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If you give your fish a balanced diet that includes both processed natural food, you do not need to give them additional vitamins. Here are the vitamin sources that are easily accessible A: crustaceans, egg yolk, green food B1, B2, B6, B12: cow's liver, beef, eggs, yeast, algae, green food, fish meat C: green food, algae, cow's liver, fish eggs D: earthworms, meal worms, algae, sea weeds, snails, shrimps E: egg yolk, algae, green food H: egg yolk, liver, yeast K: cow's liver, green food, water fleas

It is important to understand the way of providing adequate food supply for your fish and when to feed them. A hungry aquarium fish may tend to focus its attention to the smaller inmates of the tank if it is unable to find any food. A correct diet should include the right type, form and amount  of food. Types of food for fish: 1. Manufactured food 2. Live food obtained from nature or cultured 3. Household scraps 1. Manufactured food several forms: pellet, flake, tablet/granular made from: cereals, meat, fish, vegetables, vitamins and minerals can be fed to all types of fish usually unless breed-specific variations are included in the package  i) Pellets: floating pellets for surface-feeding fish and sinking pellets for bottom dwellers   ii) Tablet food: can be stuck to a surface to provide feeding stations at different water levels iii) Flakes: for carnivores, vegetarians and omnivores. Flakes float at first and then sinks slowly allowing the mid-water ...

If your fish has red sores, itchy skin definitely there's something fishy! Argulus infestation is also known as Branchiuran infestation. History includes itchy skin, red sores in wild-caught or pond-raised fish. Physical examination by a veterianrian wil, show focal red lesions on skin; focal colour change especially darkened skin   Argulus is common on gold fish and koi and is also common in wild freshwater fish. Argulus feeds itself by inserting the stylet into the hist and sucks body fluids with the proboscis like mouth. At this time the fish may show erratic swimming or other abnormalities in  behaviour due to the stylet. The hooks, spines and repeated piercing on the skin of fish by Argulus may cause skin irritation and mechanical damage to the skin of fish Diagnosis could be done by morphological examination of the louse. Prevention is by avoiding egg contamination by using a disinfectant or bleaching powder to clean the tank. Thereafter leave the tan...