Re: [RML] methylene blue?

Phil (peekay at acay.com.au)
Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:26:54 +1000

Some fish like very dark tanks and will breed best without lighting or with
driftwood stain in the water etc. It is possible that the methylene blue
simply reduced the light levels. I will watch in interest for others ideas.

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Holmes" <dhdesign at onthenet.com.au>
To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:19
Subject: Re: [RML] methylene blue?

> Hi Wright,
> I'm a newbie, I put methylene blue into a tank with a pair of fish, I've
> been trying to breed, I put it in because they seemed to have slight white
> fungus on them and I though it's not going to hurt if they spawn with
> methylene in if they lay, anyway as soon as I did this the male sparked up
> and started flashing and flurting, the female became moer interested and
was
> raising her fins as well. Maybe it just gets their blood pumping.
> I also did the same in another tank that contained a single Rhad and a
> Pacific blue-eye and the rad went into displaying and rubed against the
> rather confused blue-eye!
> Dennis
>
> > From: Wright Huntley <huntley1 at home.com>
> > Organization: HOLOGRAF
> > Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> > Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 06:23:34 -0700
> > To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [RML] methylene blue?
> >
> >
> >
> > Dennis Holmes wrote:
> >>
> >> methylene blue is a disinfectant?
> >
> > Yes, in that is a mild antibacterial. It has been touted as a fungicide,
but
> > that is only because it kills the bacteria that kill the eggs that
> > subsequently would have fungussed. :-) It has no measurable fungicidal
> > properties.
> >
> >> It also stimutates spawning?
> >
> > Not to my knowledge.
> >
> > Wright
> >
> > --
> > Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home dot
com
> >
> > It was all for naught. Taxation with representation sucks too!
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> >
>
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