The Fish Vet's Blog

Dr Loh, The Fish Vet, in Perth, Western Australia is unavailable until 21 May 2015. He is making a few presentations at the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Conference in Bangkok this week. You can follow Dr Loh’s movements and updates on his Facebook “Fin Page”.

 

If your matter requires urgent attention, please use the contact form on his website so he can arrange for his colleague to attend to your fish. If you are not in WA, check the Aquatic Veterinary Directory at  www.AquaVetMed.info for a list of veterinarians in your area.

Please be advised that we receive multiple requests for help. As each response takes time, should you wish to proceed, there is a fee. Fees are commensurate with either the difficulty of or the years of post-graduate training required to properly care for patients. Remote consultancy (e.g. via Skype or email) is available by choosing the item from the shopping cart athttp://thefishvet.com.au/shop/shopping.html

If you require a response from me please resend your e-mail on or after I return if I haven’t already responded. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

 

In the meantime, please check my blog for information on your topic at www.thefishvet.com

You can also follow me on: Facebook “Fin Page” – YouTube  – Blog – Linkedin – Twitter
 

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au

Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter –ANZCVS.

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The answer is yes, and no…

All the fish commonly available at fish shops that eat algae (e.g. Chinese algae-eaters, plecostomus, kissing gourami) require tropical water conditions (i.e. ~24 degrees Celsius) to survive. Koi and goldfish, on the other hand, can tolerate water temperatures of close to freezing, to 30+ degrees Celsius. Their wide temperature tolerance is what makes them ideal for unheated outdoor ponds in most parts of the world.

If you live in a tropical country (i.e. near the equator), then you can happily house many different fishes in your pond, including algae-eaters. But if you live where there is significant seasonal temperature differences (spring, summer, autumn/fall, and winter), and intend to keep tropical fishes, you’ll need to maintain water temperature at ~24 degrees Celsius with a heater.

How many algae-eating fish can I stock in the pond?

The number of algae eaters will largely depend on how many fish are already in the pond, and your filtration capacity, the stage of maturity of the biofilter (familiarise yourself with "new tank syndrome"), and the amount of algae available. The latter would be one of the most important factor because these fish are grazers, and tend to eat slowly. If they are housed with fish that have a ravenous appetite, then they can only rely on the natural algae growth for their food. My suggestion would be to stock algae-eaters at a rate of 1 per month, until you reach a happy balance between the number of fish and available algae.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

With many thanks to the George Alexander Foundation International Fellowship 2012 (administered through the International Specialised Skills Institute), I prepared a report covering veterinary health aspects on the following topics:

• Sharks, stingrays, bony fish, pinnipeds, cetaceans, manatees, turtles and penguins;
• Fish farming (food fish and ornamentals); and
• Aquaponics.

Find the report at – https://www.issinstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Report-Loh-Final-LowRes.pdf

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

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The Kuhli loach 🙂

Inspired by JB.

Have a FINtastic week!
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Who loved yesterday’s Wavma webinar? I sure picked up quite a few gems of knowledge and confirmed my thoughts on a number of things.

One I’d like to share with you..   Dr Miriam Sullivan reported,
“Surveys conducted on pet owners… 93% of dog owners view their dog as a family member. If we ask fish owners the same question, the most common answer is that they keep fish for educational purposes...”

So it’s a fact! Fish make you smarter!

Check back here (http://www.wavma.org/webcepd“>http://www.wavma.org/webcepd)
to watch, when the recording is available.

A news interview of our speaker can be found at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-08/fish-care-tanks-goldfish-intelligence-puppies-kittens/5500544“>http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-08/fish-care-tanks-goldfish-intelligence-puppies-kittens/5500544

 
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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au/”>http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

Next week, I hope to see you at the
40th World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress which will be held 15-18 May, 2015, in Bangkok, Thailand.

The WAVMA.org has a panel of fish veterinarians (including yours truly) who’ll inspire you with their presentations!

Come and say, “Hi!”

There’s also an app you can download for the event –  https://mobileeventguide.de/download/wsava2015

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

A limited amount of financial support is available to assist veterinary students and newly graduated veterinarians participate in aquatic veterinary educational activities in the next 12 months that will increase their knowledge and involvement in aquatic veterinary medicine.

 

Funding from these awards can be used for a variety of aquatic veterinary educational opportunities, including attending aquatic veterinary workshops or meetings, externships or internships, or to support modest aquatic veterinary research projects for which other funding is unavailable.  They may be used towards offsetting personal costs for:

·        Travel, accommodation, and/or registration at aquatic veterinary conferences, symposia and other continuing education and professional development (CEPD) meetings, including on-line aquatic CEPD;

·        Travel, accommodation, and other activities directly associated with veterinary student externships that expose individuals to clinical aquatic veterinary medicine; or,

·        Equipment and supplies needed for aquatic veterinary research projects not funded by other financial sources.

 

Applications for the 2015 Program close on May 15, 2015.  Awards will be made on a competitive basis based on information submitted by each applicant, with 2015 awards to be announced in mid to late June.

 

For more information and to download the application form, go to www.wavma.org/scholarships.  A 2015 flyer is attached for posting on bulletin boards.  Please feel free to distribute this information to interested veterinary students and new graduates.

 

Program Coordinators

administrators@wavma.org

 

Discover more about the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association atwww.WAVMA.org.

 

The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA)-funded project “Economic Analyses of Aquaponics Systems in Hawaii and Guam” is pleased to release Aquaponics Decision Software, a commercial aquaponics spreadsheet modeling system. The purpose of this generalised spreadsheet modeling system is to provide a user-friendly tool that can be used by existing and potential aquaponics producers as an on-farm decision aid, and by extension and research personnel to identify key areas where operations can be improved in order to sustain the profitability of aquaponics production.

The link to the Aquaponics Decision Software:

http://www.ctsa.org/index.php/news/download_free_aquaponics_decision_software

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—
Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

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I came across this recently and it reminds me why we need to thread the waters with care…

http://www.perthcichlid.com.au/forum/index.php?showtopic=43541

From a recent article, "of the hundreds of comments, 53 per cent of anonymous commenters were uncivil, as opposed to only 29 per cent of non-anonymous commenters. Their behaviour is rooted in three words: Online. Disinhibition. Effect."

What do you think? Is there too much hate on the internet?

—
Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.