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sera guide - Healthy pond fish

55 10 General recommendations for application (e.g. sera siporax pond) usually gets through a treatment without any problems. It can therefore remain switched on. Appropriate treatment usage usually harms only a small percentage of the filter bacteria. These can be replaced easily by adding sera pond bio nitrivec afterwards. However, by all means be sure to keep the filter appropriately clean before and after the treat- ment. It must not contain any rotting sludge. Cleaning is done by gentle squeezing or rinsing with pond water in a bowl (do not rinse under running or even hot water). It is best to not feed at all, or – if you keep juvenile fish or the treatment duration exceeds three days – only extremely sparing- ly during a treatment. As already described, many treatments harm the filter bacteria or affect the biological equilibrium in an- other way, therefore excess organic pollu- tion may quickly make the water “turn over”. sera ectopur releases disinfecting oxygen, which makes breathing easier for the ill fish, and it increases salinity, which stimu- lates mucous membrane growth. Healing is supported. In some cases (very slight infection or prevention), application of sera ectopur can even replace using a treat- ment. Generally, normal table salt (NaCl) without additives (e.g. anti-caking agents) can also be used for stimulating mucous membrane regrowth. You should neverthe- less consider that – even if you find suffi- ciently pure salt – there is no disinfecting and breath alleviating oxygen release as with sera ectopur. You can therefore only achieve a partial effect. The recommended normal dosage of sera ectopur is about 0.01 to 0.02%. This concen- tration is unproblematic even for fish that otherwise might react sensitive to elevated salt levels. Higher salt concentrations (about 0.03% to 0.3%, i.e. 0.3 to 3 g/l) should only be used in case of acute stress situa- tions or a disease (gradual addition) and be lowered stepwise by normal partial water changes after these problems have van- ished. Make sure you know exactly about the salt tolerance of the fish in question before applying high salt concentrations (e.g. in a short term bath). Cyprinids gener- ally tolerate increased salt concentrations very well. Supporting measures – sera ectopur Feeding during a treatment Preferably do not use any other water con- ditioners or even other treatments, except if expressly recommended. There might be unpredictable cross reactions. There are some important exceptions, including the care product sera ectopur. It can reason- ably complement and support different treatments, and it is suitable also as an after- treatment and for prevention.