> From: "Phil" <peekay at acay.com.au>
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 08:50:51 +1000
> To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [RML] methylene blue?
>
> Most of the "Fungus" that affects fish is actually bacteria, either
> columnaris or aeromonas. Saprolegnia is a fungus that does affect eggs, and
> as Wright hinted at below, it tends to be opportunistic and only attacks
> dead tissue.
>
> Phil.
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>>> 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.
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