How to treat fish diseases

Video: Common Fish Diseases: How to Prevent and Cure Illness in Aquariums

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Sometimes even the most viable fish fall prey to disease. Some fish diseases are easy to treat, while others are fatal. It is for this reason that many aquarists set up an inconspicuous quarantine aquarium somewhere (everything is cyclical, with minimal decorations). There are times when medicines (which can destroy live plants) need to be added to the main, "demonstration" aquarium, then if you really love your plants, be ready to transplant them again after grafting.

Keep this article and your veterinarian's phone number on your tank at all times in case your tank becomes infected.

Steps

1 Study the symptoms of the disease. If you notice any of the following symptoms, check the water and if something is wrong, change it to 50%. Below are just a few of the many symptoms.
- Pressed fins
- Hard breath
- Passivity
- Fish refuse food
- Scratching against stones, jewelry, whatever they can find
- The scales are pointed outward like a pine cone
- Distended belly
- Cloudy eyes
- Loss of color
- Fibrous / fluffy spots on the body
2 Make a preliminary diagnosis. If a fish has any of the above symptoms, use it to figure out what diseases you may be dealing with. Before starting medication, remove the charcoal from the filters, as it will absorb the medication and interfere with the treatment.
- Fungal infection. It appears as white fibrous / fluffy spots on the skin of the fish. Add an antifungal medication as treatment.
- Fin and Tail Rot - Fish tails / fins are getting shorter and is more common in long-finned fish such as cockerels. For medicinal purposes, make a 50% water change and add an antibiotic such as ampicillin; in mild cases, you can try adding Maracyn 1 and 2 at the same time, half a dose each.
- Ichthyophthyroidism, which appears as white dots all over the body of the fish.This disease is contagious, so you must treat the entire aquarium by first raising the temperature to 30 degrees Celsius and then adding salt and Aquarisol to the aquarium.
- Oodinium appears as small golden spots on the body of the fish and is treated in the same way as ichthyophthyroidism.
- Bulging eyes - One or both eyes bulging out of the sockets, add ampicillin for treatment.
- Dropsy - the scales of fish stick out like a lump, they are treated with Maracyn 2 and water purification.
- External parasites - fish rush at everything and itch, treated with drugs such as BettaZing (even if your fish are not cockerels) or Clout.
- Internal parasites - fish can lose weight even if they eat. You can try BettaZing.
- Bacterial infection - it can be determined by passivity and red spots on the body, treated with ampicillin.
- Tuberculosis - It mimics many other diseases and is therefore difficult to diagnose. If you find a large number of dead fish in aquariums, it could be tuberculosis that is untreated, so you will have to throw out all aquariums and equipment.
  - If someone tells you, “Don't worry, the worst thing that can happen to you is a skin infection,” they don't know what they're talking about. Fish tuberculosis is highly contagious to humans and causes similar symptoms.
- Inflamed gills - Fish gills do not close completely or may turn red. Treat with ampicillin.
3 Clean out the aquarium. Transfer all fish to the quarantine tank first. Rinse the gravel in a sieve under hot water. Fill the aquarium with tap water, put plastic plants, heater and filter. Add Formalin 3 solution. Leave it on for a few days. Rinse everything and also replace the filter cartridge and run a full cycle in the aquarium again before replanting the fish.
4 Prevention of common diseases. Preventing diseases is better than treating them, so feed your fish a wide variety of foods, change the water frequently, and always have a fish first aid kit ready.

Tips

Special ready-made first-aid kits for fish are on sale.
Prevention is better than cure.
Sometimes, even if the fish is freshwater, the symptoms can go away if you simply add aquarium salt (NOT table salt!). Ask your local pet store which salt is good for fish and invertebrates.

Warnings

Be extremely careful with medications and never self-medicate.
Make sure the fertilizers you use (if you have live plants) are not harmful to your fish.