I have used nitrofurazone alone which I bought from an online pharmacy. (not cheap, but reasonable) and have found that it does not work very well for columnaris. I have found great success with kanamycin though. I have a 150g tank and meds can be expensive. I, like you gunner seem to take risks with quarantine, so I like to be prepared for the occasional calamity. Nice find!
Tired of Maracyn treatment cost per gallon
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I know what you mean, last night I bought two 1.5 inch bright red/orange zebra African cichlids with a slightly blue cast for $5 each to add to my 244 AC community tank. All I did was place them in the drip bucket for an hour and a half and in they went with the lights out. They are looking good this morning.
i wonder what that would do for BGA? after my first battle with that stuff it hasnt come back but it practically wiped out my tank getting rid of it
My Green Killing Machines in each tank on timers 12 hours a day have always~always taken care of any slime or algae even on my tanks that face an outside window with the light shining on them 4-6 hours a day.
Fizz Fungus Tabs Update with Pics!
Finally got my Jungle broad spectrum Fungal / Bacterial Fizz tabs. A big bottle with 20 tablets the size of a pill box. 1 tab treats 50 US gallons so in the aquarium it went and it fizzed pretty slowly taking about 20 minutes to dissolve making its own column of bubbles like a big slow alkasultzer. Not that much blue came out just a faint tint. Hopefully it will take care of whatever bug has been bothering my goldies. Now I wish I would have bought the sister bottle of broad spectrum parasitic Fizz Tabs for $16.
It definitely worth the try at this price as 1 of bottles of 20 tablets is equivalent to 20 box's of Maracyn 24 dose for the same price.
Finally got my Jungle broad spectrum Fungal / Bacterial Fizz tabs. A big bottle with 20 tablets the size of a pill box. 1 tab treats 50 US gallons so in the aquarium it went and it fizzed pretty slowly taking about 20 minutes to dissolve making its own column of bubbles like a big slow alkasultzer. Not that much blue came out just a faint tint. Hopefully it will take care of whatever bug has been bothering my goldies. Now I wish I would have bought the sister bottle of broad spectrum parasitic Fizz Tabs for $16.
It definitely worth the try at this price as 1 of bottles of 20 tablets is equivalent to 20 box's of Maracyn 24 dose for the same price.
How many tanks do you now, Gunner? it seems you definitely have caught MTS. LOL!
As far as medications, I think you guy are going way overboard as most meds does have other factors which will influence their effectiveness such as pH/GH, temp, etc?
Stick to Ideal Condition for fish being kept, proper diet and routine maintenance Cocept, to avoid unnecessary complication/problem.
As far as medications, I think you guy are going way overboard as most meds does have other factors which will influence their effectiveness such as pH/GH, temp, etc?
Stick to Ideal Condition for fish being kept, proper diet and routine maintenance Cocept, to avoid unnecessary complication/problem.
I only have five, one 60, two 80's, a 100, and my 244 which has satisfied my in house MTS. What I want next is a pond under a gazebo 12'X12' in the back yard.
Jungle Fizz Tabs Parasite treats 1000 gallons sale $10!
As you know already bought used the Jungle Fizz Tab broad spectrum fungus & bacteria cure, worked great.
Now the sister cure is on sale for $10 for broad spectrum external and internal parasites from fish including flukes, internal worms, lice, anchor worms and flagellates such as hexamita or spironucleus associated with hole-in-the-head disease.
Again each tab of twenty does 50 gallons for a total of 20 tank cures or 1000 gallons. Ten dollars is not bad at all for whole tank cures compared to what you usually have to pay per gallon.
https://www.petsolutions.com/Pond-Fizz-Tabs-Parasite-Treatment+I47066504+C104314.aspx
As you know already bought used the Jungle Fizz Tab broad spectrum fungus & bacteria cure, worked great.
Now the sister cure is on sale for $10 for broad spectrum external and internal parasites from fish including flukes, internal worms, lice, anchor worms and flagellates such as hexamita or spironucleus associated with hole-in-the-head disease.
Again each tab of twenty does 50 gallons for a total of 20 tank cures or 1000 gallons. Ten dollars is not bad at all for whole tank cures compared to what you usually have to pay per gallon.
https://www.petsolutions.com/Pond-Fizz-Tabs-Parasite-Treatment+I47066504+C104314.aspx
You can buy tetracycline and e-mycin in the injectable form at Tractor supply (for livestock). You can use these to make your own medicated foods using fish oil. CWO do your goldies have a fungus or a bacterial problem. If bacterial have you ever used tricide-neo? Great stuff! Not sure how it would be on other tropicals but for goldies and koi it works wonders for fin rot........use as a dip or a spray.
When I had big dogs, Selcata Tortoises, Giant iguanas, and box turtles I use to buy my pet meds at farm supply companies, mostly penicillin and the oral paste they sold (forgot chem name) to rid all parasites from live stock and dogs (hard worm), and I used to preform minor surgeries on my kids friends pets as well, simple stuff like apses infections.
But now Im too fat, old and lazy to alchemist those remedies anymore and for the price of $0.03 per gallon dose is cheap enough for now, plus these tabs are kind of fun and provides free entertainment in the form of a clean handling dose complete with bubble show and some cool colors LOL.
But I truly appreciate the heads up and will be taking you up on that great tip maybe for my own meds if this health care bill passes, Ill have to do my own doctoring rather then standing in line at the GOV run system, you know like the DMV.
