Hi friends,
welcome to our channel Fish Doctor India
now we are in the national crisis of Lock down of
infectious Disease
our pet fishes are also affected in this lock down period
now all the fishes encounter one or another disease
i am replying to many whatsapp messages that come to me
luckily people live in chennai are able to get some emergency life saving medicine from our farm.
we are unable to send medicines to other states
under these circumstances, i am going to explain a home remedy
to save the precious life of your pet fishes. keep watching this video
salt is the first thing that immediately strikes our mind
when we say salt
we have already published a video about importance
of salt, types and other details.
link is given in the description
we have covered many aspects like iodised and non iodised salt and its properties , superstition etc
This video is the continuation of the earlier published video
generally salt is divided into 2 types
1. Iodised salt
2.Non Iodised salt
These two salts available in all houses.
you can use any of these salt for fish disease treatment
Reason why we use salt in aquariums are
1.  Salt helps to kill bacteria, fungus and parasites living
on the skin and Gills of the fishes
2. Salt helps to heal the external wounds on the
skin of the fish
3. salt helps to improve formation of slime on the
fish skin.
just now,  we have seen the importance of adding
salt to the fish tank
now let us see how salt kills the germs
it is a basic thing.
sea water fish dies if we put it in fresh water
similarly freshwater fish dies if it is put in sea water
fish size and immunity of the fish decides the time
to kill the fish
in the animal kingdom pyramid, human occupy
the top layer. Fish come below us.
other micro organisms like bacteria, parasite and fungus
come below us.
salt tolerance capacity of fishes are more than that of parasites, bacteria and fungi
When we keep an infected fish in a  salt water container
bacteria, parasites and fungus may die.
whereas fish will be able to tolerate the salt concentration
This is the concept behind the treatment of fishes using salt
We should not add salt to planted tanks
because, plants will get died and may lead to stunted growth
whenever fish is suffering by kidney related disease
we should not add salt in the water.
We should not even use the water which contains salt in case of kidney related issues
for other fishes, we can use salt
we can divide salt treatment into two types
1. Dip treatment
2. Long bath treatment
in this i am going to show a dip treatment method
as a demo video
in our farm, male flower horn got wounded
due to the fight with the female fish
as a result of this there is an injury in the mouth of male flower horn
i am showing to you closely
To prevent the spreading of the disease,
we are going to do dip treatment for this fish using
salt
as you see in the video, we have both iodised and non iodised salt
you can use any type of salt for this dip treatment
Today i am going to take iodised salt for the dip treatment purpose.
some will iodised salt will create problems. it is not like that . you can use.
we have to take 30-35 grams per litre of water
we have to calculate total amount of salt needed for water.
Today i am going to take 3 litres of water for dip treatment
so, i am going to take 105 ( 35 grams per liter of water)
after that  we have to dip the sick fish in the salt water using the hand net
we have to do dip treatment for 1 minute
however, duration depends upon health condition of fish
never do dip treatment for more than 1 minute
This flower horn has minor injury
so we can do dip treatment for 1 minute
duration of dip treatment depends upon the immunity of the fish
now let us see how to carry out dip treatment
i fill 3 litres of water in this container
water level is 3/4 of this container
now i am taking 106   grams of iodised salt in a  balance
now i am transferring 106 gram of salt into the container
stir well to get uniform distribution of salt in water
for dissolving rock salt it will take some more time.
now the salt content in the container is 30 ppt ( part per thousand)
means salt content is equal to sea water
now i am transferring injured fish into the container using net
now fish is in the salt solution
since fish has good immunity i am keeping for this much time in the salt water
if the fish is weak, we have to remove as quick as possible
now bacterial , parasites and fungus will get
killed when they come in contact with high salt solution
we can repeat the dip treatment if required again
for doing dip treatment next day,
you have to prepare a fresh solution.
please donot use the old solution
you have to take container and water
according to the size of your fish
being small in size, i have taken 3 litres of water
now fish is released back into the tank
i am decanting the used salt solution
so, if you donot get any medicines
in this lock down period
salt is the best option for you.
suppose many of fishes have problem, you have to
separate them and do dip treatment
it is better to do treatment for the sick fishes
for long time salt treatment,  you can use 4 to 5 tea spoons of salt
for a tank of capacity 80-100 litres
you can  use tea spoon not a table spoon
some people put half packet or full packet of
salt into the tank. it is not required
normal tea spoon full of salt is enough
it is always better to add  2 tea spoons of salt every week
so, during lock down period, if you are in chennai
you can get life saving medicines from us.
if you are unable to get medicines, please check first aid videos and emergency care videos in our channel
prepare tank accordingly for treatment purpose
you can use either dip salt treatment or long salt bath treatment
i am giving salt and heater treatment for most of the whatsapp messages i get
since salt is available in our home, no need to worry about it
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