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Fish Health Maintenance
Using salt: Using salt has proved to be beneficial in curing various parasitic and nitrite poisoning problems in fishes. Ordinary salt is being used as a medicine in fish aquariums which helps the fishes in improving gill function besides healing their injuries.
Before you jump to grab salt for your fish just wait and read this—some species of fishes are not able to tolerate salt and if there are organic plants in your aquarium then using salt can be fatal for them so use salt carefully. Salt Treatment: There are basically two ways of ‘salt treating’ your fishes—Dip and bath. Dip Treatment—In this treatment you would require to segregate your ill fish from tank and dip it in salty water and watch closely. Here is the procedure—
Bath treatment—This type of treatment is used when the entire tank is to be treated. It is very useful in treating the stress related problems in fishes and treating nitrite poisoning. Here is the procedure—
Following are the symptoms of sick fish:
Following are the tests you can do:
Diseases: Fin and tail rot, mouth fungus, ick are some of the common problems found in fishes. It is very essential to diagnose the disease and then follow the treatment procedure accordingly. Thus we have discussed all the basic things required for good fish health maintenance . |
Fish Care Tips
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All of us get ill at some time or the other and the same holds true for a fish. We take great care to keep our fish healthy and happy yet their health is a major concern for us. When the fish gets seriously ill, it becomes very essential to get the correct information about their disease. We are providing here some of the very basic facts which you must know about fish health maintenance .