Breeding various types of tropical fish has become many people’s special hobby and favorite activity due to the fact that it can give you the feeling of relaxation and relief when you sit down and enjoy the vibrant colors of the fish in your tank. Nevertheless, it can also be frustrating and a very stressful time in your life when you begin to see and realize that there may be a problem with your fish. We all know that most fishes are delicate thus you have to learn on how to take care them even before they will catch up certain diseases.
After having created and maintained an aquarium that are clean and beautiful with all the time, money and effort you put into it, the last thing that you want to deal with is those topical fish diseases. Finding your fishes all covered up with white spots, swollen eyes or decaying fins can make one hobbyist disappointed. In order for one aquarist to gain more information about the fishes, let us look at some of the categories and symptoms to this problem.
Here are the most common diseases in a tropical fish:
• Fungal Diseases – this is one of the most common diseases and it usually occurs after the fish is already weak particularly because of stress, parasites or a bacterial disease. The symptoms include popping out of white spots on the skin of the fish. In other cases, the fish will appear dull and later on, cysts will arise.
• Bacterial Diseases – this disease is often treated by antibiotic medications. Bulging of the eyes, ulcers and open sores are the common symptoms of this disease. There’s also a bacteria that cause a disease called mouth fungus which looks like a fungal infection on the mouth. Loss of appetite, hollow belly, erratic swimming and decaying fins are the other signs of bacterial infections.
• Viral Diseases – this is fairly not so common among fishes. The signs and symptoms of a viral disease are the white swellings on the body. Unfortunately, viruses cannot be cured or treated by any medications due to the host’s body is being used to reproduce and to live on. The best way to avoid contaminating other fishes is to isolate the fish and put it in a separate tank. Also you may have to clean up the tank to be sure of the safety of the other fish.
• Parasitic Diseases – one symptom of this disease is the rubbing of its skin on the tank. Parasites way of destroying the fish is through eating the flesh and if they aren’t removed immediately, they will be eat into the organs and eventually kill the fish.
• Protozoan Diseases – this is caused by protozoan parasites that contaminate the intestinal tract. This disease is also known as the ich and ich is characterized by small spots that are white found all over the body.
The best and most effective way to avoid from having your tropical fish catch many diseases is to clean up your tank daily and give them enough nutrition for them to stay healthy and active. Also take note that new fish should be quarantined for at least two to four weeks. Just always try to make its environment as clean as possible for the fish to enjoy.
