Not indicative of one specific disease. Can be a reflection of various problems, including bad water quality and/or parasites.
Symptoms:
- Fins are folded against the body and not fanned out as they should be
- Listless behaviour
Treatment:
First test the aquarium water to review overall water quality with a good quality test kit and conduct a partial water change to ensure healthy conditions. A good all round fungus treatment such as protozin should make a difference to most causes of clamped fin fish disease so treatment with this is a good place to start.
Prevention:
It is important to first determine the specific problem in order to treat fish properly. Good practice of adding 1 tbs. aquarium salt per gallon will help prevent clamped fins.
Tropical Fish Site takes no responsibility for diagnosing the exact problem with your tropical fish, this is purely meant as a guide only. Be sure to look at other common tropical fish diseases to ensure you have made the correct diagnosis as there is often crossover between them.
Waterlife Protozin Whitespot/Fungus Treatment, 100 ml
Features:- always follow package guidelines
- water treatment for improving fish water quality
- helps to cure common ailments found in aquariums
- Model number: 5568
Waterlife Protozin 250ml
Features:- Do not use when rays or momyrids are present.
- Suitable for tropical freshwater and coldwater aquaria.
- 250ml treats 625 litres (4 day course)
Waterlife Protozin 1LTR
Features:- Treats Protozoan and Fungal Infections
- Aquarium Treatment for Costiasis and Trichodiniasis
API 800 Test Freshwater Aquarium Water Master Test Kit
Features:- Contains one (1) API Freshwater master kit 800, including 7 bottles of testing solutions, 1 colour card and 4 glass tubes with cap
- Helps monitor water quality and prevent invisible water problems that can be harmful to fish and cause fish loss
- Accurately monitors five most vital water parameters levels in freshwater aquariums: pH, High Range PH, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate
- Designed for use in freshwater aquariums only
- Use for weekly monitoring and when water or fish problems appear
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