Each aquarian faces changes in appearance or behavior of small fishes. Usually such changes demonstrate that small fishes got sick. Aquarium fishes have infectious diseases, the fungus can strike them, and a live forage or new inhabitants of an aquarium can bring parasites there. The owner needs to know how to treat the pets.
It is required to you
- Quarantine aquarium
- Medicines
- Determinant of diseases of fishes
- Bank with divisions into 200-250 ml
- 3 vessels for short-term treatment
- First-aid kit
Instruction
1. Establish the diagnosis. For this purpose some time observe an aquarium. Having noticed the slightest deviations in appearance and behavior of small fishes, define a disease. Deviations can be different: spots on a body and fins, inflation or exhaustion, violations of the movement. Consider small fishes as it is possible more attentively to specify symptoms.
2. Find symptoms in determinant and define a disease.
3. Prepare a quarantine aquarium. Replace sick fishes there.
4. Calculate the necessary amount of medicine. Take a vessel with divisions and pour 250 ml of medical solution there. Divide approximately all amount of solution into 3 parts. Pour in an aquarium 1/3 and wait half an hour. Pour 1/3 more and again wait half an hour then pour out residues of solution in an aquarium.