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Aquarium medications, proper use of antibiotics, antimicrobials, herbal treatments and chemotherapy aquarium
In this article (Which will grow with information) is informative about different aquarium (and pond) treatments. You Gram negative or Gram positive applications in which they apply.
When fish are sick (bacterial, parasitic fungi, protozoa, or other), want to try and isolate in a hospital aquarium whenever possible. Regular changes of water before each treatment allow more effective treatment, especially when it comes to the display tank.
Sponge filters work well in hospital aquariums. Remember to remove carbon, the carbon will remove many medications. Also note that silicone in the tank absorbs green malachite, methylene blue, and copper sulfate. Most corals (crushed and otherwise), and ceramic decorations will also absorb these drugs such as malachite green, methylene blue, and copper sulfate.
Proper levels of calcium are important, such as calcium also helps in healing and stress and without proper calcium levels healing may be diffficult or impossible. The addition of antibiotics (like tetracycline) reduce calcium absorption.
For more information about calcium, see this article: Calcium, Magnesium, and KH aquarium
"Medicated Wonder Shells " administer medication for PCI and the treatment of fungal and control kH (Calcium) levels.
Triple sulfa (sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfathiazole)
Are all the antibacterial sulfa drugs. These drugs produce are bacteriostatic, ie, which inhibit the growth of bacteria but not killing.
Sulfa drugs arrest cell growth by inhibiting the synthesis of acid folic acid, a necessary component for bacterial growth. Folic acid is a large molecule and can not enter bacterial cells, so that bacteria must synthesize the compound intracellularly. Animal cells are unable to synthesize folic acid and must be provided in the diet. For this reason, drugs sulfa drugs are not toxic to animal cells.
USE: A broad spectrum antibacterial drugs, and tail fins putrefaction, mouth fungus and fin collapsed, columnaris, and hemorrhagic septicemia. It is also useful for the fins from damage caused by pinching the fin. An old remedy is still useful and can be used in combination with malachite green and acriflavine (not combined with copper sulfate). Sulfa drugs are more effective at higher pH levels.
DOSAGE: 250 mg per 10 gallons every 24 hours with a change of 25% water before each treatment. Trying for a minimum of 10 days.
Tetracycline hydrochloride:
USE: The treatment of bacterial infections especially gram-positive and some gram-negative infections, such as the putrefaction of the fin and tail (in parts, uneven flap and deterioration and / or tail), Popeye (protruding eyes, may be cloudy or hazy), gill disease (swollen, gill color, shortness of breath and decreased activity) and secondary infections. Interferes with the production of proteins that bacteria need to multiply and divide (bacteriostatic). Tetracycline hydrochloride mode of action is as an inhibitor of protein synthesis through a mechanism of aminoacyl-tRNA binding to the 30S subunit. Mode of resistance is the loss of permeability of the cell wall. Note, Teracycline can decrease red blood cell count because of this I would not use with wounded fish.
DOSAGE: 250 to 500 mg per 20 gallons of water. Every 24 hours with a change of 25% water before each treatment. This product will not work in water with a pH above 7.5-NOT FOR USE MAR!
Quinine SUFATE:
USE: Resistant strains of Ich (especially on the scale less fish). Protozoa, thinness of the skin disease the Rams disease (whirling). It is also good for the resistant strains of Hexamita when combined with metronidazole.
DOSAGE: 250 mg per 10 gallons of water. Once a day for 4-5 days. Make a water change of 25% before each treatment.
Oxytetracycline HYDROCHLORIDE:
USE: Bacteria gram-positive and gram-negative. Marina ulcer disease, cold water, bacterial hemorrhagic septicemia (Symptoms: Red streaks on the body and fins, or redness in the body. open sores or loss of scales) and fungi mouth.
Dosage: 250 to 500 mg per teaspoon for 20 gallons every 24 hours with a water change 50% before each treatment. This antibiotic is best used mixed with food, especially if your pH is above 8.0 ..
Nitrofurazone:
USE: bactericidal to some gram-positive and many gram-negative bacteria causing disease in freshwater and Marine Fish. This antibacterial is effective for controlling flexibacter/columnaris- (Symptoms: Fuzzy, thin, white coating on the body and fins. Looks like a fungus), kanamycin works well for this, Aeromonas (Symptoms: The fish have blisters formed in the skin that are filled with a yellowish liquid. The blisters can become large ulcers.) Vibrio and related species. Nitrofurazone is particularly useful for infection control of minor topical skin of marine fish that have not become systemic. Effective against marine ulcer disease and protozoan. It is also useful in the treatment of furunculosis in Koi.
Serious adverse events related to nitrofurans are very rare. Acquired resistance of bacteria to nitrofurans in therapy has been rare and has not appeared on a significant scale in over 50 years of use. Do not use in presence of invertebrates.
Nitrofurazone is more effective at lower pH levels.
Dosage: 250 to 500 mg per 20 gallons. Treat every 24 hours with a water change of 50% before each treatment. Try for 10 days.
Neomycin sulfate:
USE: Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas open sores or ulcerations Red, fin and damage to the tail, fins and tail are eaten away, in severe cases, to the body to deal with kanamycin for this) and tuberculosis, Mycobacterium gram-positive, and possibly. Works either in fresh or saltwater aquariums.
