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Formalin caveat
treatment with formalin...remove your plants, if you have any, and keep
them out of the pond for at least 10 days. We had a dead bird in our skimmer that passed on a parasite problem two years ago in our pond. Pulled all the lilies and water lettuce for the recommended 7 days and dosed the fish in the pond. We were thrilled when the treatment saved two fish and destroyed all the string algae, but we lost all the plants we put back in. I'd be sure to wait a good stretch before re-introducing all plants. NJ wrote in message ... it sounds like there was a big temp drop and they got ich. Treat with formalin and malachite green, like Quick Cure every other day 3 times. change some water each day and I would really suggest a cheap air pump and a couple big airstones. When the last treatment is done, add some salt, like 0.9 lbs per 100 gallons added in thirds every other day. bring salt up slowly to give everything time to adjust. Ingrid "J. Lamont" wrote: Approx 300 gal Aeration? Waterfalls? Bubblers? One waterfall, yesterday we added a water fountain in the middle of the pond to get more air to the fish. Water Temp? 8:30 AM ( PMT) 64 F. PH?: (Same time) 8 Weather (what's it been like lately?): Hot As of this morning fish (5) now are lethargic and floating near surface, one appears to have small white spots all over body & all the tail fins are starting to look tattered. Jody ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Formalin caveat
That's odd, formalin is suppose to be safe with plants (other than algae).
I know I've used it, but only one treatment to lower the numbers of free swimmers, never hurt the plants or the filter with just one dose. Formalin usually is burned off in 12-24 hours. ~ jan On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:31:10 -0400, "NJ" wrote: treatment with formalin...remove your plants, if you have any, and keep them out of the pond for at least 10 days. We had a dead bird in our skimmer that passed on a parasite problem two years ago in our pond. Pulled all the lilies and water lettuce for the recommended 7 days and dosed the fish in the pond. We were thrilled when the treatment saved two fish and destroyed all the string algae, but we lost all the plants we put back in. I'd be sure to wait a good stretch before re-introducing all plants. NJ wrote in message ... it sounds like there was a big temp drop and they got ich. Treat with formalin and malachite green, like Quick Cure every other day 3 times. change some water each day and I would really suggest a cheap air pump and a couple big airstones. When the last treatment is done, add some salt, like 0.9 lbs per 100 gallons added in thirds every other day. bring salt up slowly to give everything time to adjust. Ingrid "J. Lamont" wrote: Approx 300 gal Aeration? Waterfalls? Bubblers? One waterfall, yesterday we added a water fountain in the middle of the pond to get more air to the fish. Water Temp? 8:30 AM ( PMT) 64 F. PH?: (Same time) 8 Weather (what's it been like lately?): Hot As of this morning fish (5) now are lethargic and floating near surface, one appears to have small white spots all over body & all the tail fins are starting to look tattered. Jody ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Formalin caveat
yeah.. it blows off fast. Ingrid
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: That's odd, formalin is suppose to be safe with plants (other than algae). I know I've used it, but only one treatment to lower the numbers of free swimmers, never hurt the plants or the filter with just one dose. Formalin usually is burned off in 12-24 hours. ~ jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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