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Fish Diseases
Good fish care is important when you are talking about fish diseases. The risk of any type of fish disease in the tank or aquarium can be greatly reduced by purchasing a smaller tank to be used for quarantine. Place any newly purchased fish into the tank for 10-15 days to make sure that the fish are healthy before adding them to the main tank eliminating the risk of infecting the other fish in the main tank, this will stop the spread of fish diseases amongst the already established healthy fish in the aquarium.
The quarantine tank is also useful if any fish from the main tank have health problems or look as if they are suffering from fish diseases and need to be separated. The tank does not need to be expensive to set up as it only has to be small and basic with an internal power filter and a thermostat to heat the water to the correct temperature to ensure good fish care. Read the rest of this entry »
