How To Know If Your Fish Is Sick

How do I know if my fish is sick?

There are some indicators of fish health that are easy to spot; spots being one of them! If your fish looks like it has been sprinkled with salt, that's a bad thing, its got a parasite called "ick," typically; if your fish's eyes are cloudy, it could have a bacterial or fungal infection or some kind of irritation or injury to the eye; if the fins are frayed or clamped to their body, that's an indication that it the fish has got some kind of problem literally with the fin or something internal that's bothering it; if your fish is sluggish, loses appetite or has no appetite, that's the number one indicator; when you're feeding your fish, you want to be able to step back a little bit and pay attention; if you've got a fish that isn't being intimidated but doesn't want to eat and it was eating before, guarantee there's a problem with that fish, its sick, and you need to be looking for some secondary signs; eyes, fins, any kind of spots or bruises, lesions, irritations on the body.