NANFA-- Clove Oil Anesthetic

Bob Culler (rangerbob_at_optidynamic.com)
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:11:19 -0400

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Hi all,

About a month ago, there was a thread on using clove oil as a fish
anesthetic. Well, I tried it today and it worked wonderfully. I was able to
anesthetize a northern hogsucker and a silver redhorse with the stuff.

From the sites Jan provided, I decided to try 25 ppm as the dose. Mixed
3.7 ml clove oil with 38.8 ml water for a stock solution. One ml of the
stock solution per gallon of tank water gives 25 ppm clove oil in the tank.

Within 5 minutes of adding the correct dose, both fish were lying on their
sides. I removed the hogsucker after 5 minutes and allowed it recover in a
clean tank, took about 5 minutes. The redhorse stayed in for 8 minutes and
took about 8-10 minutes to recover.

This will probably come in handy for things like removing parasites, etc.
from aquarium fish.

Thanks, Jan, for posting the references!

Ranger Bob
Kingsport, TN

"Oh we're all part of a big food chain, the big food chain of life.
You eat things and things eat you, and it works out so nice.
We're all part of a great big stew and someday you'll discover
We're born, we live, we die, and we're all food for one another."
~Mike Cross, "Big Food Chain"
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