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Bacterial Hemorrhagic Septicemia

Symptoms

  • Some fish exhibit no external symptoms

  • Most show hemorrhaging of internal organs, skin, and muscle

  • Bulging eyes

  • Bloated abdomens from internal bleeding

  • Reddish tints to eyes, skin, gills, and fins

  • Open sores

  • Abnormal behavior

  • Taking food and spitting it out or stop eating

  • Enters the tank from infected fish being added to the tank

  • The survival rate is low,

  • The disease is very contagious

Organic treatment of fish

  1. Remove infected fish to hospital tank if possible

  2. Do not raise the tank temperature

  3. Treat with Organic Control as directed

  4. Extend treatment if needed

  5. If symptoms continue follow with medicinal treatment

Medicinal treatment of fish

  1. Remove infected fish to hospital tank if possible

  2. Do not raise the tank temperature

  3. Treat as directed with One-Shot Knockout

  4. Feed with Full Spectrum medicated food as directed for one dosing cycle

  5. If symptoms continue do 50% water change in a hospital tank and repeat treatment

Original tank treatment

(If Infected Fish Were Moved to Hospital Tank)

  1. Do 60% water change another day for a total of three water changes

  2. Feed remaining fish Full Spectrum medicated food per instructions for 1 feeding cycle