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Monday, November 22, 2010
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THIS IS THE MOST CRITICAL STAGE WE CANT ASSURE IT IT MAY BE THE FINAL SAGE
TRY BY
Adding Tablets Like Tetracycline HCl 500mg , Fragyl 400mg, paracetamol,mainly CRYSTAL SALT, and give excess oxygen supply
while giving these tablets pls.... remove your filters because filters absorb the medicines
Add all the tablets at the same time
TRY BY
Adding Tablets Like Tetracycline HCl 500mg , Fragyl 400mg, paracetamol,mainly CRYSTAL SALT, and give excess oxygen supply
while giving these tablets pls.... remove your filters because filters absorb the medicines
Add all the tablets at the same time
Velvet Disease
Causes & Symptoms
- This condition is caused by a fungus living in your tank.
- Poor water quality causes this fungus to thrive in your tank.
- If your fish is affected, he may stop swimming, and he may begin to look ill.
· Add Copper Sulfate (Blue Crystal) to your tank. Be sure to use the ratio of 1 g Copper Sulfate and 0.25g Citric Acid to 1 litre of distilled water. Dosage instructions: 12.5 ml to 10 litres of aquarium water for 10 days. Administer half of this on days three, five and seven.
Preventive measures :
- Change your water regularly.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks.
Fin Tail Rot Disease
Causes & Symptoms
- This condition is caused by Pseudomonas and other related bacteria.
- Poor water quality causes these bacteria to thrive in your tank.
- If your fish is affected, the fin and tail appeared eaten away and white edged. You may even notice the fin or tail beginning to literally dissolve.
- The color of the fish may dull, and the fins may clump together.
- This bacteria is highly contagious.
- Treat the whole tank, but quarantine and treat the heavily infected fish.
- Tetracycline Tablet should be added.
- Change your water regularly.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks.
Dropsy
Accumulation of body fluid in the abdominal cavity is the main cause of Dropsy. This condition may result due to internal infections. All the body scales of the fish will be get pine cone like shape. Acute dropsy can be cured with proper medication. Picture what you see adjacent is a chronic case.
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Causes & Symptoms
- This condition is caused by a bacterial infection.
- Poor water quality, overcrowding, and stress can make your fish more susceptible to this condition.
- If your fish is affected, he may appear bloated and stop eating
· Do not add aquarium salt to your tank.
· Use a commercially prepared treatment available at your local pet shop.
Use fragyl tablet
Preventive measures :
- Change your water regularly.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks to avoid the introduction of new, dangerous bacteria.
Mouth, body and tail fungus
Causes & Symptoms
- This condition is caused by Saproglenia and other related bacteria.
- Bad water quality only causes these kinds of bacteria to thrive.
- Sudden changes in the water condition can also cause this condition in your fish.
- If your fish has this condition, you will notice cotton like tufts at the mouth, body, fin and tail.
- You may also notice your fish losing weight.
- Add Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Aquarium Salt to your tank.
- Adding Jungle Labs Fungus Eliminator will also help.
- Be sure to treat the whole tank, but quarantine the most seriously ill fish.
- Give teramicin tablet
- Change your water regularly.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks.
- Avoid cross-tank contamination.
Causes & Symptoms
- This condition is caused by a bacterial infection.
- Poor water quality, overcrowding, and stress can make your fish more susceptible to this condition.
- If your fish is affected, he may appear bloated and stop eating
· Do not add aquarium salt to your tank.
· Use a commercially prepared treatment available at your local pet shop.
Preventive measures :
- Change your water regularly.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks to avoid the introduction of new, dangerous bacteria.
White Spot Disease
Cause and Symptoms
- The cause of this condition is Ichthyophithirius multifilis (ICH ) , a ciliated protozoan .
- Bad water quality can increase the likelihood that your fish will be victim to this parasite.
- Low water temperatures (< 25°C) are ideal breeding grounds for ICH.
- The most common way Flower horns get ICH is when they are fed live or frozen food that has already been contaminated with the parasite.
- The most prominent symptom of this condition are the pure white spots that will appear all over your fish. You may also notice the fins are clumped together, and they act a bit more lethargic than usual. Moreover, it’s common for them to lose interest in food when ICH infects.
