| Before starting to use any medication for your | | | | to put into the tank, to a little water and then |
| tank and the fish, clean the tank completely. This | | | | dissolve it properly. Now add this to the tank and |
| will in itself solve a big part of the problem. Then | | | | do this on regular bases. Also, try to regularly |
| scrub the whole inside of the glass. Otherwise, | | | | replace around 10% of water at some definite |
| what you can do is to completely wash the whole | | | | intervals. This will help to treat the bacterial |
| setup including gravel and substrate. | | | | infection along with helping the fish to heal their |
| Minimizing the area where bacteria can live is an | | | | damaged fins. |
| important thing. For this, you need to take out | | | | You can also move the fish to a new tank and |
| the ornaments from your tropical fish tank and | | | | then do all the necessary medications to them |
| bleach them thoroughly. Also, clean the outside of | | | | while you clean the tank and wash it thoroughly. |
| the tank, hood light and tank's lid. | | | | As stress is the major cause of disease so, |
| There are various different degrees of fin and tail | | | | following a proper protocol for adding the new fish |
| rot that determine the kind of treatment to be | | | | to the tank and the acclimatizing them is an |
| used in your tropical fish tank. | | | | important task in this case. This will prevent them |
| For the initial stages of the spread of disease it is | | | | from having any kind of stress. |
| advised to use Melafix along with the aquarium | | | | If fin and tail rot occurs despite all your efforts |
| salt. This is an all-natural kind of medication that | | | | then try to keep a close look on them and try to |
| you can provide your fish and tank. Also, this way | | | | have an early warning if anything like this is |
| you can avoid any kind of destruction of your | | | | happening in your tank. |
| biological filter. Add the amount of salt, you want | | | | |