Stress in fish: Symptoms

As we mentioned before, we human beings are constantly exposed to situations that cause us a lot of stress, and although it seems strange, our aquatic animals can also experience these same stressful sensations, which if not controlled can cause different types of diseases and even death.

When you have these animals in your aquarium, surely just a few days will be enough for you to realize that each of the animals behaves in a different and particular way, some for example may remain almost immobile, while others simply will not stop swimming throughout the aquarium, and others may dedicate themselves to resting on the bottom while others do it on the surface.

This is why it is so important to start observe them carefully, to learn to know each of the fish that you have living in your pond, in this way you will be able to verify that something strange is happening to your animal since its way of acting and behaving will be different from what it has been behaving during how long you've been watching it.

However there are some general symptoms They will show you that your pet is under stress, such as, for example, it may begin to reject food, you will begin to see it on the surface trying to breathe with its mouth open, it will swim irregularly or it will try to stay away from the rest of the animals. As for physical changes, surely you can begin to notice that their fins are bitten or injured, or with the presence of fungi or parasites in their body. It is important that you be alert to any of these symptoms so that you can take the necessary precautions.