London Aquatic Veterinary Services

16/04/2024

Mass removal day for Camilla, a Bristlenose catfish!

10/04/2024

It’s not just about fish at London Aquatic Veterinary Services! This is Lucy, an axolotl who needed a health check to explore a period of inappetence and low energy. Pleased to say Lucy is back to her usual self once again 🧡

10/04/2024

It’s not just about fish at London Aquatic Veterinary Services! This is Lucy, an axolotl who needed a health check to explore a period of inappetence and low energy. Pleased to say Lucy is back to her usual self once again 🧡

09/12/2022

Had the pleasure of trimming this little fellas ‘beak’ this week!
Pleased to hear he’s doing very well post dental and tucking into food once again!

28/11/2022

Beyond excited to share the launch my new website and fish health subscription services!

Via the new website you can now purchase and manage consultations and subscriptions online as well as check out some of help & advice pages.

The new fish health subscription service entitles clients to two annual health checks per year which most importantly promotes stability in fish health year round but also includes a variety of other benefits such as…

🐠Discounted rates on mileage
🐠 Discounted rates for ‘emergency’ vet visits
🐠 10% discount on diagnostic tests
🐠Access to online help & advice pages 24/7

Subscriptions are available for all types of aquatic environment including a telehealth subscription service for those outside of the Greater London area.

For further information head over to our (NEW!) website www.londonaquaticvet.com

25/10/2022

Proud vet moment, so so pleased with progress seen with this little dude! 🌟

24/02/2021

Book your pond in for a Spring Health Check today! Package available from March 1st - April 30th 2021

https://mailchi.mp/6de4760f7538/pre-winter-general-health-check-6158419

Samples are sent to a specialist fish laboratory in Holland. The data collected can determine which type of pathogenic bacteria are present in the water which can aid treatment of  bacterial infections or perhaps more importantly, can be used to predict whether an infection might break out - whi...

19/02/2021

Some of my favourite patients starting to warm up from the horrible temperature drop last week!

09/02/2021

Excellent signs of healing today at a post op check following the enucleation of an eye! 👀

05/02/2021

Working with some poorly discus this week. This group were presenting with loss of colour, abnormal pitching and inappetence following some new introductions. Gill fluke were identified on skin scrapes along with a lot of excess mucous. Hopefully we’ve caught the infection with enough time to turn it around!

18/12/2020

🎄Christmas Operating Hours 🎄 LAVS will be closed from Monday the 21st to Monday the 28th of December. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

17/12/2020

A parasite Christmas party - can you name the three party poopers?🎄

15/12/2020

Very pleased to hear back from one of my patients I saw near the end of October. This little guy initially presented with a fungal like lesion on the nose which had started to eat away at the top lip, stopping him from eating and rooting around in the gravel for food. After the fungal infection was cleared, the skin started to slough away. Thankfully, with an in water antibacterial treatment and a dose of salt, the skin has no fully healed and little fish is free from quarantine, reunited with his old chums and back to his old self!

26/11/2020

Improvised hospital tank for this little guy! This Kohaku has been suffering with sporadic episodes of erratic, abnormal swimming. So far a course of antibiotics, Vitamin B complex and anti-inflammatories have failed to fix the problem. Differential diagnoses for this case include; traumatic injury (eg. Broken spine often seen following electrocution or collision accidents) inflammation and infection.
We have adapted our treatment protocol to include doses of steroid with the hope that if there is inflammation present this will aid healing. Sadly if this doesn’t work, we will have to consider euthanasia based on poor quality of life grounds. As what fun is a world where you can swim around efficiently or eat? Stay tuned 👀

03/11/2020

Investigating coelomic swelling in beautiful patient today.

21/10/2020

This lot queuing up for their Pre-Winter check!

15/10/2020

Same pond, different temperature! Is your pond ready for winter?

12/10/2020

Are your fish ready for winter?
Book in a pre-winter check to ensure your pond and fish are in optimal condition to face the cold winter months ahead ❄️

24/09/2020

Pond side microscopy 🔬🤓

27/08/2020

Windows can be really useful in spotting and monitoring disease! Notice the big kohaku with the early stages of an ulcer brewing 👀

10/08/2020

What do you do when you have 245,000 litres of pond and a fish that doesn’t want to be caught in 34 degree heat? Set up a corral and get in, that’s what! @ Marlow, Buckinghamshire

04/08/2020

So pleased and happy to sign off this pond following a nasty case of ulcers! 👍

29/07/2020

Really pleased with the healing seen in this fish! Ulcers in this location can be particularly stubborn to shift!

28/07/2020

Day full of beautiful ponds @ Bushey Heath

24/07/2020

I have been ‘out of the office’ this week, learning from a microbiologist in Holland who runs a company very similar to LAVS. Learning a lot and visiting some absolutely stunning koi dealers and private clients!

22/06/2020

Last week I had a rare opportunity to ultrasound a patient I have been working up for coelomic swelling.

The fish was lightly sedated for the procedure at a local veterinary clinic.
Unfortunately the ultrasound showed, as we had feared, an ovarian tumour full of cystic structures. The black arrow shows a soft tissue density, believed to be the tumorous ovarian tissue. The white arrows show, fluid filled cysts within the ovarian tissue.

Given the sheer size and number of the cysts present on the ultrasound, surgery has been deemed too complex and risky for the fish.

A quick shout out and thank you to North Weald Veterinary Surgery, who so kindly and willingly let me use their premises and equipment for the procedure - both owners and myself are very grateful!

18/05/2020

Remember these two pearl scale buddies? Ulcer treatment has worked an absolute treat! For those interested, treatment consisted of topical debridement with potassium permanganate, Acriflavin and salt in the water.

17/05/2020

Really pleased to share that the discus mentioned in an earlier post, suffering with abnormal spinning behaviour and poor body condition have made an excellent recovery following treatment for a protozoal infection!

11/05/2020

Ever heard of too much of a biofilter? Well it is possible! Nitrifying bacteria like those responsible in the nitrogen cycle for removing ammonia and nitrites use carbonates and bicarbonates (KH) as an energy source. The biofilter is continually removing KH from the aquatic system.
In this case, we suspect a continued overdose of ‘good bacteria’ has contributed towards a crash in KH and a resultant dip in pH. When first noticed this system was down to 0 KH and had a pH of 5.5!
Daily dosing with Kusuri biobalance has slowly started to bring up the KH and pH to more acceptable levels. It’s very important to raise the KH slowly so as to avoid sudden increases in pH and unnecessary stress on the fish! As a minimum, I am aiming for a KH of 6 degrees 🧪

08/05/2020

A couple of ‘tiddlers’ from yesterday’s visit, both with a few small ulcers and signs of fin rot.