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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