DOSAGE: 250 mg per 10 gallons of water. Treat every 24 hours with a 25% water change before each treatment. Treat for 10 days. For tuberculosis, using up to 30 days.
METRONIDAZOLE:
USE: The hole in the head disease (Hexamita) Chilodonella, Plistophora death (parasitic disease usually seen in neons and cardinals that causes loss of color, like darts, and over time), I mean Salt Water, the swelling.
DOSAGE: 250-500 mg per 20 gallons. Treat every 24 hours with a change of 25% water before each treatment. Try for 10 days.
Kanamycin sulfate;
USE: Used to treat many sensitive gram-negative and some gram-positive bacteria. It works especially well in salt water aquariums. Works well in combination with Nitrofurazone to Flexibacter (columnaris) (Symptoms: Fuzzy, thin, white coating on the body and fins. It looks like a fungus). It is also useful for sore Pseudomonas-Open red or ulcerations, fin and tail damage, fins and tail are consumed there, in serious cases, to the body. Kanamycin is very effective in high pH applications, especially vibrio, making it useful for treatment of brackish and marine waters.
Kanamycin can be effective to rotate the disease, suspicion of renal disease and dropsey.
kanamycin sulfate appears to prevent bacteria from making cell walls, so the cells die.
DOSAGE: 250-500 mg per 20 gallons. Treat every 48 hours with a change of 25% water before each treatment. Try for 10 days.
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ERYTHROMYCIN:
USE: Fin and tail rot, infections attributed to renal disease (kidney infections often is not), pop eye. Most gram-positive and gram negative and some fungi. Neon Tetra disease (faded color). Black Molly disease.
Dosage: 250 to 500 mg per 20 gallons of water every 24 hours with a water change 25% by each treatment. Try for 10 days.
Trichlorfon (Dylox)
Dimethyl (2,2,2, trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl) phosphonate:
Trichlorfon is an organophosphate and degrades rapidly (about 99% of applied degraded in 2 hours) in alkaline pond water (pH 8.5) at room temperature. but remains stable in the same pond water held in acidic (pH 5.0) conditions for 2 hours.
Trichlorfon is highly toxic to invertebrates.
DO NOT USE ON FISH TO chemically sensitive, such as silver dollars, Ray, Bala Sharks, arowanas, foil Spikes, Hemiodus, Piranhas, Silver Fish on a larger scale, marine sharks, lion fish.
See if treatment with methylene blue Dylox is not available or viable
USE: Trichlorfon is useful for the treatment of: Hydra, Lernia (anchor worm), parasitic copepods, and tail Monodigenetic digenetic, Fish lice (Argulus), leeches
CLOUT "contains Trichlorfon (dimethyl (2,2,2, trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl) phosphonate), as well as 4 – [P-(dimethylamino)-O-phenylbenzylidene] -2 5-dimethylammonium chloride-xylidene cyclohexadien-1, 1,2 dimethyl-5-nitroimidazole
DOSAGE: There is no recommended dose (other than Freshwater Fish toxicity Acute = 1.6-180 ppm), see the manufacturer's instructions for all products containing trichlorfon.
Penicillin, AMPICILLAN;
USE: Membership the group of beta-lactam antibiotics, ampicillin is able to penetrate Gram-positive and some Gram-negative bacteria.
Although this family an antibiotic commonly used in humans and other warm-blooded animals, this is a family of antibiotics that proved useless in general, fish. About the only effective comes in the treatment of some fungal eye infections. All medications, antibiotics, antibiotics, chemotherapeutic different work differently in different organisms, even if the processes are similar. An example often used quinine sulfate is that this is a generally safe and effective treatment for fish, but not in all invertebrates.
Isoniazid 300 mg:
USE: Treatment for tuberculosis (symptoms: the fish has been sick for several months. Fish is lethargic, anorexic, has a fin or loss of scales and a sunken stomach) of susceptible fish such as Discus. It can be combined with kanamycin.
This is a difficult disease to treat, and treatment may continue for more than a month tha.
Also note that this is caused by bacteria very similar in human tuberculosis, but not the same, and the only danger to humans is an open wound exposed to the bacteria, then only cause a rash localized skin.
DOSAGE: 1 tablet per 20 gallons every other day for 14 – 30 days
METHYLENE BLUE (Zinc Free) 2303%
USE: Fungus on eggs, Ich, fungi and some bacteria. Effective in gill disease. Carries oxygen. Some protozoa, thinness of the skin and Oodinium. Ideal for use as a bath of 30 minutes in a double dose.
Great when used as a sauce for the topical treatment of parasites and bacterial and fungal infections. When Dylox not available, this can be a useful treatment for anchor worm (especially in goldfish), first carefully remove the anchor worm with tweezers and dip the affected fish in the methylene blue. When used with an ultraviolet sterilizer to kill the swimming stage of the female anchor worm (the female is the parasite) this can be an effective treatment. (Tank also can be treated with malachite green or malachite green color scheme during this time to improve efficiency).
