RE: [Killietalk] Nothos

["Tranquility Base" <TranquilityBase at netzero_net>]

Hi George:

Shock and awe! Many small parasites can't survive very rapid salinity
shifts. They actually explode or implode depending on which way you shift
the salinity. Fish can survive the salinity shifts better than the
parasites.

The trick to doing this correctly is to add as much as possible as quickly
as possible without killing your fish.  Rosario LeCorte recommends a fist
full of salt per 5 gal. daily until the problem is resolved for velvet.

Some people advocate dropping sick fish into salt water for about a minute.
The problem here is that you then put the fish back into their sick fish
tank. Bad idea.

I think that I should add one footnote.  Many so-called velvet infestations
are not. When we miss our water changes, the water quality deteriorates.  At
some point the fish stress out act erratically and begin to die. As many of
us can't actually see velvet in many cases we make the wrong call and add
salt or acriflavine.  Been there done that.  I usually do a major water
change first now, then I add salt or acriflavine. If you do choose the
shotgun approach to treatment, never forget the basics.  Water quality
first.

Peace,

~RJ~

-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces+tranquilitybase=netzero_net at aka.org
[mailto:killietalk-bounces+tranquilitybase=netzero_net at aka.org]On Behalf
Of george morris
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 9:23 AM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nothos


I've never heard of this.  What sort of medical problems are we talking
about here?  How much salt and for how long?
George Morris

----- Original Message -----
From: <LeeH920226 at aol_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nothos


>
> In a message dated 3/5/04 8:03:05 AM, Paul_Jablinski at notes.udayton.edu
writes:
>
> << When a Notho fish dies, or seemingly dies, a person can revive it
>
> by adding a lot of salt to the container and in less than an hour the fish
>
> will come alive again and breed again.  >>
>
> The key word here is "seemingly". No one in their right mind believes in
> saline reincarnation. I suspect that Nothos could be acclimated to near
sea water
> strength water. Like Mollies can. Certainly Fundulus heteroclitus and
> Cyprinodon variegatus can.
>
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
>
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