sera guide - Shrimps and crayfish

29 Attention! Treatments or care products and crustaceans? Shrimps and crayfish are not yet as well researched as fish. Therefore, only little is known about diseases and their treatment. Infections by viruses, fungi (e.g. fungal shell disease of crayfish) and microsporidia can currently usually not be treated effec- tively. Therefore you should always main- tain best possible care conditions for the animals. Animals that are fed a wholesome diet and live as stress free as possible in an environment according to their require- ments are considerably less sensitive to diseases. Furthermore, using sera black- water aquatan helps preventing diseases or, in case of small injuries, accelerates wound healing. Always make sure the ani- mals are healthy when purchasing new ones. Not all care products and treatments suit- able for the well-being of fish are tolerated by crayfish or shrimps. If a treatment in the community tank becomes necessary, you can safely use various products from the sera range. For example, the sera med Professional treatments Protazol, Tremazol and Flagellol have been extensively tested on and considered safe for crustaceans. Furthermore, using sera ectopur is possi- ble without hesitation. The animals need sera fishtamin after a treatment. These vitamins strengthen the animals and ensure quick recovery. When crustaceans are present, you must unfortunately abstain from the well established reliability of sera med Pro- fessional Nematol und sera mycopur. If in doubt, the crustaceans should be re- moved from the community tank during the treatment and not treated along with the fish. As an alternative, you may treat the fish separately in a treatment tank. 29 !!