Ikhtioftirioz, or semolina, most often strikes small fishes at inexperienced aquarians. It is enough to start one infected individual to other inhabitants of your water world, without having kept her after purchase the put time in a quarantine, and it is quite probable that in several days of an infusorian will captivate an aquarium. It is shown by rashes in the form of semolina, small fishes rub about stones, about soil, cease to eat and perish. If in time to carry out treatment, then they still can be saved.
It is required to you
- - table salt;
- - medicines against an ikhtioftirioz;
- - filter with activated carbon.
Instruction
1. For effective fight against semolina get acquainted with cycles of its development. A monocelled infusorian (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) – the parasite having an ovoid body only 0.5-1 mm in size. Life cycle at it makes 12-16 days. Adult individuals, being on plants, soil, the aquarian equipment, become covered by a jellylike cover, creating a cyst. In it repeatedly share, then daughter cells ("vagabonds") within three days look for the victim. In case of contact with fish get under an epithelium, create a cavity and several days parasitize. Then disappear from the victim, and the cycle is repeated. Those ikhtioftiriusa which did not find fish perish.
2. If you have few small fishes, then transplant them in capacity without seaweed and soil. As parasites still are in their body, add to water table salt at the rate of 1 tablespoon on 10 l of water. For this purpose fill in the necessary amount of salt with a small amount of warm water, wait for full dissolution and pour in an aquarium. At this procedure you remember that not all types of aquarium fishes well transfer long stay in salty water. For example, barbusa, some somik, tetra, labyrinth and others.
3. In salty water of an infusorian out of a body of a small fish quickly perish, but for bigger reliability it is better to change capacity in 12 hours. Later still half-day replace small fishes in other water again. At this method it is possible even not to add salt or other medicines. As the parasite of a small fish can be obese only a few days, gradually, within 5-10 days of an infusorian all perish.
4. After you transplanted small fishes, in the aquarium increase temperature to 32-34 degrees and sustain in such mode slightly more than three days. During this time all "vagabonds" will die.
5. It is possible to treat small fishes for semolina and in the aquarium, especially if it at you big and it is just difficult to otsazhivat all its inhabitants. In this case it is possible to use salt too, but it is better to buy special means, for example, Faunomor, Super Ick Cure, Ikhtiofor, "Malachite green". Dissolve medicine according to the instruction enclosed in packing. If repeated processing is required, then carry out also it.
6. After some drugs, water can be painted, for example, after application of malachite green - in greenish color. Usually it does not cause to small fishes trouble, after a course of treatment clarify water by means of the filter with activated carbon.