Re: [Killietalk] Acriflavine sub? Was RE: Use of Acriflavine

["Robert Goldstein" <rgoldstein at rjgaCarolina_com>]

Maroxy is erythromycin, an antibiotic that works primarily on Gram positive 
bacteria by preventing their reproduction. Almost all tropical fish 
infectious bacteria are Gram negative, so it would have little effect, 
although it is useful on some coldwater fish infections, and is also useful 
in killing off red algae. Methylene blue's main use is to provide an 
alternate oxidative pathway to aid in respiration under emergency conditions 
and, more importanty, as blue ink. It doesn't affect fungi or bacteria, 
although there are related drugs with real effects (but not on the market 
for the hobby). I've always considered methylene blue as a way to darken 
water to protect light-sensitive eggs like those of angelfish. Both 
methylene blue and maroxy are in my view peddled to aquarists the way fancy 
fishing lures are peddled to fishermen. The best way to keep fungi out of 
your containers is to take out dead things. Fungi don't generally attack 
live things, unless they overwhelm the container. In that case, waste 
products from the fungi might degrade water quality enough to kill the 
remaining live eggs, and that might be the way fungi kill, rather than 
directly attacking live eggs, although it could work both ways..


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'killifish discussion list'" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: [Killietalk] Acriflavine sub? Was RE: Use of Acriflavine


> if acriflavin is "toxic", whats the best thing (anti-fungal) to use in 
> lieu
> of?
> ....I vaguely recall using a product called "Maroxy" or sumthin like that 
> a
> while back for hatching angelfish eggs, et...is this product more benign 
> or
> just as bad?
> KC
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