stickleback disease; white boils?!

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by tom00_uk

they are some of the most interesting things on the planet in mho, the way some are so specialist and go through five different hosts and make use of land and water species and then when they have outgrown their current host they can alter behavior to ensure the animal is either predated or moves to a location where infection of new individual is more likely is fascinating

Yes, agreed but still disgusting...

[lipase]

Originally Posted by tom00_uk

they are some of the most interesting things on the planet in mho, the way some are so specialist and go through five different hosts and make use of land and water species and then when they have outgrown their current host they can alter behavior to ensure the animal is either predated or moves to a location where infection of new individual is more likely is fascinating

that is madness! beautiful madness. I'm guessing this specific parasite conned me into taking the stickleback down to new mills from Edinburgh, I have no idea what it will make me do next...

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

OMG....was that YOUR hand it was on in the pic..

glad you found out what was wrong with the little guy although it was bad news you may have stopped the parasite spreading to the other fish..
Disgusting thing parasites.

fortunately I was too squeemish in the first place to hold the fish! That's just some dude on t'interweb that I found who's apparently also discovered this parasite on a stickleback. nomnomnom, looks tastey

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by lipase

that is madness! beautiful madness. I'm guessing this specific parasite conned me into taking the stickleback down to new mills from Edinburgh, I have no idea what it will make me do next...



fortunately I was too squeemish in the first place to hold the fish! That's just some dude on t'interweb that I found who's apparently also discovered this parasite on a stickleback. nomnomnom, looks tastey

OK...rather him than me lol..

I still wish is was white spot though, I really am squeamish I have a worm phobia..

[lipase]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

OK...rather him than me lol..

I still wish is was white spot though, I really am squeamish I have a worm phobia..

hahaha! yeah I definately don't want these things bursting all over my hands. I've heard of gardeners with worm phobias! Find that quite funny to be honest!

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by lipase

hahaha! yeah I definately don't want these things bursting all over my hands. I've heard of gardeners with worm phobias! Find that quite funny to be honest!

hahaha....
yes my family think its quite amusing too as I was scared to go in the greenhouse as worms would fall from the roof and land on me..
I used to run out screaming swearing never to go in again..
I had to put mesh covering the roof so this would catch the little blighter's.
it really is not funny..

[RED]

Wow, alot more learned people kicking about on this forum since I posted this same question over a year ago Here

After numerous emails worldwide and local to get a positive ID on this 'infection' I got a positive ID from a lecturer in Evolutionary Ecology.

[....]

After a bit of Google research, there is one thing that appears to have helped treat it, but not in its mature form. The magic remedy is...


An asymmetric triazine derivative, HOE 092 V, 2-[3,5-α-dichloro-4-(4-methyl-sulfonylphenoxy)-phenyl]-1-methyl-hexahydro-1,2,4-triazine-3,5-dion

Not something you could pop into a fish supplies shop to get I don't think !!!!

[lipase]

Originally Posted by RED

Wow, alot more learned people kicking about on this forum since I posted this same question over a year ago Here

For me it's quite difficult to tell whether it's the same disease/ parasite your stickleback had from the pic but I guess you saw it in the flesh!
No idea how you found that piece of information about its possible treatment. I think I'm going to have to kill it though unless it's easier than it sounds to get hold of that stuff; I read in practical fishkeeping mag that you can hopefully humanely kill fish them by overdosing them with an anaesthetic that you can get from the pharmacy. Might have to give that a go

did you end up killing the one you disvocered?

[RED]

A quick google found the source of that info, SpringerLink - Journal Article

The stickleback in those photos was in an outside tank I'd setup and died before I'd even got a positive ID on what it was. So I went back to the pond and found another baby stickleback with the same problem (This fish also had a fish-tapeworm called Schistocephalus solidus) and I kept it seperated from the rest until it died (Lucky I did seperate it as the Glugea anomala had spread in the outside tank to atleast 2 other fish)