Rapid gill movement + swollen or discoloured gills. The fish are likely to stop feeding and may gasp either at the surface or laying motionless on the bottom.
Causes;
Gill desease is caused by infections of fungi, bacteria and parasites. Also, poor water quality is likely to be a contributing factor.
Cures;
Having good water quality is a good first step in treatment. This includes avoiding overfeeding and overstoking and carrying out frequent water changes. It may be necessary to add anti-bacterial treatments to the water. It also may be necessary to treat with formalin or copper based medicines if gill parasites are suspected.
Cotton looking growths on the body of the fish, its usualy greyish-white. Some deseases can be mistaken for fungus such as mouth fungus, which is usualy caused by bacteria.
Causes;
"Fungal spores" are always present in the aqarium. An outbreak usualy occures after damage to a fishes skin or gill area, and as a secondary infection.
Cures;
Their are commercial anti-fungal remedies that can be used to kill/destroy fungus and prevent it spreading. Most of the medications availible for treating fungal infections will also treat bacterial infections in case of mis-diagnosis.
The fins will become opaque and ragged, erosion of fin will most likelly continue until it reaches the base of the fishes fin, after this the fish will usually die.
Cause;
Caused by various bacterial species, they are normally present in aquarium water, but will not infect healthy fish. The desease is usually triggerd by poor water quality, and/or whare fin damage has occured, wich is often caused by fin niping fish.
Cures;
Commercial anti-bacterial remedies to kill the bacteria and stop the damage. These include Waterlife Myxazin, and Iterpet #8 Anti-Fungus and Finrot Maracyn by Mardel Labs.
Kuhli loach - Panio species Pearl danios Danio rerio var. frankei - Leopard danios (Spotted morph of zebra danios) Danio roseus Danio kyathit Clown pleco Hillstream loaches - Need specialist care
36" - 90cm tank
Siamese algae eater; Should be at least 16" wide Red-tailed black shark; Should be at least 16" wide Red finned shark; Should be at least 16" wide Flying fox; Should be at least 16" wide Bleeding heart tetra Lake Kubutu rainbowfish Banded rainbowfish Kribensis Angelfish; Tall tank needed Pearl gourami
Others...
Skunk botia - Aggressive! Horsefaced loach Upside down catfish Western rainbowfish Congo tetra Should be at least 16" wide Yellow congo tetra Should be at least 16" wide Brochis splendens
48" - 120cm tank
Blue acara; Should be at least 20" wide Yo-yo loach or Pakistan loach; Should be at least 16" wide Zebra loach Red rainbowfish; Should be at least 16" wide Boeseman's rainbow; Should be at least 16" wide Silver dollar; Tall tank, Should be at least 18" wide Red Line Torpedo barbs; Should be at least 16" wide Red Scissortail; Should be at least 16" wide Firemouth; Should be at least 18" wide Blue or Three-spot gourami
Others...
Botia kubotai; Should be at least 16" wide Botia histronica; Should be at least 16" wide Botia dario; Should be at least 16" wide Giant danio Botia rostrata; Should be at least 16" wide
72"+
Cloun loach; Do lots of research, tank should be at least 36" wide Common pleco; tank should be at least 30" wide Bala shark; tank should be at least 36" wide
This is not the complete list of fish. If you want to add more fish please pm me.
DISCLAMER: this idea and these fish were borowed from another site, however it was redone into a nicer neater profile that makes it easyer for users.
Hi, im Corycor, im a member on another forum too. I have a 110 liter (29 gal) tank that is in the proces of seting up and a 5 gal nano that has some tetras in it