sera guide - Marine aquariums

57 Fish Diseases affecting ornamental fish are reli- ably treated with sera treatments. The dan- ger of a disease outbreak is reduced by proper maintenance and regular vitamin sup- ply with sera fishtamin. We recommend dripping sera fishtamin onto the food and then allowing it to soak in for a minute imme- diately before feeding. The most frequent and disturbing disease that affect marine fish – and the recommend- ed care for your fish while ill, are described below. Cryptocaryon is treated with sera costapur or sera med Professional Protazol. sera costapur is harmful for some invertebrates (e.g. stony corals, snails, shrimps) and must only be used in a quarantine tank for safety reasons. Predatory shrimp species, such as marbled shrimps (different Saron species), can liter- ally cut up anemones. When interested in these nocturnal animals, they must be kept separate. Parasitic diseases caused by micro organ- isms (bacteria, single celled parasites) virtu- ally only occur after preliminary damage caused by chemicals (e.g., ozone, hydrogen peroxide, phosphate) and are almost never observed in well maintained aquariums. Combating the mentioned parasites with remedies is only possible in a quarantine tank because remedies cannot differentiate be- tween „desired“ and „undesired“ inverte- brates. An Oodinium ocellatum (velvet disease) in- fection is effectively treated with sera med Professional Protazol. Please read the in- structions for use carefully. The ciliate Cryptocaryon irritans resembles the freshwater parasites Ichthyophthirius and is therefore also called “Marine water Ich”. Its symptoms are white spots of up to 1 mil- limeter in diameter and strong scrubbing movements of the fish.