The parasites resides under the skin of the fish, hence it is not affected by water treatment or direct treatment applied to the fish . Break the breeding cycle of Ich by washing the tank thoroughly to remove the cysts of the parasite. Keep in mind that this is a highly contagious condition, so your entire aquarium must be treated.
To cure white spots:
- Place Kordon Ich inhibitor in your tank.
- Add aquarium salt at 3g/l of water every 3 days together with the medication.
- After 3rd day, tank must be washed thoroughly to eliminate the causative agent.
- Add Kordon Malachite Green treatment to your tank.
- Heat Treatment&add crystal salt
The raising of temperature as therapy has a long history. It should be raised slowly and not more than 1 degree C hourly. The rational of this therapy is to create an environment in which the pathogen is no longer viable or able to reproduce. Not all species of fish can tolerated higher temperatures. Chemical treatment is sometimes easier of the fish. Heat therapy can be applied for the following pathogens:
Costia spp.: 33 Degrees C for four days
The raising of temperature as therapy has a long history. It should be raised slowly and not more than 1 degree C hourly. The rational of this therapy is to create an environment in which the pathogen is no longer viable or able to reproduce. Not all species of fish can tolerated higher temperatures. Chemical treatment is sometimes easier of the fish. Heat therapy can be applied for the following pathogens:
Costia spp.: 33 Degrees C for four days
- Add Kordon Prevent Ich Fish Disease Inhibitor and Preventative to your tank.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks.
Pop eye & Hole in the Head:
Pop eye & Hole in the Head:
Eye is the indicator of overall health status of the fish. Poor water quality, presence of intestinal parasites and bacterial infections are the underlying cause for eye related problems. Fungus gets formed in the uneaten food in the aquarium tank. This fungus attacks the pet fish eyes. It can be cured very easily provided if the fish is treated in the initial stages. If the eye infection is due to intestinal parasites, removal of primary causative agent cures the fish.
Finrot is the secondary infection which slowly predominates the primary infection. So, the medicines have to be given in such a way that it is effective against all pathogens.
Cause and Symptoms
Eye is the indicator of overall health status of the fish. Poor water quality, presence of intestinal parasites and bacterial infections are the underlying cause for eye related problems. Fungus gets formed in the uneaten food in the aquarium tank. This fungus attacks the pet fish eyes. It can be cured very easily provided if the fish is treated in the initial stages. If the eye infection is due to intestinal parasites, removal of primary causative agent cures the fish.
Finrot is the secondary infection which slowly predominates the primary infection. So, the medicines have to be given in such a way that it is effective against all pathogens.
Cause and Symptoms
- The cause of this condition is Hexamita Protozoa , parasitic organisms that are highly contagious.
- These parasites thrive with poor water quality management.
- If your fish has this condition, you will notice the appearance of small pits and pimples mainly on the fish’s head. These pits will simply grow and form bigger pits.
- The pits are white in color, and sometimes mucous are visible around them.
- In addition to losing weight, becoming lethargic, and losing their appetites, the fish will produce white, stringy feces.
- Add Dimetrydazole (5mg/l) or Metronidazole (7mg/l).
- Repeat treatment once every 3 days.
- Do a 20%-30% water change.
- It is sometimes necessary to inject Metronidazole, but injections near the affected area should be attempt only by qualified personnel.
- Change your water regularly.
- Quarantine new fish for three to four weeks.
Flower Horn ( Lou Han ) Bulged Abdomen: (Flower horn Bloat)
Failure of eruption of metabolic gases from the GI tract results in the condition called as “FISH BLOAT”. Prolonged bloat is complicated by the invasion of secondary parasitic and bacterial infections. As a result of this loss of scales, haemorrhages and dropsy symptoms are noticed in the affected portion which worsens fish health.
Progression of the diseases forces the bulged portion out of water. Abnormal breathing and dark body colouration are some of other symptoms associated with this infection. Being chronic in nature, it is difficult for the hobbyists to cure this disease in their place. Such fishes should be admitted and treated under the close supervision of. Use METROZIODONAL TABLET Fish Dr. series of Flower Horn medications regularly to prevent outbreak of diseases. . power the tablet and dissolves in water
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