veterinarian, we have to constantly search for ways to treat fish diseases and use veterinary drugs off-label. Wouldn’t it be good if there was a go-to fish drug book you could refer to quickly?
Look no further, this little black book is one that my team mates and I keep constantly on hand for all our aquatic consultations.
Fish Vetting Medicines (2012) – Formulary Of Fish Treatments
There are nearly 300 entries in this publication. It provides a wealth of information on medications that may be available for use by fish health professionals in the treatment of fish diseases.
The purpose of this formulary is to collate the knowledge that aquarists, aquaculturalists, public aquaria, local fish shops and veterinarians already have, and to filter out misinformation and then provide this information in a quick, easy to access form.
This book is recommended to be used as a companion to “Fish Vetting Essentials” (2011) by Drs Richmond Loh & Matt Landos.
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | TOWNSVILLE | BRIBIE ISLAND.
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
Web: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Mail: PO Box 5164, East Victoria Park, WA 6981, Australia.
Fish Joke for Monday-itis: shy oysters.
Q: What did the shy oyster say when he was found outside his shell?
A: Oh Shucks.
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The truth behind, “Are you eating Fukushima Radiation and Bloody, Cancerous Tumors in Fish Contaminated By Radiation?”
Some three years ago, I published on my blog, an article I came across, to see what others had to say. Recently, I was approached by a reader from (would you believe it) Richmond (not me!) has prompted me to review this blogged article… and rightly so.
Well, if you’re ever unsure about material circulating around the internet, Snopes.com do some good fact-checking. The mentioned article appears to be all patched together, from unrelated content, to produce this hoax:
- http://www.snopes.com/radioactive-salmon-fukushima/
- http://www.snopes.com/fukushima-radiation-marine-photos/
Our reader had also gone to the trouble of finding the original sources of some of the pictures that have been used inappropriately in the article:
- The alleged color map of radiation spread, is actually a map showing the tsunami waves spread across the Pacific Ocean (radiation itself travels in straight lines).
- Fish with white tumour: the genuine 2010 original source of this photo – https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/09/17/deformed_fish_found_in_lake_downstream_from_oilsands.html
It also appears that Turner Radio Network is illegitimate, and the Google link to it, brings you to a worrisome site. And Wikipedia even has a page dedicated to "Hal Turner" (yikes!)
Our reader also provided a link to the work that has been performed through DEC regarding testing of fish samples for radiation – http://dec.alaska.gov/eh/Radiation/index.html
You can find the mentioned article at this link –https://thefishvet.com/2014/07/09/are-you-eating-fukushima-radiation-and-bloody-cancerous-tumors-in-fish-contaminated-by-radiation/
Please do, continue to send in your feedback on any of the hundreds of articles that I have published in the past, and that will be publishing into the future.
Keep Fishie in, and keep anything Fishy out.
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Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA – PERTH | SYDNEY | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE | BRIBIE ISLAND
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
- W: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
- Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
- Mail: PO Box 5164, East Victoria Park, WA 6981, Australia.
- Skype: thefishvet
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Is the government set in its plan to release the virus, no matter what research findings reveal and no matter what opposition they meet?
I receiveda good question related to my last post (https://thefishvet.com/2017/07/19/biosecure-australia-intends-to-let-loose-a-devastating-fish-virus-join-the-discussion/).
Question:Richmond, from your perspective, do you think that the release of KHV can be prevented at this point? I agree with your concerns and I share many of the concerns raised in the previous WAVMA webinar on the topic; particularly those surrounding the environmental impacts of large scale, rapid death and decay of fish in the waterways. And the fact that there is "no going back" once it happens. However, I get the impression that the government is set in its plan to release the virus, no matter what research findings reveal and no matter what opposition they meet. Am I being too defeatist? Do you think it’s possible to change their plans?
My response:
As part of the stakeholder consultation process, an official Facebook Page was setup (link – https://www.facebook.com/auscarpplan/). If you try clicking on it…
You get this message:
The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page.
Makes me wonder why it has been taken off-line. Perhaps it exposed the great degree of opposition they were faced with, and weren’t prepared with answers to address many concerns.
I would have thought that a consultation process would have been better to have taken place at the beginning of the program. This would allow the program to fashion research to adress aspects of concern to stakeholders (environmentalists, biologists, aquatic veterinarians, fishermen, water users, members of the community, and others).
A consultation process that is timed to occur only after investing 10 years of funding… this defeatist attitude is entirely understandable.
There are many safe alternatives to KHV. And if KHV is released now, it will nullify any effect, alternative measures could have.
Now it appears that one of the stakeholders have reopened discussions, on another Facebook Page –
https://www.facebook.com/auscarpplandiscussion/
I encourage everyone, no matter what your opinion, to have open factual discussions on that FB Page.
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | TOWNSVILLE | BRIBIE ISLAND.
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.
Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
Web: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383
Mail: PO Box 5164, East Victoria Park, WA 6981, Australia.