WorksheetsAquatics Products: Part 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 23mins
Activated carbon absorbs many medications to treat fish. Therefore it should be removed. It is recommended to replace it how many days after the last dose?
8 days
1 day
4 days
7 days
Some medications can reduce oxygen in the water. If a fish is seen gasping at the surface of the water, what can be added to increase oxygen?
Another filter
Activated carbon
An air pump
What does this treatment help fish do?
Helps freshwater fish maintain a constant internal salt-fluid balance
Helps saltwater fish maintain a constant internal salt-fluid balance
Aqualibrium first aid salt additive is an incredibly versatile water treatment. What is it used for? (2 correct answers)
1. General tonic
2. Mild pH buffer
3. Help minimise stress
1. Supportive measure when treating other diseases
2. Boost immune system
3. Reduce nitrite toxicity
1. Used to treat fungus
2. General tonic
3. Remove chlorine from water
What appears to be wrong with this fish?
Fungal infection
He's sleeping
Swim bladder
External bacterial infection
What is the purpose of the swim bladder?
1. Helps fish stay buoyant
2. Sound producer and receptor
3. Accessory respiratory organ
1. Enables the fish to stay in the water
2. Scares away predators
Swim bladder can cause severe stress and death. What is the dosage of this treatment?
1ml per 20L
1ml per 5L
1ml per 15L
Swimbladder problems can also be hereditary
True
False
Which species of fish are more prone to swim bladder problems?
- Fancy goldfish
- Bettas
- Platys
- Angels
- Barbs
- Piranhas
- Silver Sharks
- Angels
How can swim bladder issues be prevented? (2 correct answers)
Hold food further into the water (so they're not gulping air)
Buy tablet-type food that can stick inside the glass
Put salt treatment in the water once a week
Perform a water change every other day
What does this betta appear to be suffering with?
Mouth rot
Fin rot
Bacterial infection
Dropsy
How do you prevent your fish from getting fungal infections (mouth rot, fin rot)? (2 correct answers)
- Complete regular maintenance
- Test water regularly
- Quarantine fish first
Prevent wounds (netting, aggression from other fish, handling, parasites)
Change aquarium water daily
What are gill flukes (Dactylogyrus) and skin flukes (Gyrodactylus)?
Common parasites (flatworms)
Bacteria
How do you know if a fish has flukes?
Bruising or missing scales on the fish or intense bouts of flashing
Fish is covered in small white spots (looks like they're covered in sugar)
What is this treatment used for and what is the dosage? THIS PRODUCT CAN NOT BE USED ON SCALELESS FISH OR INVERTS
To treat protozoan parasites, velvet and flukes. 1ml per 5L
To treat protozoan parasites, velvet and flukes. 1ml per 20L
This parasitic disease is characterised by an ----production of mucus coating, which appears as a grey/white mucus coating. You'll also see rapid breathing
Overproduction
Underproduction
What appears to be wrong with the fish in this image?
White spot
Swim bladder
Flukes
Velvet
A fish has the following symptoms. What is wrong with them?
1. Lethargy
2. Loss of appetite and weight loss
3. Rapid, laboured breathing
4. Clamped fins
5. Fine yellow or rusty film on the skin
6. Peeling skin
Velvet
White spot
Swim bladder
Depression
What are the best ways to prevent sickness in fish?
1. Quarantine
2. Maintain high water quality
3. Provide nutritionally balanced diet
1. Clean tank daily
2. Feed when fish are hungry
3. Quarantine
Remove fish from the tank whenever carrying out maintenance
Heat therapy can be used to treat what kind of health issues in fish? It should only be used in clean tanks with good oxygen and should be raised very slowly
Parasites
All health issues
What does this treatment eradicate and what is the dosage? DO NOT USE WITH SCALELESS FISH OR INVERTS
Anchor worm, fish lice, fish leeches and gill maggots. 1ml per 5L
Snails and worms. 1ml per 5L
Scaleless fish include..
1. Corydoras catfish
2. All other catfish
3. Knife fish
4. Certain eels and ropefish
1. Angels
2. Bettas
3. Corydoras catfish
How do fish lice enter the aquarium?
Usually brought in by pond-raised or wild caught fish
Caused by fish eating habits
Anchor worms are carried from fish to fish. To prevent this from happening, what should you do?
