New Zooanthid Dip.. check it out

[Shawnts106]

I duno if you guys have ever used this dip method for badly infected fungused over Zoos...

BUT however, A few months ago I recied two VERY BADLY infected zoo colonys... they had a horible white/yellowish but more white fungus all over the colonys... I tried hypersalinity dips... luguls(sp?) dip... direct iodine spraying... a normal salinity with Iodine dip... and NONE of it worked...

I finnaly tried something drastic, which WORKED and at that WORKED VERY WELL!

I just simply got some freshwater, 78*F, and matched the pH ... 8.3.... I then added two caps. of furizone(spelling?) and mixed the water VERY WELL untill the water has a nice yellow green color... then carefully taking the infected colonys I swished the mess out of the zoo colonys in this bath.... for about a minute or so... and then let them sit a minute or so... then swishing again for a second or two and placeing them BACK into the aquarium in a nice flow area as before...

and tada, an amazing recovery.... within a few days... no more fungus and recovering zoos!!!

I HIGHLY recommend this dip for badly infected colonys...

the water used was simply some tapwater with PRIME

I do NOT recommed EVERYONE use Tap... everyones tap in different citys is different... LUCKLY our tap water is good to use for aquariums...
if you live in an area of bad tap water, of course, use a purified form of water, either RODI or Distilled...

Good luck to all... let me know what you guys think

I believe the Furizome(spelling?) is the key to knockout any bacterial/fungal growth on the colony!

I used about 3 gallons of water...

hope this helps all!

[Shawnts106]

hypersalinity YES, HYPER not HYPO

[Ti]

did you try you freshwater dip?

[loyalty]

sounds interesting.

Ti, is that a mononoke in your avatar?

[furforfour]

What is furizome, where do you get it, and what is it commonly used for?

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6607438#post6607438 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by loyalty
sounds interesting.

Ti, is that a mononoke in your avatar?
People of the trees :)

[Shawnts106]

What is furizome, where do you get it, and what is it commonly used for?

Furizome or Furisome, orFurizone, Im not sure how to say/spell it.. I forget the exact name.. but those three alternitives give you an idea of what it is

I picked it up at work/LFS it is commonly used for Fish Disease treatment.. it is an antibiotic for Gram Negitive and Gram Possitive bacterial and Viral infections... it comes in capsuls filled with a yellow powder.. you just open a cap. and tada..

did you try you freshwater dip?

??? not sure exactly what your asking...

If you mean Did you try JUST a freshwater dip, no, not JUST freshwater... I did the freshwater with the med. and matching the pH...

[jerrymlr1]

Shawn, do you have any more specifics on this stuff? Active ingredient? Manufacturer? Furizome or whatever? I'd be willing to give it a try. I have some zoas in desperate need of some kind of treatment. Thanks.
Jerry

[eastcoastzigzag]

wish i saw this earlier....i lost about 100 all baby pinks to fungus

furizone? whats that?

[jerrymlr1]

I Have some Armageddons on the way out.:(

[awcurl]

Can someone figure out what this furizone is? I can't find anything similar.

[jerrymlr1]

I just talked to someone who thinks he knows what it is and maybe where to get it. If I have any luck I'll post tomorrow.

[Shawnts106]

Hope you do have some luck
It is Furazone I believe if the correct spelling..

gah, I wish I could help you guys out !!! I will try and find some specs out tomorow, I got to work...


good luck to everyone!

[eastcoastzigzag]

can you post a pic of the bottle or did i miss something higher up in the thread?

[jerrymlr1]

I found this (http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=AP1621&ast=&key=) at the last fish store I went to today. It contains nitrofurazone. I'm going to give it a try and post afterwards. I haven't got anything to lose.
Jerry

[Shawnts106]

Got some specs for you guys...

Its called Furazone Light
by FIRST CHOICE

It contains
Methylene Blue .62mg
Nitrofurazone (monofuracin) 122.0mg
Furazolidone 24.4mg


Hope this helps...

[Shawnts106]

Bump

[Chemguy85]

has anyone found where you can buy this stuff????

[jerrymlr1]

Type in "furazone light first choice" on google and it comes up with a few places.

[sn8kbit]

I picked up some at the LFS today.

I had a mystery frag from my last order that had yet to open. I've been battling cyano in spots, and this colony picked that and a brown fungus over the polyps. Conscious thought was, "Hey, I don't know what it was, and it's free, let's try it."

Instead of using freshwater, I used about a half gallon of tank water (so parameters would be the same) and one cap mixed. I used a small turkey baster to blow it off, swished it around, then rinsed in a second bowl of tank water.

Frag looks much cleaner now, we'll see what happens in the next day or so.

[surfnvb7]

if you all are interested about the active ingredient in that...the chemical name just sounded like some chemical that you would use to treat parasites/fungus.

go to www.chemfinder.com and then type in the chemical name in the search box.

for instance, i typed in Nitrofurazone....its IUPAC name is 5-Nitro-2-furaldehyde Semicarbazone along with a bunch of synonyms.

down the page there are a bunch of links that show what the compound is normally used for...interesting information.

does the stuff say its specifically safe for corals? interesting info though... :confused: .

since lugols is such a highly concentrated iodine...i've always wondered about using bedadine...basically same stuff they use for medical sterilizing purposes. it would alot cheaper than lugols thats for sure. :lol: maybe one day i'll have the guts to test it :lol:

[sn8kbit]

I found it on ebay during a google search under the section of "Horses". Interesting.

Packaging states it's for fresh or saltwater fish, for the treatment of baterial infections, or parasites. Interestingly enough, where I had no polyps open before, I have 3 open now. Fairly colorless so far, being closed for nearly a week in the tank.

In other words, so far, so good.

[tygger]

If you're getting new zoos with no signs of fungus, would you recommend doing a plain freshwater dip (plain meaning no meds)?

I read in a different thread that recommend doing dips to all new zoos, but wasn't sure if meds were necessary?

[CoralNutz]

If you are getting "new" zoas in the sense that you just purchased/traded for them and just going to add them to your tank, then yes by all means dip. But freshwater alone isn't going to have much effect on lots of the nasties.

If your getting "new" zoas in the sense that they are already in the system and your just growing more "new" polyps, then there is not reason to dip unless you do see a problem.

HTH....

[sn8kbit]

I used the freshwater dip (Mucho's) when they arrived.

I tried this do to a brownish fungus on only one frag. I wouldn't recommend it for new arrivals either.

[tygger]

I'm getting "new" zoos from a purchase. I guess I when I read "freshwater" dip, I thought it was ONLY freshwater. MUCHOS freshwater dip calls for some meds.

Guess I need to try to find a local place that sells Lugols cause my zoos should be coming next week.

[otterpop510]

are there any updates regarding using furazone?..