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Emergency, Treatment?

Started by Guest_blaze88_* , Aug 04 2007 12:14 PM

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#1 Guest_blaze88_*

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Posted 04 August 2007 - 12:14 PM

Ok long story short in my debated koi and goldfish and sunny tank, I got velvet. I feal really dumb getting such a preventable disease. I though I didn't need to quarantine. Grrr, I can't believe I did this. So I found that formalin cures velvet, we hope and because of the nature of the disease I have to treat the whole tank. Will the sunnies be able to handle the meds? What are my options because of the sunfish. As of know I am about to run to the store and get some meds with formalin, but would the sunnies be able to handle them?

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#2 Guest_blaze88_*

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Posted 04 August 2007 - 12:20 PM

Ok I also found a medication called velvet guard. It has no formalin, just heavy metals etc. Woudl that be better?

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#3 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 04 August 2007 - 07:12 PM

Oodinium is known to respond to formalin - I don't know about that other stuff. I've not heard of sunnies being particularly sensitive to formalin.

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#4 Guest_blaze88_*

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Posted 04 August 2007 - 11:04 PM

I ended up getting maracyn (sp) anyway whose brand of products. It has melaline, or makite, (not sure which) green and another active ingredient.

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#5 Guest_BenjaminS_*

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Posted 05 August 2007 - 04:08 PM

Hi,
Sunfish do not react well to any dyes in their water so I would avoid anything that can discolor the water (Not sure on spelling but Menthelyne blue, malacite green etc). Good luck!

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#6 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 05 August 2007 - 06:58 PM

Hi,
Sunfish do not react well to any dyes in their water so I would avoid anything that can discolor the water (Not sure on spelling but Menthelyne blue, malacite green etc). Good luck!

That's methylene blue and malachite green.

OK - no formalin, no malachite green...

Oh well, I guess they're just gonna die.

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#7 Guest_blaze88_*

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Posted 05 August 2007 - 11:01 PM

Uh oh. My med has M. green in it. It also stained the hard wood nicely.... Its kinda weak though. My sunfish seam not to have had a problem with it yet...

I don't want to stop treatment, since that would cause resistance etc. Do you think they will be ok with some green in there?

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#8 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 06 August 2007 - 09:16 AM

Honestly, I've never heard of sunnies being particularly sensitive to malachite green. A formalin/malachite combination would be better, but hey - since you've already started treatment, let's see how it pans out.

Be aware that velvet can pop back up after it is apparently cured - the organism can live in fish's intestines. So you may need to retreat in the near future.