You never know which fish is stressed out and because of your unhygienic habit you let pathogens enter into the tank, you will increase the chance of fish getting sick. Foreign elements can be a virus to bacteria to toxic chemicals. When unwashed decoration or hand is entered into the water, we are increasing the chance of letting foreign elements enter into our tank by the high number.
It can be unwashed sand, rock, decoration, hand, etc. When I say dirty water, I mean foreign elements added to the tank. If we were to put fish directly into the tank, if the bag’s temperature and tank’s temperature is different, the sudden change in temperature will stress fish out.Īnother reason why temperature is important is that, in the case of high or low temperatures, which fish cannot tolerate, will die. By doing this, we are actually accumulating fish bag temperature to fish tank. This is the reason why we dip the fish bags in our aquarium for 20-30 min. Fluctuation in temperature stress fish out.
Temperature is also known to cause stress by temperature itself has its own category. Stress can come in the form of physical or chemical. First, it weakens the immune system so various viruses, parasites or bacteria can attack the fish. Stress is one of the major reasons why tetras get sick. Here are some of the reasons why your fish is/might/will be sick/dead Stress Common Reason For Your Tetra Fish To Fall Sick
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Once it is completely free from diseases, move it back to the main tank. After recovery, keep it in a quarantine tank for a week or so to make sure it is completely healed.Depending on the diseases, make sure to treat or change in the main tank as well.Follow the medication procedure as recommended by the product.Do a water change and vacuum in the main tank to reduce the change of other fish getting sick. Move the infected/sick fish to a hospital tank to treat.Compare with available symptoms and be sure what diseases it is. Note the symptoms and structure of the body. So what do you do when your fish get sick? Follow these steps.įirst, identify the diseases. Never purchase them and learn about them as you might be too late to even learn about them. Learn about them before you purchase them. Just don’t go buy a fish you think will make your tank look great. Check your fish compatibility with other fish before you keep them in tanks.Do weekly water change and check for ammonia and nitrate spikes.Make sure you have an optimal temperature, pH and hardness.If newly bought fish don’t get sick, you can add them to your main tank. So, after you buy your fish quarantine them for 1-2 weeks. You never know where your fish came from and with which type of fish they were kept with. When you buy a new fish, quarantine them in your quarantine tank.Make sure you have an extra tank to quarantine your fish.
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How to prevent fish from getting sick? Follow these steps. So, cleaning your filters sponge, removing 10% water weekly, and removing dead fishes if any, can help your fish live a longer life without getting any disease. I had this experience once, and it was a heartbreaking moment. Some of these parasites cause such life-threatening diseases that you might have to say goodbye to many of your fishes at the same time. So, cleaning your aquarium regularly means saying NO! to these harmful parasites. These creatures dwell on the feces of the fishes and dirty water, or dead fish bodies. It contains several species of bacteria, parasites, and viruses that cannot be seen by our eyes. If you think your tank is only home to your fish, you are wrong. Using water test kits, filters, and heaters to meet the basic environmental needs of your fish.Maintaining adequate temperature level, pH level.Some common way to prevent your fishes from getting infected is
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