This 38-minute presentation gives a focused, practical overview of water quality as the main driver of fish health. It explains how to test and interpret core parameters: temperature, pH and buffering, the nitrogen cycle (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate), hardness, salinity/conductivity, dissolved gases, and disinfectants like chlorine, linking each to stress, toxicity, and disease risk, and outlining clear monitoring and husbandry responses for clinical and ornamental settings.
The Aquatic Species Consult for Beginners is a 55-minute webinar presented by exotic species vet Carolize Compton. This session introduces the fundamentals of consulting aquatic patients, covering history-taking, water quality assessment, examination techniques, and basic diagnostics. Ideal for those new to aquatic medicine, it provides practical tips for managing common cases and building confidence in fish and amphibian consultations.
Our basic fish medicine webinar has been created by our very own Dr Sonya Miles, an RCVS Recognised Advanced Practitioner in Zoological Medicine and a WAVMA Certified Aquatic Species Vet, lead clinician for Highcroft Exotic Vets in Bristol. This webinar is designed to help general practitioners with the basics of fish medicine, a perfect complement to our other fish webinars. You will be taken through the importance of water quality, clinical history taking, performing a clinical examination, basic diagnostic tests and an introduction to commonly used medications, their does, frequencies and suggested routes, as wells as euthanasia and post mortem techniques. Run time 53mins
Buoyancy problems in fish are one of the most common reasons why fish are presented to vets, sadly the management can be challenging and the outcome frustrating but there are still things that can be tried, this webinar will take you through your options whilst explaining how buoyancy issues occur. Run time: 34mins