Pop-eye in itself is not a disease but is more a symptom of an underlying infection. The eye bulges out in this manner because of fluid build up, either behind the eye or in the eye itself. The first signs you will notice is that one or even both eyes are starting …
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Good quality guppy food means food that contains highly digestible protein. The most digestible proteins are those that come from shrimp, fish and other marine animal species. Food with a lot of wheat or vegetable filler is not as nutritious and will pass through the guppy undigested. It will foul the tank. Some live foods [...]
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Poor water conditions often result from a failure of biological filtration to transform poisonous fish or food waste into harmless organic material. Ammonia from waste is a poison that can stress guppies, lowering their immune system and exposing them to ever present diseases in the tank. There is much debate on the most effective form [...]
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Saprolegnia – Cotton wool Fungus Fungus is another common disease that affects fish. Most fungus infections are connected to water moulds from the class Oomycetes. From the many different types of fungi, saprolegnia is most commonly known to affect fish. Saprolegnia is a filamentous fungi that can prove to be fatal if it is …
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Pop-eye in itself is not a disease but is more a symptom of an underlying infection. The eye bulges out in this manner because of fluid build up, either behind the eye or in the eye itself. The first signs you will notice is that one or even both eyes are starting to bulge. Slowly [...]
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What is a UV Sterilizer? An Ultra Violet Sterilizer is a water filtration device that uses an ultraviolet light bulb to kill microscopic organisms that are free floating in the water. Parasites, viruses, algae and bacteria (good and bad) are the type of things that are “killed” after passing through the ultraviolet sterilizing unit. UV [...]
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When you walk up to the tropical fish medication display at your local aquarium store, are you confused as to what to buy? What should I have in my medicine chest for that occasional disease that pops up, you might ask. How do I diagnose the disease that my fish seems to have? And what [...]
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…Finally, in this short presentation, I would like to briefly discuss fish tank diseases that can be transmitted to humans. Some can be difficult to cure….some can be quickly FATAL. Fish TB (MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM), also called fish tuberculosis, fish tank granuloma, swimming pool granuloma. Related to human TB and leprosy. Bacteria are very resistant to [...]
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Ick or ich is one of the most common diseases known in the fish keeping hobby. This is a protozoan parasite that has a three stage life cycle. When they first attach themselves to the fish they are not visible to the naked eye. They become visible after feeding on the body fluids of the [...]
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Probably the most common disease among fish is ich. But, what do you really know about this organism? Ich is short for the name of a ciliated protozoan of the genus Ichthyophthirius. Ich is usually present all the time in aquaria in small numbers, just like germs are in the air we breathe. However, when [...]
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