Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Wound

Treatment:

1. Clean top Filters with tank water.

2. Change water with aged water.

3. Add Salt 1 tsp per 10 gallons.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Swollen Lips

Treatment:

1. Do a 30% water change.

2. Add Salt, 1 tsp per 10 gallons.

3. Add Methylene Blue. Make sure you follow the dosage indicated on the container.

4. Repeat treatment after 2 days if necessary.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Itch / White spots

Symptoms:

Your fish will be covered with white cysts on the skin, fins and gills. Heavily infected fish looks as if they have been
sprikled with sugar and pepper grains. They may scratch themselves against gravel or decorations in the aquarium.

Treatment:

1. Add Salt 1 tsp per 10 gallons.

2. Increase the water temperature up to 30-32 degrees.

3. Add Methylene Blue and Malachite Green into the water for 3-5 days may help too. Make sure you follow the dosage
indicated on the container.

Where to buy?

- Methylene Blue and Malachite Green is available in your nearest pet shop.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Swim Bladder

Symptoms:

Abnormal swimming pattern, They may even float upside down or appear to be stuck at the surface of the water, being unable to
swim down, or they may lie on the bottom, unable to rise. Fish with a swim bladder disorder will continue to try and feed,
showing a normal appetite.

Cause: improper diet

Treatment:

1. Do a water change of 25%.

2. Apply Furazolidone to the water at a dosage of 100mg. tablet per 20 gallons.

3. To apply Furazolidone, just dip the tablet with your fingers into the tank and crush the tablet/s until dissolved.

4. Keep doing water changes every other day. Apply medication again once water turns clear.

Where to buy?

- Furazolidone, this drug can be bought over the counter (OTC) at any drugstore.

- Other medicines are Furoxan, Furassan Furan 3 and Sera Baktopur direct. Both are available in pet shops.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Protruding scales (dropsy)

Protruding scales

Treatment:

1. Daily water change of 30-40%.

2. Add rock salt at 1 tsp per 5 gallons.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Fin rot

Treatment:

1. Place yor fish in a Hospital tank. The water should came from the original tank.

2. Remove your fish from the tank and dab the affected portion with Betadyne. It should be done in a fast motion. Place
your fish in the hospital tank.

3. Increase the temperature to 30-32 degrees.

4. Add Methylene blue. Make sure you follow the dosage indicated on the container.

5. Add Tetracyclene. 500 mg. per 20 gallons. dissolve it first into a cup of water before adding it to the hospital tank.

6. Daily 30% water change and add Methylene blue and Tetracyclene proportionately in the changed water.

Where to buy?

- Tetracycline, this drug can be bought over the counter (OTC) at any drugstore. Each 500 mg. tablet would cost P6.50.

- Methylene Blue is available in your nearest pet shop.

- You can also use Sera Baktopur (for fin rot). It is available in your nearest pet shop. Make sure you follow the dosage
indicated on the container.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Pimples

Treatment:

1. Change water at 30-40%.

2. Put Tetracycline 500mg. per 20 gals.

3. The water will turn into brownish color for five days. If still not effective after five days, add half more of the

dosage.

4. If the fish is well already, do a daily water change of 10% until the water gets clear.

Where to buy?

- Tetracycline, this drug can be bought over the counter (OTC) at any drugstore. Each 500 mg. tablet would cost P6.50.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Hexamitiasis (Hexa)

Symptoms: White feces, Lack of appetite and visible holes seen around the head.

Cause: Infection caused by hexanita, a type of flagelleated protozoa and also caused by cold water temperature.

Treatment A:

1. Transfer your fish to a 5 gallons hospital tank.

2. Put Furasan Furan 3 into tank. 1 sachet is equivalent to 4 dosage. Put 1 part into 5 gallons tank.

3. Daily water change of at least 20-25%.

4. if you have a heater, set it at 30-32 degrees.

5. After 3 days, if you observed that your fish is eating already, still continue with the medication.

6. If the feces turns into it's original color, then it's time to reduce the dosage. Put Furan 3 every other day for at
least another week.

*** It's best to put your fish in a small tank because it will give more concentration of the medicine, plus you don't have
to use a lot of it.

Where to buy?

- Furassan Furan 3 is available in your nearest pet shop.


Treatment B:

1. If you're using an overhead filter (OHF), remove the carbon if any.

2. Do a 50% water change. Syphon your tank until it's half empty. Replace with 25% chlorinated water and 25% conditioned
water. (must be aerated for at least 48 hours and dosed with Sera Aquatan)

3. Dissolve the Metronidazole tablet/s in a cup of warm water. It works best when dissolved at a temperature of 90+
degrees. A cup with 50%-60% "cofee-hot" water plus 40%-50% tap water would be fine.

4. Let the tablet/s dissolve for 5-10 minutes. Afterwards, mix well.

5. Drop the Metronidazole solution in your tank. the required dosage would be 500 mg. per 10 gallons.

6. Repeat steps 2-5 after 48 hours. You'd need around 7-8 doses of Metronidazole. Usual treatment would be from 10-15
days. Observe the waste of your fish on a regular basis. If your fish shows improvement before 10-15 days, there's nothing
wrong in finishing the entire cycle. extend treatment if neccessary.

7. If you have a heater, set it at 30-32 degrees. Hexamita thrives in cold water. While the medication used to kill them
works best in warm water. For those with no heaters, don't worry. Its not absolutely neccessary to use one. Just be sure
to dissolve the Metronidazole in a warm water.

*** If you've got more time to treat your fish then you could apply the following protocol:

1. Again do steps 1 through 5.

2. After 24 hours, implement a 20-25% water change.

3. Drop your Metronidazole solution but this time at 250 mg. per 10 gallons. Repeat steps 2 and 3 everyday until the fish
recovers.

Where to buy?

- Metronidazole, usually sold as Flagyl. This drug can be bought over the counter (OTC) at any drugstore. Each 500 mg.
tablet would cost around P16-P18.

- Sera Aquatan is available in your nearest pet shop.


Best food for recovering would be frozen blood worms or meal worms.

Flowerhorn Diseases and Cure - Bulging Anus

Bulging Anus

Symptoms: The intestine of the fish is bulging.

Cause: Fish under Severe stress (as in the case of newly transported fish) and Suffering from severe indigestion ( common for
small fish fed with shrimp, Superworms or any live feeds)

Treatment:

1. If you're using an overhead filter (OHF), remove the carbon if any.

2. Do a 50% water change. Syphon your tank until it's half empty. Replace with 25% chlorinated water and 25% conditioned
water. (must be aerated for at least 48 hours and dosed with Sera Aquatan)

3. Dissolve the Metronidazole tablet/s in a cup of warm water. It works best when dissolved at a temperature of 90+
degrees. A cup with 50%-60% "cofee-hot" water plus 40%-50% tap water would be fine.

4. Let the tablet/s dissolve for 5-10 minutes. Afterwards, mix well.

5. Drop the Metronidazole solution in your tank. the required dosage would be 500 mg. per 10 gallons.

6. If you have a heater, set it at 40-32 degrees. For those with no heaters, don't worry. Its not absolutely neccessary to
use one. Just be sure to dissolve the Metronidazole in a warm water.

7. After 24 hours, implement a 20-25% water change.

8. Drop your Metronidazole solution but this time at 250 mg. per 10 gallons. Repeat steps 2 and 3 everyday until the fish
recovers.

Where to buy?

- Metronidazole, usually sold as Flagyl. This drug can be bought over the counter (OTC) at any drugstore. Each 500 mg.
tablet would cost around P16-P18.

- Sera Aquatan is available in your nearest pet shop