step by step treatment of lice on fish

Fish with Lice will flick themselves off anything in the pond or tank to try to remove the lice on them, you may see in a aquarium small free swimming lice, or your fish my have small sores on them.

Fish lice are saucer shaped parasites about 1cm in diameter when adult. the your are miniature versions of the adults.

All stages of fish lice will feed on fish, puncturing the skin to suck blood and juices, using a mouth that closely resembles a hypodermic needle. Unfortunately, this invasive method of feeding also means that fish lice can readily transmit bacterial and viral infections.

When the fish louse bites a fish it also injects a substance that is an attractant to other lice, which feed at the same site. Over a period of time, this results in open sores.