Step 4: In your main fish tank, add Dimilin. Once the powder is completely dissolved add the fish with no visible anchor worms in bath solution. Step 3: Using clean aquarium water in a separate container large enough for all of the fish from your fish tank, mix a solution of Potassium Permanganate at a rate of 25 mg powder per liter of water. Step 2: Using tweezers, remove all visible anchor worms from all of the fish in your fish tank. Step 1: Do a water change making sure you vacuum the substrate well. Possible Causes: Contamination from infected fish Possible Symptoms: Scratching or rubbing on objects in the tank white-ish or green threads hanging on the body of the fish inflammation where the anchor worms have attached to the fish Wash the filter out in fish tank water that you just pulled out for a water change and/or replace the aquarium filter with a new one ensuring it is being rinsed out completely before adding it to the fish tank. Also, check your filter cartridges to ensure that you don’t have excess waste building up on it causing your ammonia spikes. However, it is only a temporary fix and the cause should be identified. If the water changes are not helping you can use an ammonia reducer you add to your tank to help bring it down. Ammonia literally burns your fish gills making it hard for them to breath properly and in some cases it will cause death. Changing too much of the water at once could possibly put your freshwater fish in shock and possibly cause more problems than what you have now. Treatments: Do a 20-30% water change daily to get the ammonia levels down. Possible Causes: Poor Water Quality Overfeeding Overstocked Uncycled tank Possible Symptoms: Red or inflamed gills, rapid breathing, gasping at the surface of the water.
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