RE: NANFA-- Clove Oil Anesthetic

Nicholas J. Zarlinga (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:51:55 -0400

Sorry, meant that for off list.

Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216-661-6500 ex 4485

"Fish worship... is it wrong??" (Ray Troll)

On Sunday, September 08, 2002 1:27 PM, Nicholas J. Zarlinga [SMTP:njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com] wrote:
> Jay, I would be interested in obtaining copies of the articles you
> mentioned below. You can send them to the address below and let me know
> how much. Thanks.
>
> Nick Zarlinga
> Aquarium Biologist
> Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
> 3900 Wildlife Way
> Cleveland, Oh 44109
> 216-661-6500 ex 4485
>
> "Fish worship... is it wrong??" (Ray Troll)
>
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2002 4:52 PM, Jay DeLong [SMTP:thirdwind_at_att.net]
> wrote:
> > The biggest rap on clove oil has been its messiness.
> >
> > A couple years back I made photocopies of a number of articles on fish
> > anesthetics-- MS-222, clove oil, CO2, etc. Does anyone want these? I'll
> > ask you to cover my costs of copying and postage.
> >
> > --
> > Jay DeLong
> > Olympia, WA
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
> > > Of Bob Culler
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:11 PM
> > > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > > Subject: NANFA-- Clove Oil Anesthetic
> > >
> > >
> > > 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!
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