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Observations
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Conditions
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Causative
Agent
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Fish
Most Commonly Affected
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Recommended Therapy
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•
Emaciation
• Fish Eat but are Thin and Losing Weight
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•
Newly Arrived Fish
• Live Food Being Fed
• Invertebrates Present
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•
Internal Worms
• Tapeworms
• Roundworms
• Internal Parasites
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Dewormex (as a Medicated Food)
• Pipzine
• Hex-A-Mit
• Discomed
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•
Fish has Visible External Infection
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•
External Treatment
• New Fish Quarantine
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•
Parasite Prevention
• Hospital Tank Prevention Program
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Dipex
• Black spot
• Marex
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•
Herbivorous Fish are Not Gaining Weight
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• No
Algae in Tank
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•
Malnutrition
• Avitaminosis
• Improper Diet
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•
Tangs. Angels. Damsels Some Butterflies
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• Feed
Green Flake Plus
• Fish Tender
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• Red
Body Patches
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• IPoor Water Quality
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•
Bacterial Infections
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Kanacyn
• Spectrogram
• Furacyn
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•
Rotting Tail and Fins
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• New
Fish
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•
Bacterial Infections
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Kanacyn
• Spectrogram
• Furacyn
• Neomycin
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•
Poor Plant Growth
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• Bad
Water Conditions
• Missing Nutrients
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•
Poor Water Quality
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• All
Plants
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•
Aquatic Green
• Grow-It
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•
Collapsed Invertebrates
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• Avitaminosis
• Vitamin Deficency
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• Poor
Water Quality
• Change in Specific Gravity
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• All
Invertebrates
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• Cravex
• Vitamix Plus
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•
Slow Invertebrate Growth
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•
Lack of Nutrition
• Poor Diet
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•
Poor Water Quality
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• All
Invertebrates
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•
Feast
• Cravex
• Vitamix Plus
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• New
Tank Fish Stress
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• New
Cycling Aquarium
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•
Water Quality
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Startex
• Bacter Plus
• Water Change with Shieldex
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•
Sluggish Fish
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•
Trace Elements Lacking
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•
Water Quality
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Tracex
• Minorex
• Calex
• Vitamix Plus
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•
Loss of Color and Body Distortion
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•
Overcrowding
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•
Bacterial Infections
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Kanacyn
• Neomycin
• Spectrogram
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•
Fish Gasping At Top of Tank
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• Low
Dissolved Oxygen
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•
Water Quality
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• All
Marine Fish
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• Oxygenex
• Intensive Care
• Water Change with Shieldex
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