Terms of Use

Last updated: November 2026

By using fishsymptoms.com you agree to these terms. They're written in plain English on purpose; the short version: our content is educational, we try hard to be right, animals can still get hurt following any advice including ours, and you use the site at your own responsibility.

1. Educational information, not professional or veterinary advice

All content on this site — guides, symptom tools, dosing examples, food verdicts — is provided for general educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional veterinary diagnosis or treatment. Fish, like all animals, vary; a protocol that saves one tank can fail another, and some conditions (dropsy, systemic septicemia, neon tetra disease) can require professional care or humane decisions no website can make for you. Severe cases: consult an aquatic-experienced veterinarian where available. The site and its authors are not liable for losses, including animal deaths, arising from use of the information here.

2. Tools and calculators

The symptom finder and stocking calculator are triage and planning aids built on standard husbandry rules. They are explicitly rough: rules of thumb, averages, and heuristics. Decisions about stocking, medication and treatment remain yours, and every tool page states this.

3. Accuracy and "last updated" dating

We aim for accuracy and date every guide. Information may nonetheless be incomplete or become outdated; product availability, medication formulations and best-practice consensus change. Report suspected errors via the contact page and we'll review them.

4. External links and affiliate relationships

The site links to third-party sites (notably Amazon via Associate links on gear pages, and tools like Formspree). We don't control them, aren't responsible for their content or practices, and their own terms and privacy policies apply. Affiliate relationships are disclosed on pages containing such links and in the privacy policy. Commissions do not influence verdicts.

5. Intellectual property

All text, page design, and tool code on fishsymptoms.com are owned by the site operator or created for it. You may share links freely and quote short passages with attribution and a link back. You may not republish substantial portions (including scraping to rebuild the symptom tools or content) without written permission from hello@fishsymptoms.com.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to attack, overload, probe for vulnerabilities in, or interfere with the site or its tooling; not to use automated scraping to republish our content; and not to submit spam or abusive content through our forms. Email forms are protected by their provider's controls.

7. No warranty & limitation of liability

The site is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by law, fishsymptoms.com and its contributors are not liable for any indirect or consequential damages arising from use of the site or reliance on its content, including livestock losses. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations; in those, liability is limited to the greatest extent allowed.

8. Changes & governing terms

We may update these terms; the "last updated" date reflects the current version. Material changes get a visible update here. Questions: hello@fishsymptoms.com.