AQUARIUM DISEASE PREVENTION; Steps to a Healthy Aquarium
Jun 28, 2021 12:23:33 GMT -5
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Post by Carl on Jun 28, 2021 12:23:33 GMT -5
AAP recommends one of our most experience based article that has its origins in professional aquarium maintenance in 1978
www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Disease.html
"Overview
Disease prevention is probably one of the most important aspects of keeping a healthy aquarium, although a generalized statement.
Following the steps outlined in this article will not guarantee a disease free aquarium, but the facts are your disease incidence will be markedly lower.
In fact my experience with the 1000s of aquariums under my care over the years was that by following ALL STEPS outlined here, longevity increased, many diseases such as Ich when introduced was rarely catastrophic, and some diseases or conditions, in particular Dropsy, had near zero incidence of occurrence!!
Please read ALL the steps outlined later in this article.
I have kept up many aquariums (marine and freshwater) during my years of aquarium maintenance.
It was more of a challenge with clients than my personal aquariums because many of my customers overfed or did not tell me fish were sick until it was too late.
However with the majority of regular contract clients, I kept a record of most everything that went into and out of the aquarium (equipment, procedures, foods used, water changes, treatments, etc.). With a few clients, most notably the Bahooka Restaurant with over 100 large aquariums here alone, we had full control, meaning we even fed the fish since we were there 5-6 days per week!
So over the years, I have experimented with many methods to lower disease incidence and increase fish longevity. Since I had many clients with dozens of aquarium under contract, which allowed me to utilize controlled tests to back up my observations in my literally 1000s of aquariums under my care over the years.
This provided me a lot of data both observation based and control test based which I humbly submit differentiates my work from those who make observations based one or two or at most maybe a dozen aquariums in a fish room (which also refutes the Ad Hominem attacks my work sometimes garners in a few small but vocal un-moderated social media fish keeping circles).
I also regularly sought out advice of other professionals to further improve my results (which seems to be a lost art of late too based on my experience in attempting to reach out and help others)."
www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Disease.html
"Overview
Disease prevention is probably one of the most important aspects of keeping a healthy aquarium, although a generalized statement.
Following the steps outlined in this article will not guarantee a disease free aquarium, but the facts are your disease incidence will be markedly lower.
In fact my experience with the 1000s of aquariums under my care over the years was that by following ALL STEPS outlined here, longevity increased, many diseases such as Ich when introduced was rarely catastrophic, and some diseases or conditions, in particular Dropsy, had near zero incidence of occurrence!!
Please read ALL the steps outlined later in this article.
I have kept up many aquariums (marine and freshwater) during my years of aquarium maintenance.
It was more of a challenge with clients than my personal aquariums because many of my customers overfed or did not tell me fish were sick until it was too late.
However with the majority of regular contract clients, I kept a record of most everything that went into and out of the aquarium (equipment, procedures, foods used, water changes, treatments, etc.). With a few clients, most notably the Bahooka Restaurant with over 100 large aquariums here alone, we had full control, meaning we even fed the fish since we were there 5-6 days per week!
So over the years, I have experimented with many methods to lower disease incidence and increase fish longevity. Since I had many clients with dozens of aquarium under contract, which allowed me to utilize controlled tests to back up my observations in my literally 1000s of aquariums under my care over the years.
This provided me a lot of data both observation based and control test based which I humbly submit differentiates my work from those who make observations based one or two or at most maybe a dozen aquariums in a fish room (which also refutes the Ad Hominem attacks my work sometimes garners in a few small but vocal un-moderated social media fish keeping circles).
I also regularly sought out advice of other professionals to further improve my results (which seems to be a lost art of late too based on my experience in attempting to reach out and help others)."
