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SYMPTOMS
3. Whitish
skin lesions (body rot), haemorrhages, wasting of body tissue, ulcerations.
Greyish-white film develops over eye and can lead to "pop-eye" and terminally,
very fast breathing (90+ GB/min.).
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TROPICAL
FRESHWATER & COLDWATER AQUARIA
In a soft,
acid water aquarium, improve the water quality and decrease bacteria-count
with HUMAQUAT. Use MYXAZIN
as a water treatment, and (if possible) by brush application. Increase
aeration and filtration to maximum acceptable level. If only Mollies
are affected by greyish-white body film remove to a 10%-20% ULTRAMARINE
seawater solution before commencing treatment. Or add 10% ULTRAMARINE
seawater to aquarium if salinophobic species not present.
In event of diagnosis
B - STERAZIN
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SEAWATER
AND BRACKISHWATER
Stop ALL
feeding immediately if possible. Otherwise reduce feeding to minimum
possible level. Turn aeration/filtration to maximum. Turn off all SEACOAL
(carbon) filtration. Commence MYXAZIN treatment
as soon as possible (fish only systems) since these diseases proceed
rapidly in seawater. Where size of fish permits use MYXAZIN
topically (i.e. brush application) as well as a water treatment. CLOWNFISHES,
where no whitish body film exists, if no improvement by day 2, see Trichodinia,
(No. 11).
In event of diagnosis
B - STERAZIN
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GARDEN
PONDS
Carry
out a very slow, total water change by trickling a garden hose into
the pond at the "high" side and letting the polluted water overflow
onto the lawn at the "low" end. This should take 24 hrs. to complete
and is continued until the water is crystal clear. Stop all feeding
and run fountain/waterfall/aeration continuously at full power. Use
MYXAZIN P as both a water treatment and
topically. Commence feeding when symptoms subside.
In event of diagnosis
B - STERAZIN
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PREVENTION
a) By
regular usage of Waterlife super-sensitive Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate
test kits, so regulate the amount of feeding to ensure that free ammonia/nitrite
NEVER appear in your aquasystem. With correctly designed filtration
system, ammonia, nitrite and nitrates should never be allowed to climb
above minimal levels.
b) Never overfeed.
c) Never use "spoiled" foods.
d) Never use sea foods, Daphnia, Tubifex etc., which have not
been gamma-ray irradiated.
e) Always quarantine doubtful looking fish in MYXAZIN/P-treated
water.
f) ALWAYS prevent vitamin deficiency in captive fishes by using VITAZIN.
To précis the above in a few words, what one is really saying
is:- Disease in fishes, as in all creatures, is always an inevitable
response to STRESS EXPOSURE. Stress in the aquatic enviroment can assume
many forms, i.e. chemical (=pH, nitrogeneous toxins), physical (=temp.,
S.G., oxygen tension), biological (=poor feeding, vitamin deficiency,
etc.), psychological (=aggression, clumsy handling). Avoid stress =
no disease.
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