At the turn of winter and spring, fish especially like to get sick. In the past, fish diseases like white spots, water mold, and congestion always made people anxious.
Now fish lice are a problem again. Its damage to ornamental fish is fatal.
Fish lice are parasites that like to hide in the gills, tongues, and tails. It is generally difficult to find, and it is not necessarily necessary to kill after discovery.
The hateful thing about the parasite is that its initial damage to fish is not very obvious, and even some people can't find it at all.
When it greedily absorbs the nutrients of the fish, the ornamental fish is getting thinner or crazy, it will make people think of its existence.
Finding fish lice is not a very difficult task. Look closely at the fish's body, open the gills and mouth of the fish, and you can see the little thumb-sized bug hiding there.
The fish lice on the tail are relatively easy to handle, and you can use a 1% salt water medicinal bath to get rid of it in two or three days. Of course, it is also possible to remove it directly with tweezers, but the feet of fish lice are hook-shaped, and forcibly pulling them out will hurt the fish.
The fish lice in the gills and the mouth are called shrunken-headed fish lice. The shrunken-headed fish lice often hide in the gills before mating, absorb the nutrients that pass through the gills of the fish, and after mating, they will climb into the mouth (hermaphrodites, they can complete mating), slowly eat the tongue of the fish, the dove occupies the magpie's nest, and becomes a false tongue.
Whether in the gills or in the tongue, it is absorbing the nutrients of the fish, that is to say, the things that the fish eat are also divided into a part of the fish lice after absorption, and this part is likely to be the most essential part.
How can you not be distressed to think that your beloved fish will be tormented like this?
Fish lice are sensitive to salinity, and parasitism in the gills can be removed by salt. But on the tongue, depending on the actual situation, and then decide whether to get rid of it.
The shrunken-headed fish lice that parasitize in the mouth eat their tongues and act as fish tongues themselves. If it is pulled out hastily, it will affect the feeding of fish.
Helpless in the face of such an abominable parasite, that feeling of powerlessness may only be understood by those who have experienced it.
Therefore, we must do a good job of disinfection, maintain the salinity of the fish tank, and conduct regular quarantine of some fish with higher prices.
In addition, the Chinese herbal bath also slowly enters the ornamental fishfold. Do you have a small partner who wants to know about Chinese herbal baths?
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