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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS-PARASITES,BACTERIA,AND VIRUSES-ARE PREASENT IN EVEY AQUARIUM.THEY MAY BE BROUGHT IN BY NEW FISH AND/OR PLANTS,FOR EXAMPLE.IT DEPENDS ON THE RESISTANCE OF YOUR FISH,HOWEVER,WHETHER DISEASES ACTUALLY BREAK OUT.POOR LIVING CONDITIONS WEAKEN YOOUR PETS POWERS OF RESISTANCE.FOR THIS REASON DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO KEEPING THE FISH AND THE ENTIRE AQUARIUM HEALTHLY.IF YOU FOLLOW A FEW BASIC RULES,AN OUTBREAK OF DISEASE USALLY CAN BE PREVENTED OR AT LEAST MADE LESS LIKELY.

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THE MOST COMMON DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT:



DIAGNOSIS:WHITE SPOT DISEASE

SYMPTOM:WHITE SPOTS ON BODY,LOSS OF APPETITE,SWAYING,AND TWICHING OF FINS.

CAUSES:PARASITE

TREATMEANT:APPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS.





DIAGNOSIS:ASCITES

SYPTOM:FISH GROWS INCREASEINGLY FAT AND THREATONS TO "BURST" SCALES PROTRUDE

CAUSEES:BACTERIAL INFECTION OR METABOLIC DISTURBANCE DUE TO WRONG FOOD OR TOO MUCH FOOD.

TREATMEANT:DIFFICULT.IF POSSIBLE SEPERATE THE AFFECTED FISH.STIMULATE METABOLISM WITH SALT(1 GRAM),INCREASE OXYGEN CONTENT AND TEMPERATURE.GIVE MEDACATIONS.



DIAGNOSIS:CHEMICAL POISONING

SYPTOM:COLOR FADES,FISH GASP FOR BREATH AT WATER SURFACE,ERRATIC SWIMMING MOVEMENTS SUCH AS SWAYING,TURNING ABOUT,AND BUMPING INTO THINGS.

TREATMENT:DETERGENTS IN AQUARIUM BUCKET,OVERFERTILIZATION,HAIR SPRAY E.T.C

TREATMENT;ALMOST TOTAL WATER CHANGE.USE WATER CONDITIONING AGENT THAT WILL PROTECT THE MUCUS MEMBRANES,NO FEEDING.TEST FILTER TO SEEIF ENOUGH WATER IS PASSING THOUGH.TAKE REMEDIAL MEASURES.,WATCH FISH CAREFULLY,LOWERED RESISTANCE MAKES THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO OTHER DISEASES

VELVET DISEASE:
SYMPTOM:SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SPOTS ON SKIN,WHICH LOOKS AS THOUGH PEPPERED WITH FINE POWDER,EASILY VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT.SPOTS ARE MORE YELLOWISH THAN WHITE.
CAUSES:PARASITES
TREATMENT;TREAT WITH APPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS AND TAKE SUPPORTIVE MEASURES.


DISEASE:POPEYE
SYMPTOM:BULGING EYES
CAUSES:POOR WATER QUALITY,WITH METABOLIC DISTURBANCES AS A RESULT
TREATMENT:RAISE OXYGEN CONTENT.CLEAN FILTER,CHANGE QUARTER OF WATER EVERY 3 DAYS UNTIL WATER CONDITIONS ARE NORMAL;ADD CONDITIONING AGENT.NO FOOD FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS.



HOW TO RECOGNIZE DISEASES:

YOU CAN TELL THAT A FISH DOES NOT FEEL HEALTHLY BY ITS APPERENCE AND ITS BEHAVIOUR.USE FEEDING TIME TO OBSERVE THE FISH AND GIVE YOUR AQUARIUM A SEARCHING GLANCE AT INTERVALS EACH DAY.THE SOONER YOU NOTICE THE CHANGES,THE FASTER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY YOU CAN INTERVENE