What Does Epistylis Eat?

Epistylis uses the animal as an attachment substrate, so it can feed on bacteria and particles in the water. Their presence in large numbers on crayfish is seen as an indicator of a high organic load, low oxygen levels and poor water quality in a dam.

How do you treat fish with Epistylis?

The classic treatment for Epistylis and Heteropolaria infections is un- iodized salt (sodium chloride). Henneguya sp. Henneguya sp. is a sporozoan par- asite that typically has very little effect on fish health.

What is Epistylis in goldfish?

Epistylis is a sessile, ciliated. freshwater protozoan that propagates as. colonies at the ends of non-contractile. stalks on the skin and sometimes the. gills of fish.