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| Posted | life after a whitespot application.... |
| 29-10-2005 19:07 by Sarah |
how many days should I leave the tank before adding Melafix plse ??
Thx |
| 29-10-2005 21:07 by zak |
really i think you should perhaps use active carbon to remove any traces of the white spot remedie that you used..
this can be done in various ways, depending on your filter... for best results, make sure that the water passes through the carbon.. once you have cycled your tank afew times through the active carbon ( for best resluts leave over night).. the tank will now be ready to treat again with whatever you choose.. why are you treating again with melafix? |
| 29-10-2005 21:08 by zak |
really i think you should perhaps use active carbon to remove any traces of the white spot remedie that you used..
this can be done in various ways, depending on your filter... for best results, make sure that the water passes through the carbon.. once you have cycled your tank afew times through the active carbon ( for best results leave over night).. the tank will now be ready to treat again with whatever you choose.. why are you treating again with melafix? |
| 29-10-2005 22:31 by Sarah |
Thx for yr comments Zak ... sorry the Melafix will be added to my quarantine tank when I next add a fish to it ...trust this ok? |
| 30-10-2005 01:10 by zak |
i cant see why not.. depending on what exactly is wrong with the fish...
melafix, is a great product, which i do use myself.. however unfortunately it does not cure all fish ailments.. the same company that produces melafix do make other remedies... see their website for a more complete explanation... http://www.aquariumpharm.com/reference.html hope its useful... |
| 13-11-2005 16:26 by richard y |
sarah i had loads of problems with white spot when i set my first tank up and tried everything to get rid of it however i finally discovered exract of garlic and added this. within 3 days no more spot. i now soak their food in this and have never had whitespot or anything else again. it stinks when it goes in but works |
| 14-02-2006 09:07 by jolene |
hi there, we have recently set up our tropical aquarium.
im after some advice. last week we purchased five neon tetras once we had brought them home and released them into our tank i noticed that a couple of them had white spot, as you can imagne i was not happy  !
we treated the tank with anti white spot plus straight away and re dosed four days later. the neons are still showing signs of infection although the other fish appear ok so far. does any one know how long the infection will be present for? thankyou. |
| 15-02-2006 09:16 by Alan |
Just for info api also make a remedy called Pimafix this is used for fungal infections and also bacterial infections that are internal and external. Melafix is really a treatment that boost the fishes immune system to promote healing but pimafix is a remedy in the true sense of the word I have a particularly stubborn infection on one of my distichodus which no treatment has been able to touch this includesa melafix I am about to try pimafix so hopefully it will be good I will let you know how it goes.
I wouldn't recommend this but I would say I very much doubt there would be any complications if melafix was used at the same time as other medications as the chemical make up of melafix is completely different to the more conventional remedies that tend to be based around phytotoxic metals such as copper. Melafix is basically a refined tea tree oil hence the pungent menthol smell. Having said this I still would not advocate using the remedies together. Carry out a few water changes and filter over some carbon and then treat with melafix. |
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