The-Wolf
Ex-LFS manager/ keeper of over 30 danio species
I suggest that everyone posts a disease, that they have had personal experiance with, and how they cured it (if at all)
Then all the answers can be amalgamited into one thread and pinned at the top of the emergancy forum for all to benefit from.
We could try to post the answers alphabeticly but I realise that may not work out.
anyway I'll start.
Argulus - the fish louse (life cycle takes between 30 – 100 days dependant on the temperature.)
Lice are one of the biggest threats to fish that you may come accross.
They are approx 5 to 10mm in size and can clearly be seen with the naked eye.
The biggest danger from these parasites is from secondary infection such as; fungus, bacterial or internal problems.
The best way to deal with this problem is to phisically remove the lice with tweezers and treat the fish with an organophosphate based medication. If you treat the fish(ies) three times over the life cycle of the parasite you will, almost always, eradicates the lice.
Mortalily rate.
I had an infestation in one of my tanks and lost approx 60% due to a secondary systemic bacterial infection. Although I'm sure if I had caught it earlier this would've been lower.
Then all the answers can be amalgamited into one thread and pinned at the top of the emergancy forum for all to benefit from.
We could try to post the answers alphabeticly but I realise that may not work out.
anyway I'll start.
Argulus - the fish louse (life cycle takes between 30 – 100 days dependant on the temperature.)
Lice are one of the biggest threats to fish that you may come accross.
They are approx 5 to 10mm in size and can clearly be seen with the naked eye.
The biggest danger from these parasites is from secondary infection such as; fungus, bacterial or internal problems.
The best way to deal with this problem is to phisically remove the lice with tweezers and treat the fish with an organophosphate based medication. If you treat the fish(ies) three times over the life cycle of the parasite you will, almost always, eradicates the lice.
Mortalily rate.
I had an infestation in one of my tanks and lost approx 60% due to a secondary systemic bacterial infection. Although I'm sure if I had caught it earlier this would've been lower.