| When you own custom fish tanks it is very | | | | their custom fish tanks. A common problem is fin |
| important to keep your fish healthy. The confined | | | | rot which may be initially caused by a fin getting |
| space means that disease will spread rapidly | | | | damaged during a fight. Poor water quality is also |
| through the aquarium if you don't take measures | | | | a factor. This illness is extremely contagious. The |
| to prevent this happening. As your experience | | | | entire fin will be eaten away if you do not buy |
| with fish grows, you will spot signs of illness early. | | | | some treatment from your pet store. You will |
| If you are going to populate your tank with | | | | need to remove the cause of the problem i.e. |
| expensive fish or a lot of different species it is | | | | separate fish that are fighting. You also need to |
| wise to consider buying a separate tank to act as | | | | improve the quality of the water. |
| a hospital tank. If one of your pets is sick you | | | | One of the worst illnesses your fish can catch is |
| can move him to the new tank to help him | | | | China disease as it is always fatal. The fish |
| recover quicker, stop the other fish harassing him | | | | affected should be destroyed in a humane way |
| while he is in a weakened state and also prevent | | | | to prevent suffering so you must be sure of the |
| the spread of infection. | | | | diagnosis. The other fish need to be put into the |
| If you suspect your fish is ill get the proper | | | | hospital tank and started on a progressive salt |
| attention for them. Do not rely on self diagnosis | | | | treatment which takes about ten days. The |
| or home treatments until you are quite | | | | custom fish tank has to be properly cleaned to |
| experienced at looking after these creatures in | | | | stop the disease from spreading. |