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This is a ciliate protozoan, and like many of its brethren it is capable of sustaining itself on a high level of organic tank waste and is commonly associated with dirty tanks and situations where planktonic growth is high, and incidences of it it can be significantly reduced by good tank maintenance, so in edit it might be worth mentioning that.

Fish floating is not actually a symptom of the disease itself , but of debilitation, infected fish do not "isolate themselves". Its also incidentally is not too late to treat the fish then, depending on species. It might be worth changing that part.

Mortality is about 50% in untreated specimens, and the lifecycle is direct, temperature dependant, and in most tropical tanks of anything from 70-82f this disease will require multiple treatments, usually repeated every 7 days. Two treatment courses seperated by at least a week are usually necessary. Uv steralisation usually controls this protozoan ok without the need for medication, as with other protozoa, it is the amount of parasites that kill rather than purely the presence of them.

Its always treatable , not just when caught early. Thing is, not to let the fish get too weak, but as long as the fish is still alive , treatments can be tried. Metronidazole will nail this protozoan when a lot of the more primitive treatments wont.

It should also be noted that it is at its most lethal when gill tissue is infected, alongside the dermal layers, and that during these times , extra oxygenation and water disturbance is a good idea.

Basically ill approve it, but it needs editing.

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