Why does my aquarium keep getting sicknesses.?

Question

everytime I cure one sickness theres another.

i cured finrot 5 times
Ich- 4 times, and now theres more of each.. WHATS THE PROBLEM?????? thanks

Answer 1

For the fin rot, I would agree with water conditions. This is bacterial, and usually relates to the water quality.

That's not the case with ich. That's caused by a specific parasite that has to be introduced to the tank. My thoughts on that are that you're either stopping the treatments too soon (you should continue for 3-5 days after you don't see any more spots on your fish), you're recontaminating the tank with parasites from another source. Do you clean the net, siphon, etc. after it's been in the tank, or allow these to sit in a container in any water that adheres to them (which may also contain the parasites)? When you remove the carbon, do you replace it with new, or put back what you took out (and does it stay wet in the center)? Do you quarantine new fish that you get to replace ones that may have died from these conditions? All of these may allow ich to get back into your tank.

Also look at what you're using as an ich medication. Something with the combination of malachite green and formalin will be the most effective, especially if you also raise the temperature of your water.

Are you considering what your fish have to be ich because you're seeing white spots on the fish? Are you sure this isn't velvet, which also can look like white spots? Try turning off the lights in the room, then shining a bright flashlight on the fish - if the spots stay white, this is ich, but if they are gold or rust colored, it's velvet. This has a photosynthetic pigment which requires the lights on the tank to be turned off all during the treatment, but otherwise can be treated using the same medications as for ich. This can be more difficult to be rid of. I had a fish with this earlier in the year, and it came back even though I treated the fish for three weeks (using the lights-out). It took a 4 week treatment to finally be rid of it.

Answer 2

The fish can usually fight these diseases if they are healthy....try not to stress the fish too much.....when buying them from the shop make sure they are acclimatated before releasing them. It could be a case of the smaller fish getting stressed because there are larger fish in the tank this can appear as fin rot. If all else fails get everything out of the tank and start again......including the filter. I never cleaned the top part of my filter where the little fan thing turns and it was harboring all slimy gunk and my fish got sick alot. I clean all parts now and I do it in a bucket of the aquarium water.

Answer 3

Dirty tank water and stress are perfect invitations for disease in fish. The best way to prevent fish from becoming weak to the point of contracting disease, keep their water clean by doing weekly or twice weekly water changes and siphoning the poop out of the gravel. The buildup of organic waste like poop and fish food leads to ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate, all of which are toxic to fish, and very stressful. Stress wears down their immune systems, leaving them venerable to disease.

Soop Nazi

EDIT: My point with water quality is that it is stressful for the fish, and stressed fish make the best victims for disease. Simply keeping your fish stress free can prevent a lot in the way of diseases (like Ick). Even if it is in the tank, it will rarely infect a healthy fish.

Answer 4

Cut down on the feeding, keep the tank & fiter clean, water temp. should not fluctuate, keep it around a constant 77 degrees.

Answer 5

ok you transfer the fish to a rubbermaid thingie and re cycle it after bleaching the tank