Illnesses: Signs & Recommended Treatment

Guide
Drs. Foster & Smith Educational Staff
Next, make sure you correct the aquarium conditions that caused the fish to become sick in
the first place. The following chart outlines some of the more common fish diseases, as well
as recommended medications for treatment.
Disease Signs
Recommended
Treatment
Bacterial
Hemorrhagic
Septicemia
Blood streaks in the fins
(goldfish especially) or skin
Melafix
API Fish Antibiotics
Furan-2
Ich
(Ichthyophthirius)
abored breathing! d"elling
near surface# filters# or
aeration de$ices! "hite
spots! scratching on
fixed ob%ects
Freshater:
&id-Ich'
Ich-Attack
Saltater!:
&id-Ich'
Probiotic Marine For(ula
)*-I+,- Marine
Scale"less #ish:
&id-Ich'
Ich-Attack
$ye %loud&
'op $ye&
& Body Slime
.hitish ha/e o$er eyes#
eye protrusion# ha/y0
sli(y patches on body#
Melafix
1riple 2ulfa-
rapid breathing
Fin &
Tail Rot
Folded# closed fins!
ragged# split fins
Melafix
Furan-2
Fungus +ure-
1riple 2ulfa-
(el)et oss of nor(al color#
scratching against fixed
ob%ects# labored breathing#
golden 3$el$ety3 gro"th on
skin
Probiotic Marine For(ula
+upra(ine
Fish
*ice
Parasite sucks blood
and tissue fluids through
skin
+upra(ine
%otton
+outh
Disease
A "hite# cotton-like tuft
on the (outh or other
parts of the body
MelaFix
Furan-2
Furunculosis 4lcers "hich so(eti(es
appear as s(all raised
lu(ps
MelaFix
Furan-2
5 .e reco((end that you al"ays treat sick salt"ater fish in a separate06uarantine tank7