Fish Health and Diseases

The best way of dealing with disease is to avoid ever having the breakout in the first place. Nevertheless at some point or another evry fishkeeper will have an outbreak of diseae in there aquarium.

As a fishkeeper you will spend much of your time looking at your fish, but you should get into the habit of always looking out for signs of difference in your fishes behavior.

When dealing with disease, you should not only identify the disease, but also look for signs of what may have caused it. Always check the aquarium tank conditions first.

Most diseases in the aquarium are started through stress which can be triggered by alot of different factors.

Overcrowding, introduction of new fish, poor aquarium conditions, attention to hygiene and unquarantined stock.

We recommend having a secound aquarium tank to quarantine all new fish before adding them to your main tank.

This secound tank can also be used for a treatment tank.

Diseases caused by a parasistc attack are some of the most common fortunatley, the symtoms are easy to spot, such as: Tiny spots.

White Spot

The symtoms are as the name surgests a covering of small tiny white spots on the body and fins.

Velvet

The fish will become covered with a very light dusting that gives it a velvety finish.

The gills may become infected and the fish behaves irritable and restlessness, oftern dashing around and breathing rapidly.

Pop eye

As the name suggests one or both eyes protrude from the head as the result of a bacteria-induced swelling behind the eye.

This can be helped by better water conditions and passage of time

Hole in the head

This unpleasent complaint happens through poor water conditions and vitamin deficiencies.

Excessive mucus

Sometimes this can happen where the fish are fighting and they pick up a wound or they may scratch themselves against something. Such wounds the cover themselves with an excess of mucus, as the fishes protection system kicks into action. However before this can happen the fish can get a secound desease especially if the water conditions in the tank are not very good. This is normally the case in finrot which decribes the symtoms but is not a desease.