*Who hears the fish when they cry?*
- Henry
David Thoreau 1849
Welcome
To Fish Doctor!
First Aid
/ Help For Fresh Water Fish
November
2005 -update
Since
1998, Fishdoctor.info has been helping
people diagnose and treat
fresh water fish diseases. When I first
got the idea to start this site back
in high school, there were hardly any
websites offering information on fish
diseases. Figuring other people were
having as many problems as I was diagnosing
and treating common illnesses, I decided
to start this website and compile everything
I had researched about disease treatment.
Since then, I've received tons of positive
feedback and I average about a thousand
hits a month. As always, fishdoctor.info
remains to be a
free service.
I
would like to apologize for not being
able to personally respond to your
e-mails. Collage to say the least takes
up all my time and this year will be
graduation - hopefully Medical School
to come. I'll try to update my FAQ's
and helpful links and resources as
new information comes in.
I
am not a doctor, so forgive my misleading website
name, but I am a fish hobbyist who would like
to help other people with their fish problems.
This website is designed to help people who have
a sick fish on their hands and want to diagnose
and treat it, or are looking to learn about aquarium
diseases. The site will hopefully help you diagnose
fish ailments so that you can find an effective
treatment. I have a quick
diagnosis chart to help you figure out what
disease your fish may have, even if you don't
know the disease names, and I have also included
descriptions of each ailment in alphabetical order.
Please note that this website is strictly for
fresh water or tropical fish.
I've tried to make this site as accurate as possible
in terms of diagnosing the most common fish ailments.
Some of the symptoms may differ depending on fish
species, and sometimes sick fish will die no matter
how hard you try to treat them. Also, some of
the information and tips on this site are my own
speculations - things I have found that work well
with my fish. I'm a college student and I don't
claim to be an expert on fish. I am not
a vet. This site is something I'm doing on my
free time because fish are a hobby of mine. I
don't want to be held responsible for anything
that happens. I made this site simply to help
out in identifying fish illness; not to guarantee
your fish will be cured.
