Ikhtioftirioz (ikhtik, semolina) – one of the most widespread diseases of aquarium fishes. The activator is Jchthyophthirius multifilus infusorian in the absence of the correct treatment the disease leads of small fishes to death.
Before starting treatment of small fishes, of course, it is necessary to make sure of what they picked up ikhtioftirioz. Treatment of other similar diseases of described will be lower in the way, of course, inefficient.
White specks on scales and tails of aquarian inhabitants can appear for various reasons. At an ikhtioftirioza of such marks on a body of small fishes usually there is a lot of. Each such speck becomes brighter and expressed over time. Also small fishes begin to rise in the top water layers and to take air. It is explained by the fact that at such disease at them are damaged including gills.
If small fishes got sick nevertheless ikhtiky, the first that needs to be made — to go to pet-shop and to buy the heater. It is not obligatory to buy too expensive model. In this case also ordinary "Aquael" or even cheaper Barbus will quite fit.
Besides the heater, in pet-shop it will be necessary to buy also the medicine "Kastopur" or "KontraIk". In small towns sometimes it happens so that there are no such medicines on sale simply. If to acquire KontraIk or Kastopur will not turn out, it is necessary to ask the medicine "Malachite Green" the seller. This simple means stands up all order 60 r for the small bottle on 50 mg (10 mg of active agent) calculated on 100 l of aquarian water.
Substance malachite green is the main component of the majority of other drugs intended for treatment of such disease as ikhtioftirioz at fishes. Branded medicines most often differ from means "Malachite green" only in existence in structure of the additional components and substances supporting the general condition of an organism of small fishes healing wounds.
Before starting treatment of small fishes, it is worth making sure that all of them well transfer malachite greens. On the majority of types of the fishes divorced by fans this substance does not make any special negative impact. It does not harm and to plants and also does not break biobalance in an aquarium. But, unfortunately, some species of more rare fishes do not transfer it. It concerns, for example, the catfishes or small fishes deprived of scales. Not too well also whitebaits of the majority of types of aquarian fishes transfer malachite greens.
In the presence in bank of the living creatures which are badly transferring this substance, the dose of medicine needs to be reduced. Means "Malachite green" or containing the same active component "Kostpur" or "KostaIk" can be replaced also with something more sparing. For example, sometimes aquarium fishes are treated the human medicine "Delagil".
Actually for treatment first of all in an aquarium by means of the acquired heater it is necessary to lift water temperature to mark 30-33 C. Previously, of course, it is necessary to make sure that all fishes living in an aquarium can transfer such conditions.
At the increased water temperature the parasites attacking aquarian inhabitants cannot live and perish within a day. The exception is made by only some types of a tropical infusorian. Such parasites at the increased temperature can even begin to develop and breed even quicker. However, fortunately, in aquariums of fans such infusorians meet pretty seldom.
Anyway the microscope for definition of the parasite of a specific type who caused ikhtioftirioz will be, of course, not at each aquarian. Therefore it is necessary to work in this situation, most likely, at own risk.
After water temperature in an aquarium rises to the necessary mark, it is necessary to bring the chosen medicine in water. Malachite green, as well as other medicines on its basis decay in water very quickly. Therefore in the subsequent means should be brought in an aquarium several times.
Frequency of additives of this medicine usually makes once in two days. At the same time it is desirable to raise a dose gradually. It is treated ikhtioftirioz in an aquarium malachite green most often within 2 weeks. Anyway it is necessary to bring medicine before total disappearance of semolina from small fishes. After specks are gone, malachite greens need to be brought in water still few times. It is required to kill the new, hatched from cysts parasites.