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Re: Killie Fry and velvet
Hi Bill,
That sounds more like a bacterial infection than velvet if it was
inhibited by peat. I recall many bacteria are inhibited by acidic (lower
pH) situations. Supposedly this is why there are problems with canning
non-acidic foods as the anaerobic, non-acidic conditions are ideal for
botulism. I suspect that there are other bacteria that are inhibited by
acidic conditions. Microbiology was a long time ago. Sue Katz any ideas?
BTW: the fish you sent to me are doing great. The zygamia are starting
to spawn, not nearly as prolific as the occelatum..
MTF
----- Original Message -----
From: "wshenefelt" <wshenefelt at email_msn.com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: Killie Fry and velvet
> I had a nice hatch of three species of Nothos. They got about 1/2 inch
long
> and started to have major losses. Two or three fish every day. I could
not
> see any velvet, nor could a friend who really knows his fish. Tried
> different things with each of the tanks. (more salt, acriflavin etc) The
> only tank that I added a handful of new peat to survived . Deaths stopped
> about 2 days later. Nothing else saved the others so maybe this is a
worth
> while action if salt does not seem to help and velvet is not readily
> apparent.
> I'm new with Nothos so I can't say much but tell the experience I had.
> Bill Shenefelt
>
>
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