Re: Female Agassizii Rio Tefe 2

["Cory and Susanne Williamson" <webwill@infinet.net>]

In the world of fisheries biology, Bromo-selzer is commonly used as an
anesthetic- I have used it frequently for work on salmonids- with a proper
dose it is effective and safe- as far as disease treatment- I have never
heard of doing this.

Cheers,

Cory Williamson
----- Original Message -----
From: alex pastor <alexp@idirect.com>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Sent: December 15, 1999 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Female Agassizii Rio Tefe 2


>
>
> > Apisto agassizii Rio Tefe 2 is way to rare&  expensive to put in
> Bromoseltzer.
> >Plus it took me over 2 years to find one
> >
> >George
>
>
> I totally agree with you.  I'm sorry that your fish is not well.  The only
> thing I have found that consistently keeps fish healthy is large water
> changes on a regular basis.  Keep the nitrates and phosphates absolutely
as
> low as possible.  A lot of times, these poor wee creatures have been
through
> so much stress from shipping etc. that their immune systems are shot.  I
> rarely lose fish due to disease.  But then, I change at least 50 percent
of
> the water per tank per week  and all the tanks are heavily planted.  This
> borellii was a 'one off' sort of case.  I don't think it was just blind
luck
> that the treatment worked.  But why, is a mystery.  Maybe in a way it's
like
> a salt bath with lots of alkali.  I have no idea.  It doesn't kill the
fish
> though, if you don't leave it in there too long.  That's at least a plus.
> Good luck
>
> Gabi Kadar
>
>
>
>
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