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  Why do Goldfish sometimes change colours? - Duration: 4 minutes, 38 seconds.

  • 2 months ago
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  Have you ever noticed some goldfish start off bronze and then change colour or develop dark patches? In this video fish veterinarian Dr Loh discusses a few causes on why goldfish sometimes change t...
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  Treating oscar with HITH with his fish tank in a house fire - Duration: 8 minutes, 51 seconds.

  • 3 months ago
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  In this episode fish Vet Dr Loh investigates and treats a sick oscar cichlid with hole in the head disease (HITH, usually ascribed to Hexamita intestinal flagellated protozoal infection) and outlin...
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  Creating warm areas in a fish pond to help improve koi and goldfish immunity over winter - Duration: 4 minutes, 7 seconds.

  • 8 months ago
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  At water temperatures below optimal range, the immune system of fish will be depressed. This video takes you through some DIY ways to help boost immunity when helping fish get better.
  
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  Using salt for freshwater fish in aquariums and ponds - Duration: 6 minutes, 47 seconds.

  • 11 months ago
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  Dr Loh discusses the use of salt in a freshwater pond and aquarium. We describe which salts are safe to use, when and how to use salt to treat freshwater fishes* (*read note below).
  
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  How much food do aquarium fish need to eat? with fish vet Dr Loh - Duration: 7 minutes, 47 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  With great emphasis put on never to over-feed fish, and to maintain perfect water quality conditions, some fish keepers have unknowingly been feeding their fish too little. One cichlid presented wi...
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  Tips on how to choose a healthy goldfish at a fish store with fish Veterinarian Dr Loh. - Duration: 4 minutes, 54 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  Choosing and buying a new fish can be an exciting experience. In this video, Fish Veterinarian Dr Loh shows you how to choose a healthy goldfish, and ways to spot and avoid sick or disease fish, be...
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  Safe and easy ways to start a siphon for aquarium water changes - Duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  Dr Loh demonstrates a few safe and easy ways to start a water siphon (syphon) when performing water changes in your aquarium. In these ways, you can avoid catching zoonotic diseases (ones humans co...
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  Koi fish surgery, fixing a fish with broken mouth with fish vet Dr Loh - Duration: 8 minutes, 21 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  Harry, the koi carp, injured his mouth. The broken premaxillary bone is repaired with a customised splint to stabilise the mouth bone to assist healing.
  
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  Fish anaesthesia, 5 stages of fish anaesthesia with Fish Vet Dr Loh. - Duration: 4 minutes, 57 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  This video is about Fish anaesthesia. Fish are anaesthetised for many reasons including the provision of pain relief for invasive procedures like fish surgery, immobilising fish, light sedation for...
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  How to diagnose and treat a gill fluke infection in a goldfish pond with fish Vet Dr Loh - Duration: 4 minutes, 3 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  This video is about Goldfish with gill flukes (Dactylogyrus). Gill flukes can be notoriously difficult to diagnose, and to eradicate. The reason being they can hide deep in the gills, and their egg...
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  Treating aquarium heater burns on freshwater stingray with Dr Loh Fish Vet - Duration: 3 minutes, 26 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  This video is about a freshwater stingray that had sustained severe heater burns. We demonstrate how to handle the venomous fish, tube feed her, and other therapies to get this fish back on the roa...
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  White spots on fishes pectoral fins - Fin Fractures explained - Duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
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  This video is about Fin Fractures. Ever wondered what the white spots that occur on fish fins are? Dr Richmond Loh explains fin fractures can be confused with white spot disease, encysted fish fluk...

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