Re: [Killietalk] Mouth Fungus?

["Ron Anderson" <yodeman at lycos_com>]

Hi Kris,  Aureomycin is in the tetracycline family. Technically I guess it is chlortetracycline. If your local fish store sells any fish medications, they should have tetracycline.  Barring that, here is a link to an on-line place that sells aureomycin in soluble powder form:  http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1BE56476  
   Now, after I've said all that...have you tried a healthy dose of salt to the water?  I generally start with that before I even start thinking about drugs. I am under the impression that freshwater pathogens have a hard time living in saltwater and vise versa. Even if this is not 100% accurate, salt  has worked for me in the past on a bunch of different things.  HTH,  Ron  

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Ron Anderson
Warwick, RI 
alt email: ron02886 at cox_net




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DATE: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 18:12:08 
From: Kris Laats <thekrislaats at yahoo_com>
To: AKA List <killietalk at aka_org>
Cc: 

>A couple of my fish seem to have mouth fungus.  Telltale white cotton like patches on their mouths.  I looked to the AKA guide, and it recommends treatment with chloromycetin or aureomycin.  Well, that's good to know, but I don't really have access to either.  I'm wondering if I could just use penicillin or another commonly available med??
> 
>Thanks,
>Kris
>

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