It is also useful as a dip for ammonia and nitrite poisoning.
DOSAGE: 1 teaspoon of a 2.303% solution per 10 gallons of water every two day for 10 days with water changes before each treatment. Best used in a hospital tank. Methylene blue can destroy nitrifying bacteria and plants in the aquarium exhibition.
3.84% acriflavine solution HYDROCHLORIDE:
USE: An antiseptic agent for skin and mucous membranes. Is known to inhibit mitochondriogenesis. It is usually used to treat mild bacterial and fungal infections such as mouth fungus, and the putrefaction of the tail fin, mushrooms, saproglenia, skin parasites like velvet Oodinium (), thinness of the skin, and speak (though a very gentle treatment for ICP, FW or SW)
DOSAGE: 1 teaspoon of a 3.84% solution per 10 gallons of water every two days for 10 days. Combines well with copper sulfate and malachite green.
MALACHITE GREEN;
USE: For treatment and control of various external parasites of freshwater and marine fish. When used as directed by the drug control or prevent the following parasitic protozoa common:
* Ichthyophthinus (freshwater Ich) were so fine "salt such as " white spots that usually appear first on the fins.
* Costia (Ichthyobodo). Not to be confused with HIC, is a parasite that can live dormant in healthy fish (especially their gills), then under certain conditions (Poor water conditions, stress, TEC), reproduce quickly. The symptoms of an outbreak include heavy and forced "breath " flashing and rubbing, skin cloudiness caused by excess mucus.
Chilodonella * * Ambiphyra, * Cryptocaryon (marine Ich), * Epistylis, and Trichodina Oodinium *, * Plistophora (best combined with formalin at 1 / 2 degree)
Malachite Green is also effective against common external fungal infections of fish and eggs which include Achlya and Saprolegnia.
DOSAGE: 1 teaspoon 0.038% solution per 10 gallons every other day for 10-14 days. Or 1 drop of solution 50% per gallon on alternate days for 10 to 14 days. 25% water changes are recommended before each dose. Use half the dose smaller scale and delicate fish such as Clown and Slugs Neon Tetras. Double dose for marine aquariums.
Note: malachite green is more toxic at higher pH.
Can be combined with formalin or acriflavine.
Formalin (3% formaldehyde):
USE: For treatment and control of diseases caused by fungi, protozoa and monogenetic trematodes of freshwater fish Marine Aquarium. Formalin will control or help prevent fish diseases caused by organisms following diseases: * Ichthyophthirius (freshwater 'ich "), * Costia (Ichthyobodo) *, Chilodonella, Ambiphyra * * Cryptocaryon (marine 'ich "), * Epistylis, Oodinium *, * Amyloodinium, and Trichodina *.
DOSAGE: 1 teaspoon of a 3% solution per 10 gallons of water every two days for 10 days. Combines well with malachite green.
Formaldehyde can deplete oxygen in an aquarium, so consider adding an Air Stone or a Power Head with an air diffuser.
COPPER SULFATE:
USE: For treatment and freshwater marine ICH, Oodinium, external parasites, fungi and even algae. Very effective when used correctly and carefully.
DOSAGE: Treat according to their level solution for copper -. 15 20 ppm. Kidnapped copper (often called chelated, but that is not correct, chelated means inactivated) sulfate works best (citric acid to help achieve this.) Soluble copper salts work well in fresh water only. Use with snails and other invertebrates, do not use in reef aquariums, and note when used as an algaecide, copper is absorbed by algae that release when you die. Removal of copper sequestered can be difficult, only EDTA (ethylene diamine Tetra acid) and water changes remove the carbon NO.
ORGANIC MEDICINES:
There are three organic or "homeopathic " treatments I've used;
EXTRACT PIMENTA (PIMAFIX)
USE: Pimenta extract is effective for a wide range of bacterial and fungal diseases that normally affect fish and other animals water. Fish diseases can be treated in accordance with this are the bacterial diseases of fish, like the tail fin and putrefaction, mouth fungus (often caused by the bacterium Flavobacterium columnaris), fungal diseases of fish (such as those caused by microorganisms of the genera Saprolegnia and Achyle) and the like.
Pimafix has also shown efficacy in the treatment of Dropsey caused by Aeromonas or Pseudomonas (a kidney disease that causes swelling and distention scales, and is often fatal).
DOSAGE: Refer Pimafix
Usnea lichen;
USO; Usnea is a lichen family Parmeliaceae that grows in damp temperate forests.
I have found it effective to bacteria (usually gram negative), fungi, parasites ich and even such. This resource is still in the testing phase, but initial results are promising. The Usnea Lichen is proving to be the most effective natural remedy to beginning of my test
This lichen is boiled as a tea and added to the aquarium.
DOSAGE: Not yet set. I boil one small sprig 6 oz of water and add this to every 10-20 gallons of water each day until healing is effective 2 days
TEA MELALUCA (Melafix):
USE: Repairs damaged fins, ulcers and open wounds.
It promotes new growth of damaged tissue and fins.
DOSAGE: See instructions Melafix
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About the Author
By Carl Strohmeyer
http://aquarium-info.blogspot.com/
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