Some of the most popular species of aquarian fishes – gold. Among them any aquarian will select breed according to the preferences as goldfishes are very various. They can be small or large, colourful or reserved coloring. Among this look small fishes of breed Riukin enjoy special love.
Description of breed
Riukin is a selection form of a goldfish. Many researchers consider that subsequently came from a riukin Japanese vualekhvost and an oranda.
This small fish has the korotkotely form, but at the same time has quite big sizes and can reach twenty centimeters in length. It is possible to refer the height of a back which behind the head of fish forms at once a peculiar hump to distinctive features of breed. Coloring of a riukin is very various, but most often it is possible to see small fishes of red, silvery and black colors. Riukina red, print and red-white are the most widespread. The tail at fishes of this breed is doubled and reaches enough big sizes.
General symptoms of sick fishes
It is easy to determine a condition of small fishes by their mobility and by brightness of their coloring. Besides, signs of health are gloss of scales and appetite. One more "indicator" - a back fin. The healthy small fish disciplines it always vertically. At all goldfishes not so there are a lot of diseases. But if after all the pet got sick, he should be transferred at once to the spacious isolation center, about 50 liters and to carry out treatment. However it is necessary to remember that after any treatment as the producer, the individual will be lost as antibiotics and other chemically strong medicines promote infertility of fishes. If on a small fish raids in the form of semolina were formed or there were formations similar to cotton wool lumps, or pasting of fins is noticeable, and the small fish swims pushes, rubs about objects, it broke breath and fins reddened, it should be isolated at once. Most often from diseases meet dermatomikoz and gasteroenterit.
Dermatomikoz
This fungal disease of freshwater fishes. Most often it affects individuals whose organism is already weakened as a result of some disease, a trauma or bad conditions of keeping. At this disease on a body of a small fish, on fins and gills there are thin threads of white color which grow perpendicularly from a body. If at this moment not to remove a cause of illness, threads will quickly develop in a velvet-like raid. The mushroom sprouts in muscles and internals of fish therefore she becomes inactive and lays down on a bottom. At initial stages the disease can be suspended. For this purpose in a separate aquarium dissolve 5% solution of table salt and "bathe" in it fishes within 5 minutes. Also it is necessary to increase water temperature and to strengthen its aeration. In addition it is necessary to define a cause of illness. If this wrong keeping of fish, it is necessary to improve it sharply. But if dermatomikoz is only a consequence of other disease, it is necessary to start elimination of an initial disease immediately. Treatment of a dermatomikoz can be carried out in the general aquarium. As the general medicines copper sulfate, potassium permanganate, the main violet are recommended To. When using branded medicines Fungus Cure from Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, INC, Sera mycopur, Sera ectopur, Sera acutan, Tetra General Tonic Plus and Tetra Medica FungiStop well proved to be. Above-mentioned means follows according to the instruction of the producer.
Gasteroenterit
This disease has the second name – inflammation of a stomach. It arises at a reforage of goldfishes a substandard forage and also at monotonous feeding by dried water fleas, gammarusa and a crank. The sick small fish does not lose appetite and well eats very long time. But at the same time its activity decreases. At an individual the stomach is a little blown up and the anus reddens, and excrement becomes threadlike and contains bloody slime. But a disease it easily curable simple starvation within a week. Sick fish should be transferred to a separate aquarium with fresh water to which add weak solution of margantsovokisly potassium. It is also necessary to increase aeration of water and to raise its temperature approximately by 2-3 degrees.