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Diseases And Fish Health
Identifying, treating and preventing fish diseases and problems.
A Few Words On Fish Health - Viewed 3454 times The best way to deal with fish diseases is to prevent them from happening in the first place. If you don't overcrowd, don't overfeed, do partial water changes at least every 2 weeks and quarantine all new fish and plants then you will have avoided 90% of all fish problems.In keeping with the K
A How to Guide to Chronic Swim Bladder Disorder - Viewed 4268 times By: hakkobetta I got the cute idea to document one of my most recent water changes for my Chronic SBD male Camo, and turn it into a little how to for people trying to care for an SBD betta on a low budget!
Aging Bettas - Viewed 436 times By: Christie Fournier
In nature, aging Betta splendens would quickly succumb to predators but in the aquarium hobby they often live much longer then their wild counterparts. If we are lucky we will see our fish live out their full lives and eventually cede to natural causes. Before that ti
Aquarium Fish Health: Dealing With Cotton Mouth Disease (Mouth Fungus) - Viewed 3703 times By: Nathan Miller Cotton Mouth disease also know as Mouth Fungus is a disease your fish can get and it needs to be dealt with quickly. Cotton Mouth disease is not as common as the while spot disease, but, it is highly infectious and contagious. The victim fish sho
Betta First-Aid Kit - Viewed 2314 times By Patrick H. (BettAtrick) If you are new to keeping Bettas, it is smart to have certain items and medications at your disposal to help combat frequent Betta diseases. Here is a brief overview of a couple frequently-used items and medications carried by experienced Betta enthusiasts
Camallanus Worms: An Aquariasts Worst Nightmare - Viewed 13228 times By TheGreatBlueDiscus The camallanus worm is a type of nematode worm that can inhabit the intestines of tropical and semi-tropical fish. This worm is quickly identified by the red paintbrush like worm tails that may protude from the affected fishes anus. Camallanus
Columnaris - Viewed 3884 times By Fruitylicious I wanted to do an article on one of the other common fish diseases. I hope this will help us to be more well informed and able to see the early signs of this disease. Several of the resources I listed have photos of what the fish with Columnaris looks like. I did n
Fin And Tail Rot - Viewed 6526 times From The Betta Forum
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Fin Rot - Viewed 2661 times Fin Rot is a very common disease. It is almost always caused by poor water conditions. It is contagious, but most fish are robust enough to resist it given good water conditions. The primary cause is bad water conditions. The stress induced by poor water quality, or other factors like aggression, we
Fish Tuberculosis - Viewed 6668 times By Fruitylicious I don't want people to be afraid of fish tuberculosis, I want us to be informed about it. I have heard of people getting tuberculosis from their fish. I had questions about how this was possible and whether or not I should be worried about it. Fish tuberculosis (TB)
Had-A-Snail - Viewed 2126 times Note: It seems that Had-A-Snail has changed it's formula and is no longer effective "Had-A-Snail" is one of only 2 fish medictions that I regularly use. This product is made to kill snails in an aquarium, and it will certainly do that. But my use of it is
Hemorhagic Septicemia - Viewed 2403 times More common in goldfish than most other fish, this is a vast moving and particularly destructive disease. It is very sad to watch a fish succumb to this. It seems to just give up; it gets more and more lethargic but just doesnt die. It gets to the point where it'll only move when poked, wont eat, fl
Ich: Ichthyophthirius, "White Spot" - Viewed 3941 times By Eric Smith Symptoms: Small white spots on a fish’s skin, looking like large grains of salt were sprinkled on the fish. Fish will usually “flash,” swimming very quickly and scraping itself against gravel or tank ornaments.Vuln
Rock Salt -The Magic Solution - Viewed 3501 times By Clint Norwood The use of 1 teaspoon of regular rock salt per gallon of aquarium water will do wonders for your fish. It's a sort of magic elixer for sluggish fish, it will cure or prevent most fish ailments, and I believe it helps the fish grow faster, and "live long and pro
Salt And The Planted Freshwater Aquarium - Viewed 3056 times By Essabee
Rock salt, or aquarium salt, or sea salt are used by several aquarist to reduce attacks from parasites like ich, costia, anchor worms, skin flukes; or for the purpose of osmo-regulation which in turn helps an injured fish to recover from scale loss or injuries; or&
Swim Bladder Disease - Viewed 12998 times By Rachel Hunt (Mushi) Swim Bladder Disorder Information and SymptomsSwim Bladder Disorder is an extremely common betta ailment, and it typically looks worse than it actually is. I know, you're probably sitting there watching your poor betta flop around
Swimbladder & The Pea Trick (Layman's Terms) - Viewed 4298 times Swimbladder is a disease which symptoms cause fish to become unable to swim correctly, your fish may exibit swimming toward the bottom of your tank or bowl, then floating back up, swimming in circles or laying or floating on his side.... There are three main things according to the
The Dreaded Ich - Viewed 2637 times By Fruitylicious Most of us know what ich looks like and how to treat it. but do we know how ich gets on our fish and how to prevent it? I didn't so I thought some other people may like to know more about this common fish disease and how to prevent it and what exactly it is. This a
Treating and preventing Ich (ick) - Viewed 2535 times By: Nietzsche / AKA Chris Pilson 1) In order to "quarentine" a fish or plant (plants, gravel, fish, everything *can* harbor ich), it's typically a good idea to get a small tank (5-10gallon) and set it up for a period of time and watch the fish/plant/etc. to make sure that
Velvet - Viewed 2851 times Velvet is the most common disease among Bettas. It is caused by an algae that feeds on the slime coat of the betta, as well as other bodily fluids. It attacks the gills first, then spreads over the rest of the body. Because of this, early detection is a must, for by the time it becomes very obvious
