Contact

Lawrence Belshaw Aquatic Pathologist 31 Macauley Street, Sinfin, Derby, England, DE24 9HA Fish Helpline
Tel	+44 (0)1332 761673 after September 2010 please use: +44 (0) 7565701658
Email	fishdoctor@live.co.uk
Mobile	+44 (0) 7889 540083
Mobile email:	fish.doctor@live.co.uk
	All messages will be replied to when I am not engaged with a client. Send pictures if you can, as it makes diagnosis a little easier.
Goldfish Help
	Please contact John the Goldfish Man, with your queries and problems
Tel: Email	07545 756384 simmonds.john@ntlworld.com

I do not reply to texts on the advice line.

Distance no object

Opening Hours
Clinic: Saturday all day - best to phone first. Phones and clinic open 9.am till 6pm.
Sunday: closed (but will answer for emergencies only) The fish clinic is open on Sundays for callers with appointments only.
Week Days: phones and clinic open 8am-8pm. Clinic by appointment only. (advice calls on 07889540083 7days 6-8pm).

Photos
If you want to send a photo of your sick fish, then attach your digital photograph to an email and send it with your name and contact details to: enquiries@fish-helpline.co.uk.

You cannot send a photo using the form on the right, but if there is more information then use the form as well. Make sure you also tell us a photo is being sent separately.

VAT number: GB 890 6400 21

Contact The Fish Helpline Send To   Fish Helpline Goldfish Help  Name *  Email *   Water Test Information Test Kit date of purchase mm / yy   Please enter your test results Ammonia Nitrate Nitrite pH kH Temperature. o C      or o F   Drug Dosage Section Pond Size (Gallons please) Gals = (Length x Width x Depth in feet) x 6.23 Drug to be used Symptoms (Please only tick those symptoms that apply) Abdomen swollen and deformed, no raised scales Abdomen swollen, no scales raised, lump on one side Algae spots on skin Babies dying off in large numbers Black spots appearing Bulging eyes Clamped fins Colour changes/spreading white Fish wasting away Other fish sucking/picking flank Flashing/scratching Gasping at the surface Gills swollen open Head down, tail near surface Hole in the gill cover Jumping Laying on the bottom of pond Laying over on side on pond bottom Leaning up, head to the surface Milky skin Mouth rotting off Pale gills Red belly Red sores Red spots Rolling/torpedo/fearlessness Scales standing out all over the body Scales standing out on part of the body Small areas of raised scales Spitting out food. Eats but doesn't swallow, getting thinner. Split fin Tufty white cottony material on skin Ulcers Very red fins White eye White spots White waxy hard droplets in fins and tail Worms under scales = spiral under the scales   Please tell me as much as you can, including what have you used in your pond/tank - this means everything need brand-names, amounts and dates whereever possible.  Enquiry and further information   * Required fields

(Symptoms list courtesy of Koi Vet )