Pet Fish & Aquarium Care Tips : How to Check Your Fish for Parasites

Parasites can sometimes be spotted on a fish by visual inspection but sometimes parasites will affect a fish's behavior. Check a fish for parasites with tips from an aquarium shop owner in this free video on aquariums.

Expert: Chris Simms
Contact: www.aquatic-central.com
Bio: Chris Simms owns Aquatic Central in San Francisco, Calif.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• fish
• fish care
• aquariums
• pet fish
• exotic pets
• fish tanks
• goldfish
• Betta fish
• Koi

[ManTheBush]

@5canminator5 I hope you have a big aquarium 4 goldfish will need a 40 gallon, a general rule is 10 gallons per fish unless you are going to do daily water changes. 

[toddwills]

OMG! Chris your hot :-) Can I have your number ? :-)

[123ilc45]

@KevinNavarro1 Then they probebly have ick cause i think thats one of the symptoms

[mrflyfishingak]

never buy feeder fish(cheap gold fish you feed to other fish or get at carnavals) they are full of paracites

[jantait]

@mollygooch

no probs man, happy to help!

[mollygooch]

@jantait thank you sooooo much for the comment i needed to know

[jantait]

@mollygooch

i got the same, they are called planaria, or praneria, i cant remember, they usually pop up when theres a combination of too much substrate, and a bit too much left over food, they are harmless to your fish, but look gross! just cut back on their food for a few days and that shoul be the last of them, but they can and will come back, just reduce their food when they do, hope that helped!

[stevenJEDI3]

@KevinNavarro1 try a salt Barth 3 tea spoons salt 10 liters water 20 minuets

[mollygooch]

@ABCba5tard you dont get it my fish are cichlids and gars they only eat goldfish

[ABCba5tard]

@mollygooch feed it to yo fish