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RE: cures for popeye?
Cool, Joe, thanks.
Is the potassium permangante a one time thing or a daily treatment for the
five days? Also, do you ever lose the eye but save the fish? Thanks again!
Doug
>Try this:
>
>1/8 teaspoon of Potassium Permanganate dissolved into a clean 2.5 gal. tank
>filled with fresh water. Net out the fish and dip fish in the net for 3
>minutes (use a watch). Return fish to a clean 2.5 gallon tank and treat
>with TriSulfa from Mardel at 2 times the suggested dosage (1/2 tab per 2.5
>gal) and 1tsp salt per gallon. Use airstone to provide the best oxygen
>level in the tank due to increased medication load. I do not use a filter
>of any kind during this treatment. Treat for 5 days and do complete water
>change on 3rd day. After 5th day of treatment return fish to clean tank
>with regular filtration. During the treatment for 5 days, I feed mostly
>daphnia and a small amount of BBS as I believe that the daphnia absorb some
>of the TriSulfa before being eaten. If you don't have Potassium
>Permanganate hanging around, you can buy a small bottle at Sears in the
>water treatment section. This treatment works well for me.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
>Behalf Of Doug Karpa-Wilson
>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:54 PM
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: cures for popeye?
>
>
>Well, my tank of female nothos has another ailing fish, this one with
>popeye. I'm beginning to think that the belly slider wasn't a
>developmental problem but a bacterial infection.
>
>Any suggestions besides euthansia for this fish? I've increased the salt
>concentration to 3tsp/gal to relieve the pressure, but with zero effect (or
>at least it hasn't stopped the progress.)
>
>By the way, I no longer have female nothos to trade :-(
>
>Doug
>
>Doug Karpa-Wilson
>Department of Biology
>Indiana University
>Jordan Hall
>1001 E. 3rd St.
>Bloomington, IN 47405
>
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Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology
Indiana University
Jordan Hall
1001 E. 3rd St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
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