Quarantine new additions before putting them in the main tank
Pull the worms out yourself
What is this product used for? (2 correct answers)
- Crystal clear, healthy water
- Reduces organic waste
- Maintains biological equilibrium
- Reduces ammonia & nitrite
- Reduces filter & tank maintenance
- Reduces maturation & start-up times following a filter crash
Reduces chlorine in the water
Keeps fish calm
What is this product?
Live bacteria & enzymes in a unique ball delivery method
A mixture of chemicals, which make tap water safe
How does this product work?
Bacteria leaves the ball to feed on fish waste. It coats gravel ect
Balls are duplicated which create bacteria
Can this product be overdosed?
No - but it does contain aerobic bacteria, so air pump is advised
Yes - read dosage carefully
Pure aquarium bomb is best for the set-up of a new aquarium and filter. What is pure aquarium best for?
Regular addition and long term maintenance
When placing new fish in the tank
What is general hardness (GH)?
The measure of magnesium and calcium dissolved in water
The measure of carbonates and bicarbonates dissolved in water
What is carbonate hardness (KH)?
The measure of carbonates and bicarbonates dissolved in water
The measure of magnesium and calcium dissolved in water
As well as making tap water safe, what else does this product do? (2 correct answers)
Has a calming effect on fish due to unique herbal extract
Protects fish with fin, scale and skin damage
Prevents aggression in fish
Cleans equipment within the tank
This can be used with freshwater and saltwater aquariums. What is the dosage?
10ml per 37.8L
5ml per 37.8L
What does this product do?
- Kick starts & improves biological filtration
- Neutralises ammonia & nitrites
Removes ammonia and nitrate from tank
Removes cloudiness
Keeps algae under control
What is this product for a where should it be placed in the tank?
Removes harmful nitrate. Best placed in filter
Removes harmful nitrites. Best placed in filter
When should this product be used?
To lower pH - often used for Discus
To bring the pH to a neutral level (7)
Why must you be careful with products which alter the pH?
Sudden changes can harm fish & plants. Changes should be done gradually over a number of days
They can make certain species of fish become aggressive
What is this product used for?
Raising the pH - often used for tanks with Lake Malawi & Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids
Bringing the pH down gradually
As well as upping the pH, what else does this product do? (2 correct answers)
Adds essential buffers which keep the pH level stable
Has a built in safety mechanism, preventing pH from moving out of the safe zone (incase of overdose)
Keeps fish calm, using herbal remedies
Removes toxic metals from tap water
What does this pure, natural product do? (2 correct answers)
Recreates water of the tropics found in South American waters, in the Amazon region e.g. Cardinal Tetra, Discus
Adds humanic acid to acidify aquarium water (should be added to filter)
Hardens water naturally. Should be used like gravel
Reduce fish stress
What is this product used for?
Provides home for beneficial bacteria (freshwater and marine)
Removes cloudiness in the water
What does this product do? (2 correct answers)
Clarifies water - clumping particles together (fish, plant and filter safe)
Detoxifies ammonia and nitrite in the tank
What does this product do?
Raise & maintain the pH of aquarium water up to 8.3 by increasing temporary hardness
Lower & maintain the pH of aquarium water up to 8.3 by increasing temporary hardness
What is this product used for (safe with fish and plants and does not harm filtration bacteria)?
Parazin - treats lice, anchor worm, gill maggots and other crustacean parasites
Octozin - treats internal parasites
A fish has either hole in the head, seawater angelfish and clownfish disease, malawi bloat, or dropsy (harmless to inverts).
What medication would be best used on them?
Octozin
Parazin
Protozin
Sterazin
Which fish are susceptible to hole in the head?
- Cichlids
- Carps including koi and goldfish
- Barbs
- Tetras
How do fish get hole in the head?
Parasite - present at low levels in the intestines, only multiplied when fish is weakened where it then spreads
Virus - caught from other fish
This product is used for clear water. It removes pollutants including heavy metals and toxic gases. It removes compounds that carbon alone cannot.
What else does it do?
Removes light blocking impurities for increased growth in saltwater and plants in freshwater
Enables fish to be added into a new tank straight away
What does this product do?
Remove unwated phosphates & nitrates from tank
which reduces algae
Keeps aquarium water safe
What does this treatment cure in fish and what is the dosage?
Fungus, mouthrot and finrot. 1ml per 5L
Swim bladder infections. 1ml per 20L
Systemic bacterial infections. 1ml per 10L
Flukes and protozoa. 1ml per 5L
