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Fishes / Health
A fish with white, fluffy, cotton-like growths on its body is one of the more common things a keeper will encounter, and also one of the more misdiagnosed. The tufted, cottony look can come from two g
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Fishes / Health
A nitrate reading that has crept up over weeks is one of the more common problems an established aquarium runs into, and unlike ammonia or nitrite, it rarely announces itself with a dramatic fish reac
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Fishes / Health
Pseudomonas bacteria are present in essentially every aquarium, living harmlessly in the water and on healthy fish most of the time. The trouble starts when a fish's defences are compromised, whether
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Fishes / Health
Neon tetra disease is one of the more sobering topics in freshwater fishkeeping, not because it is common, but because there is genuinely nothing a keeper can do to cure a fish once it has taken hold.
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Fishes / Health
Nitrate is the least immediately dangerous product of the nitrogen cycle, which is exactly what makes it easy to neglect. Unlike ammonia or nitrite, nitrate rarely kills a fish outright within hours;
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Fishes / Health
Koi herpesvirus, usually shortened to KHV, is the single most feared disease among serious koi keepers anywhere in the world, and India\\'s growing koi hobby is not immune to it. It is a highly contag
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