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I guess since no one else will discuss this antibiotic, I will. I just finished
talking with my friend who is a veterinarian and fish keeper. I also looked up
the drug on the internet. Here's what I found.
Chloramphenicol is an inexpensive and fairly effective antibiotic on gram
positive and some gram negative bacteria (most fish bacterial diseases are gram
negative). It has no effect on protozoan and parasitic infestations. It is
readily absorbed through the skin so the fish don't have to eat it for it to
work.
Now the down side. This drug won't work on most fish diseases except fin rot and
cotton mouth diseases. It has a very nasty side effect on some people. It causes
Gray's Syndrome in some people. It is fatal to most infants and fetuses. Between
1 in 11K and 1 in 40K people who come in contact with Chloramphenicol (they don't
have to swallow it, just touch it) develop aplastic anemia (bone marrow develops
abnormal red blood cells that can't carry oxygen). Death isn't uncommon. 1 in 30K
people who come in contact with it develop Leukopenia (commonly fatal) and those
that survive have an extremely high incidence of developing Leukemia later in
life. Veterinarians report that it causes anorexia in some dogs and sea mammals
and that it is next to impossible to get the animals to start eating again. There
are fears that Chloramphenicol can remain in the tissue of food animals long
enough to affect human consumers. For this reason it is not prescribed for food
animals in the U.S.
Chloramphenicol once was sold over the counter as a pet medicine in the U.S., but
no more. I have an unopened package of capsules sold by Wardley's back in the 70s
that I keep in my aquarium museum (double tube immersion heaters, lead bubbling
divers, that kind of thing). The package is double wrapped and locked away from
my family with a note on it to never open it and to call Vicki (my vet) or Poison
Control to dispose of it.
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:19:27 +0000
> From: "G.Harold" <Graham@hgu.mrc.ac.uk>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: antibiotics
>
> Recent postings mention the use of chloramphenicol as an antibiotic.
> Has anyone used this with Apisto's and if so what dosage and for how
> long.
> What effect does it have of filter efficiency....?
>
> G.H.
>
>
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> Message-ID: <19990119222230.14424.qmail@hotmail.com>
> From: "Joe Anderson" <wja70@hotmail.com>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: gold rams(reply to wja70@hotmail.com)
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:22:26 PST
>
> hello, just purchased three gold rams last week.
> Until yesterday they were doing fine. I noticed one of them appears to
> have a reddening area along its back under the caudal fin.
> If anyone has any idea of how/why this may have developed, please let me
> know via email to wja70@hotmail.com (i no longer subscribe to this list
> because of the volume of mail i receive)
> Tank parameters are 10 gallon open top, lightly planted with one large
> hollowed out stump. pH is 6.8 moderate hardness, no CO2 no heat.
> Incandescent lighting 60W keeps the water approx 76 F.
> I did an emergency water change this morning just in case water quality
> was a question, but i do 3 gallon changes every other week so it
> shouldn't be a problem. I think it is probably too late for this fish,
> but I'd like some input so that i may be able to avoid the same problem
> with the other two or in the future.
> Thanks in advance
> Joe Anderson
>
> Alive without breath, as cold as death;
> Never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking.
>
> Visit Joe's Aquatic Lounge, for a More Relaxed and Economical Approach
> to Fish Keeping! "http://members.tripod.com/~SubmarinR/aquaria.html"
>
>
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> <91D4C1B8B325D21180DB0000F80836F664ECD1@zwnwb060.ca.nortel.com>
> From: "Douglas Dunlop" <ddunlop@nortelnetworks.com>
> To: "'apisto@majordomo.pobox.com'" <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
> Subject: Vinegar for lowering pH?
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:18:30 -0500
>
> In my hydroponics I have had a great deal of success with lettuce and
> tomatoes using acetic acid (household vinegar) for acidifying the
> water. I
> have found that it is very effective and does not tend to crash the pH
> in my
> solution. The hydroponic solution is of course better buffered (15KH)
> and
> contains a lot more dissolved salts than what any apisto should have to
> tolerate.
> Is there a good reason why I wouldn't want to do this in my blackwater
> apisto tanks?
> Has anyone tried it? Did it kill your plants?
> The advantage is of course the price and lack of toxicity (to people).
> The
> relatively mild acidity also makes it a lot easier to control.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Doug
>
>
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> Message-ID: <36A610C8.6D1@hgu.mrc.ac.uk>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:22:16 +0000
> From: "G.Harold" <Graham@hgu.mrc.ac.uk>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: antibiotics
>
> Has anyone used the following successfully and at what dosage and time
> interval.
> Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol
>
> Suggestions please.
>
> GH
>
>
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> Message-ID: <36A165FD.163712B2@hotmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:24:29 -0700
> From: diogenes <diogenes@hotmail.com>
>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: Re: Looking for A. Nijsseni
> References: <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9811181841180.35-100000@pulcher.thekrib.com>
>
> hi kathy,
>
> wondering how your nijsseni fry are doing...we've set up a 70 gallon and
> it's
> just about apisto ready.
>
> (also, do you know a local source for a. hongsloi? david soares has
> them in
> portland, but that's quite a drive from vancouver)
>
> thanks,
>
> mike
>
> kathy@thekrib.com wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > I have some fry I am raising up. Should be ready in a month or so. I am
> > in Seattle.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, diogenes wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone know a source for A. Nijsseni in the NW, preferably Vancouver
> Canada area?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
>
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