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For fisheries, things to keep in mind to save fishes from diseases

In fisheries, the disease reaches very quickly, from one fish to the other. If some important things are kept in mind, we can save every fish from diseases and it is also not very expensive.

• Keep the physical and chemical elements of water suitable for fish.

• Use the lime (Chuna) (50 to 100 kg per acre) or bleaching powder (100 to 150 kg per acre) or red powder (Lal Dwayi) (1-2 kg per acre) before and after adding the fish to the pond.

• Dry the pond after every 4-5 years and do tilling.

• Keep the water level at 4-5 feet in the pond.

• Keep the PH of water between 7.5-9.5 and oxygen level more than 5 milligram per liter.

• Put 4000-5000 good quality trash fish in the pond per acre from reliable sources.

• Avoid injuring the fish during trapping or taking the fishes from place to place.

• If any fish seems more ill, then immediately keep it out of the pond.

• Properly wash the fish traps, tubs, buckets and other utensils to be used in the pond. 

• Fill fresh water in the pond in case of illness and stop using compost and feeding the fishes.

• In case of severe illness please contact veterinarian who is specialized in fisheries.