. The care of home aquaria. Aquariums. THE CARE OF HOME AQUARIA 55. YOUNG MIRROR CARP. The carps are very hardy and are excellent fishes (or the beginner. permanganate (light claret color) until signs of distress appear, when they must be replaced at once in fresh water. When the fungus disease has made much progress it is bet- ter trkill the fish at once and be done with it, for there is little hope of saving it or even of giving it a presentable appearance The threads or hyphae, of the fungus work their way into the tissues and usually the best that can be accomplished by any reatmenris to r
. The care of home aquaria. Aquariums. THE CARE OF HOME AQUARIA 55. YOUNG MIRROR CARP. The carps are very hardy and are excellent fishes (or the beginner. permanganate (light claret color) until signs of distress appear, when they must be replaced at once in fresh water. When the fungus disease has made much progress it is bet- ter trkill the fish at once and be done with it, for there is little hope of saving it or even of giving it a presentable appearance The threads or hyphae, of the fungus work their way into the tissues and usually the best that can be accomplished by any reatmenris to remove merely the external growth without veachTn^rthe pernicious internal portion which continues to deveS" If the diseased spot is small and not too near a vital part i? may be carefully scraped and treated with the peroxide or p;rmanganate solution (deep claret color) ^^d thus the mter nnl portions of the parasite may be reached and killed When Te dfseasrattacks the gills there is practically no hope of saving ihe Me of the fish as the growth of the fungus has usually pro- gressed to a critical stage before it becomes noticeable. " Eggs of fish are also frequently attacked by fungus and m this case all eggs diseased must be removed at once Bacteria —These minute organisms attack fishes m various wavs The skin is sometimes affected by what is known as the •Se disease" in which the skin is coated with a whitish mu- cuTukfsubstance. In the so called "scurvy" the scales are p^r- Hnllv erected giving a rough appearance. The gills are also attacked by tecteria which cause the filaments to become aggluti- nated and covered with a thick layer of mucous which prevents. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Osburn, Raymond Carroll, 1872-. New York, The New York Zoological Socie
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