Re: [RML] A Question
James E. Capelle (jcapelle at gte.net)
Sat, 01 Feb 1997 18:26:14 -0500
Larry Stein wrote:
>
> At 04:07 PM 2/1/97 +1100, you wrote:
> >G'day Larry,
> >
> >I have a nasty feeling that your tank has "velvet" (Oodinium) and that is
> >what happened to your smaller fish. Perhaps they died and were eaten by the
> >snails or decomposed. there are a multitude of "cures" but many have dyes
> >in them which may be damaging to your plants. Quinine is a popular
> >treatment. Also the parasite is to some degree light dependent so
> >blanketing will help.
> >
> OK.... I am going to treat the tank with the only cure recommended by 2
> other fish store owners a compound called MARACIDE, this turns my tank
> green but I suppose if the one fish lives and /or does not infect all the
> other fish it will be worth while. However, in the Maracide package it
> also recommends a concurrent treatment of Tetracycline or Maracyn tablets,
> is this a standard protocol?
>
> Above you mentioned blanketing, I assume this to mean a complete black out
> light to the tank? Where I have my tank if I turn off the tank lights it
> only recieves a small dose of ambiant light from the room, and for the time
> I can keep the window shades down to minimize on sun light. Will this help
> or does it have to be COMPLETE darkness? and for how long?
>
> In your opinion how long should I dose the tank with Maracide and
> tetracycline (or other preparation)?
>
> Thanks Again
>
> Larry
I had a problem that I thought was Body fungus and now I look back it
could have been Velvet(SP?). I has to treat twice the first time I too
used (I beleave(SP?)Maracyn(SP?)#2. Then a week or two later it came
back. I then turned to Maracyn(made by Mardel labs. The same maker for
the first stuff:#2) and at the same time I also used MarOxy which they
also make. The fish(only one out of 10 in the tank) cleared up nicely
and three weeks later has the best color too. I should say that I hate
to put any meds in any of my tanks, but this was needed and worked real
good too. Good luck