Becca
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Interesting. Some of the symptoms Christine's fish are having, including the really fast onset, are similar to what I saw in my fish when the 29 crashed. I did not, however, see any growths on their heads or bodies.
and this is why we quarantine....
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Interesting. Some of the symptoms Christine's fish are having, including the really fast onset, are similar to what I saw in my fish when the 29 crashed. I did not, however, see any growths on their heads or bodies.
Rasta Fish
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Get some parasite guard and treat the tank
chriscoli
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You guys are awesome, thanks for all of your help! I'll keep you posted and if any other thoughts come to mind, please let me know!
cichlidaddicted
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I could be way off but if I saw that on one of my fish I would isolate and treat with hi concentrate meth. Blue baths. If he was eating I'd use focus and kanamycin also. Just a hunch.
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chriscoli
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yes, I had considered a methylene blue dip as well. Haven't ruled it out yet.
Becca
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If you need focus and/or kanamycin, Tropical Lagoon usually carries them, but I also have some handy if you can't find it.
chriscoli
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I have kanamycin but not sure that's what I need right now. Thanks, though, Becca!
Happen to have any potassium permanganate?
Happen to have any potassium permanganate?
mchambers
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Jungle Clear Water is mostly potassium permanganate. I don't have any, but I bet a LFS would carry it.
Localzoo
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I have Potassium metabisulfite it kills most micro organisms. I use it for making beer or in my camping pack your welcome to a few.
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chriscoli
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yeah, that's what I was reading as well....planning to head to a LFS tonight to see if they have any.
Localzoo
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It's also useful to remove stains from potassium permanganate...
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Becca
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I have potassium permanganate. Call my cell if you want to come get it.
chriscoli
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cichlidaddicted
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Walmart carries jungle clear water
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Becca
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Texted you 
.... unless I know another Christine... pretty sure you're the only one I know.
.... unless I know another Christine... pretty sure you're the only one I know.
chriscoli
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Localzoo
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Yep, if my memory serves me right. I forget the concentration though been a while since I've done it.
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Potassium permanganate is available at a lot of hardware stores since it is use to regenerate green sand in purifying water for home use where the water has a lot of iron and other minerals.
Hydrogen peroxide will destroy any excess KMnO4 and turn the muddy manganese dioxide by-product precipitate to clear colorless. Not sure if it will remove KMnO4 stains from cloth or skin.
But based on other statements in this thread, I would think that a salt dip would be the first thing to do.
Hydrogen peroxide will destroy any excess KMnO4 and turn the muddy manganese dioxide by-product precipitate to clear colorless. Not sure if it will remove KMnO4 stains from cloth or skin.
But based on other statements in this thread, I would think that a salt dip would be the first thing to do.
chriscoli
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Indeed, salt is probably the first thing to try.
I've run into the need for KMnO4 a few other times recently and didn't have it on hand so I'm thinking that it's a good thing to have around in any case...
