Re: NANFA-- fish parasites

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:01:43 -0500

Hey, moon. thanks for this. I tried a half teaspoon of instant ocean per
gallon, but it didn't seem to work. Perhaps I should have opted for more
salt, instead of removing it entirely.

> In a message dated 11/10/02 3:09:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bockhouse_at_earthlink.net writes:
>
> >
> > Dear Dr. Scharpfenfisch:
> >
> > My crappies have some kind of bacterial or fungal infection that seems
to
> be
> > slowly eating away at their caudal fins. I have no idea what it could
be,
> > what with being fairly clueless and all.
> Have you tried salt? A teaspoon per gallon of sea salt will usually knock
out
> fungus and many bacteria. A dip could be made stronger than one teaspoon
per
> gallon but I like to treat the tank instead of just the fish. Have you
tried
> furan? it's my drug of choice for treating fish. BTW why would you keep
> crappie fish?
>
> Dr. Moon

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