| There is nothing worse that feeling you get at the | | | | be treated with medication. You should inspect tank |
| first signs of disease in your tropical fish tank. Fear | | | | regularly to ensure your fishes' fins are in good |
| not, many fish ailments easy to treat, provided they | | | | condition as fin rot requires immediate treatment. |
| are nipped in the bud at the first chance. Here's a | | | | Flukes |
| quick guide to some of more common diseases and | | | | This is a parasite which attacks the skin or gills and is |
| treatments. | | | | demonstrated by the fish's cloudy skin and flicking or |
| Ich or White Spot | | | | rubbing against ornaments or substrate. Poor water |
| The symptoms of this disease are small white dots, | | | | quality can cause flukes to multiply very quickly and it |
| appearing a little like grains of sugar sprinkled on the | | | | is therefore imperative that fish are treated as soon |
| fish. This is a common parasite. Fish often carry the | | | | as symptoms are noticed. |
| disease without showing any symptoms unless there | | | | When medicating tropical aquariums it is very |
| is poor water quality in the tropical aquarium, or the | | | | important to follow the medication instructions very |
| fish becomes stressed and their immune systems are | | | | carefully. Isolating sick fish in a quarantine tank is the |
| compromised. Ich can easily be treated with | | | | ideal precaution in containing any disease. If that |
| medication if caught in time. | | | | option is not available to you, however, we |
| Fungus | | | | recommend a 30% water change at least to improve |
| Grayish cotton wool like patches on the skin or gills | | | | water quality. Good water quality through careful |
| usually point to fungus. This is caused by decaying | | | | aquarium maintenance is the best prevention of |
| matter building up in the tropical fish tank. It usually | | | | tropical fish disease in tropical aquariums. Do |
| clears up quite easily with medication if it has not | | | | remember to use a water treatment to remove |
| progressed too far. | | | | chlorine and chlorimine from tap water, and be sure |
| Fin Rot | | | | to remove any carbon from your filter before adding |
| Fin Rot is prevalent where there is poor water quality | | | | medication otherwise the medication will be absorbed |
| or the fish have become stressed, and is | | | | by the carbon. |
| demonstrated by ragged, split fins. Again, fin rot can | | | | |