Gill Problem for Ranchu and Treatment

Gill problem is a serious threat to the health of your ranchu if it is not treated properly and early enough. One quick reminder to all beginners is that when your ranchu starts to behave weirdly such as stop swimming or starting to produce an excess amount of slime, then more than likely your ranchu is sick.

A standard procedure for all types of sickness in ranchu is that after you have found out that your fish is sick, you should quarantine the whole pond right away. If your other fish are not sick, separate them into other container and treat the sick fish only. Make sure to quarantine all sick fish or fish that were kept in the same pond as the sick fish, for at least one week before returning any of them back to general population after you are sure that they are ok. YOu must fast your fish that are sick or under quarantine and do not feed for at least 10 days or until the fish is better. Fish can go a very long time without food. You can tell when a fish is better, when it starts to swim and look for food.

Mix .5% - .7% of sea salt, Parazan D, antibiotic medication (yellow medication), and Tropical Gold (Green medication -This medication will deal with all white spot, tail rot, and water mould disease in all goldfish and Nishiki-koi and the extermination of fish louse and schor worm) together and add to the pond. Cover the pond up so no sun light can get in. Keep the pond cover for one week before opening the lid again. If the fish have not recovered fully, change half the water in the pond and administered another dose of the same medication and close the pond for another week. Be sure that you do not feed the fish at all during the treatment.

The first set of pictures will be of fish with gill problem. Please notice the white spot found all over the gill. When you find that you fish is sick, you must inspect the gill immediatly by running your finger underneath the gill and lift up to inspect the inner gills. If you find any white spots out of the ordinary, you should start the treatment right away. You should inspect your fish regularly so that you will see what are the characteristics of healthy fish. When the fish gets sick then it will be real simple to notice.

The following sets of pictures will be of how Mr.Kashino administered the said treatment at his home in Japan. Please be inform that Mr.Kashino's treatment ponds that he use contain 150 litre of water each, and the medication is measured accordingly. You will able to see a step, by step application of all the medications and illustration of how to measure medication properly. The application of the proper dosage of medications for your ranchu is crucial for success of the treatment. If you add too much medication, your fish will not get better, but worse. It may be weird for some of you to treat your fish with all the medication at the same time, but this is a method that has been tried and tested in Japan, as it is recommended by Mr.Kashino, himself.

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