otrlynn
08/31/2007, 11:26 AM
I am re-posting this as I have received no replies. Hoping someone will respond the second time around.
"Is there one medication that can be effectively used that will treat both Marine Velvet (Amyloodinium) and Brooklynella? According to my reading, copper sulfate is the treatment of choice for Velvet, and Formalin and Malachite green are the treatments for Brooklynella. I believe I need to treat the fish in my QT for both before returning them to my display tank. Fish are currently symptom free (and always have been) but their previous display tankmates died of one of the above. If the diseases need to be treated w/separate meds, what would the timing be? They just went into quarantine yesterday and I plan to keep them there 6 weeks." Thanks for any help!
Also, Fenner talks about dipping new stock in a methylene blue/freshwater dip to kill parasites. Would it be sufficient to do this at the end of the 6 week period (as long as the fish continue to be symptom free) then place the fish back in the display? I want to be real sure they are not taking any parasites back into the display.
"Is there one medication that can be effectively used that will treat both Marine Velvet (Amyloodinium) and Brooklynella? According to my reading, copper sulfate is the treatment of choice for Velvet, and Formalin and Malachite green are the treatments for Brooklynella. I believe I need to treat the fish in my QT for both before returning them to my display tank. Fish are currently symptom free (and always have been) but their previous display tankmates died of one of the above. If the diseases need to be treated w/separate meds, what would the timing be? They just went into quarantine yesterday and I plan to keep them there 6 weeks." Thanks for any help!
Also, Fenner talks about dipping new stock in a methylene blue/freshwater dip to kill parasites. Would it be sufficient to do this at the end of the 6 week period (as long as the fish continue to be symptom free) then place the fish back in the display? I want to be real sure they are not taking any parasites back into the display.