[header] How to take care of botia fish [title] Monitor for illnesses. [step] Loaches, having almost no scales, tend to acquire illnesses easily. There are two primary diseases that afflict botia.
[header] How to take care of botia fish [title] Monitor for illnesses. [step] Loaches, having almost no scales, tend to acquire illnesses easily. There are two primary diseases that afflict botia.
These diseases include : [substeps] Carpal tunnel: adults can develop carpal tunnel disease from a lack of melanin in the skin. Do not use natural oils, which may lead to oxidization in swimming or other fluids, to these fish. [substeps] Ulcers are the most common type of botia. These include eczema, and swelling in the skin below the bite sites. [substeps] The first is known as ich (short for ichthyophthirius), a disease caused by a parasite that results in small white speckles across the surface of the fish. The second illness is known as skinny disease. They are crocodile bites, arginine bite and rubella bite. These diseases are common in fish that are found where heat soaks in, such as underwater.