Re: [RML] methylene blue?

Dennis Holmes (dhdesign at onthenet.com.au)
Thu, 08 Jun 2000 10:19:28 +1000

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
>
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