sera guide - Healthy pond fish

26 particularly advisable in case of advanced, severe infections. The care product sera ectopur provides support especially if the mucous membranes are also affected. It releases disinfecting oxygen and stimulates mucous membrane regeneration due to the included salt. Proper water quality and good aeration must be maintained in case of all bacterial infections. You should generally not feed – possibly except for adding sera KOI BAKTO TABS – during the treatment as to prevent additional water pollution. During and after the treatment it makes sense to strengthen the immune system of the animals by additional application of vitamins (sera KOI MULTIVITAMIN). 6.2 Treating bacterial diseases Bacteria are present in every pond and fulfill important tasks in there, e.g. the breakdown of ichthyotoxic nitrogen compounds. However, some of the bacteria species may cause diseases. This in particular applies for fish with injuries, a weakened immune sys- tem and in case of high pathogen density. There should be hardly any problems caused by bacteria in an appropriately main- tained pond. The diseases described in the following are caused by different bacteria species. Precise species identification is usually only possi- ble by a specialized microbiological labora- tory. However, knowing the precise species is almost always not important for a treat- ment. The first symptoms for a bacterial infection may include fin clamping and the fish tending to hide. The preparations sera pond omnipur, sera pond cyprinopur and sera KOI BAKTO TABS are treatments for treating in a pond that can safely heal most bacterial infections occurring in fish. Treating in time is very important as later infection stages increas- ingly affect internal organs, and the dam- ages quickly become irreparable. The broad range treatment sera pond omnipur effectively treats most ornamental fish diseases in ponds – in particular bacte- rial infections. sera pond cyprinopur has disinfecting and recovery supporting effects. The antibiotically effective, tasty, medicinal food tablets sera KOI BAKTO TABS even can treat some very advanced infections. They can always be used (simply feed them instead of the usual food) if the ill fish still take up food. Partial water changes while using the medicinal food tablets are usually only required in very small ponds as to maintain unobjectionable water quality. sera baktopur direct (tablets for water treatment) contains the same active agent and can be used in a quarantine tank, e.g. in case of fish that do not eat any more. You may use the preparations sera baktopur direct and sera KOI BAKTO TABS as well as liquid sera baktopur in combination (treatment in a quarantine tank). This is in Diagnosis: page 8 Treatment: see above Treatment should begin without delay as the disease quickly develops and spreads. Lowering the pH value to just under pH 7 (e.g. with sera pH-minus) supports the treatment since the bacteria prefer alkaline water. Please make sure in advance whether the fish you keep tolerate this acidification. Columnaris disease Agglomerates of Columnaris bacteria in a mucous mem- brane skin swab Scale with areas dissolved by an infection