CATFISH DISEASE or PROBLEM
| TREATMENTS |
ECS (bacteria)
| 1. Pull fish off feed. 2. FRM Floating Fish Medicated (Romet®) |
Columnaris (bacteria)
| 1. Pull fish off feed. 2. FRM Floating Fish Food Medicated (Romet®) 3. Potassium permanganate treatment. 4. FRM Fish Food Pellets Medicated (Terramycin®) |
Hamburger Gill Disease
| 1. No Treatment. 2. Aerate. |
Winterkill
| Winter Feeding Program |
Fungus
| Copper Sulfate water application. (Do not treat unless the number of organisms make it necessary. Have fish examined by a competent diagnostician.) |
Chilodonella (parasite)
| Copper Sulfate water application. |
Costia (parasite)
| Copper Sulfate water application. (Do not treat unless the number of organisms make it necessary. Have fish examined by a competent diagnostician.) |
Trichodinids (parasite)
| Copper Sulfate water application. (Do not treat unless the number of organisms make it necessary. Have fish examined by a competent diagnostician.) |
Low Dissolved Oxygen
| 1. Aerate. 2. Pull fish off feed. 3. Pump well water. |
Toxins
| Lime ponds. |
Channel Catfish Virus
| 1. No Treatment. 2. Aerate. 3. Pull fish off feed. 4. Pump well water. |
Trichophyra (parasite)
| Copper Sulfate water application. (No not treat unless the number of organisms make it necessary. Have fish examined by a competent diagnostician. |
No Blood
| Feed new feed from different lot or treat for ECS. |
Ambiphyra (parasite)
| Copper Sulfate water application. (Do not treat unless the number of organisms make it necessary. Have fish examined by a competent diagnostician. |
Ich (parasite)
| Alternate Copper Sulfate water application and feeding FRM Fish Food Pellets Medicated Feed with Terramycin; Watch water temperature. |
Anchor (parasite)
| 1. No treatment. 2. Remove carp and bream. |
Ammonia
| Pump well water. |
Nitrite
| 1. Add Salt. 2. Aerate. |
| Yellow Grubs | 1. No treament. 2. Snail and bird control. |
For additional information, contact your research or extension fisheries specialist.