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Dick Mills Disease Quote
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I've long believed that when a disease invades our Oscar tanks and hurts our pets, it is always our own fault.

There's nothing that happens in our aquariums that is not a direct or indirect result of something we did or did not do. When treating a disease, it's best to not only treat it directly, but identify whatever we did that caused it. Here's a quote from Dick Mills in his beginner aquaria manual You and Your Aquarium:


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As diseases aren't always easy to cure, prevention is the key factor in fish health care. The good health of your fishes is very dependent on their environment -- poor water conditions, stress or incorrect feeding can lead to illness. The fishes have no control over their conditions, and it is therefore up to you to manage the aquarium correctly. This involves various important procedures to prevent the introduction of disease: quarantining new specimens, handling and feeding the fishes correctly, preventing the introduction of poisons or predators, keeping the heating, lighting, air supply and filtration systems functioning properly, and last, but not least, ensuring that the water is clean, fresh and correctly balanced for the fishes in it. And since plants are a vital part of a freshwater aquarium's "eco-system", caring for them is important, too.
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A disease isn't ever something that "just happened" -- so an important part of treating any disease is self-examination!

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