Pond Fish medications
Medicines:
Typically, pond fish become ill as a result of stress or exposure to a virulent contagious disease. Stress occurs as a result of poor water conditions (contamination, often due to too much food / too poor filtration / too few partial water changes) or too large fluctuations between day and night water temperatures (especially common in shallow ponds in spring and summer ). Autumn). Poor nutrition can also cause various diseases (especially feeding too much poor quality food) even in summer, most fish in open ponds need to eat the equivalent of one eye a day of quality food, because medium – most ponds, and the fish in them would be easier to keep and would be healthier if they were not overfed with low-quality fish food!
Unfortunately, the federal government now requires all pond medicines to be registered under the Food and Drug Act. This entails an annual extortionate fee that licensees must pay to the government. Because these fees are so high, most previously available drugs are no longer licensed and cannot be legally imported or produced locally, simply because extortionate fees are not economically viable. Anglers are lobbying the government for a smarter approach to the problem and for acknowledging that their greed for taxes is causing unnecessary death and suffering for many fish. Until licensing fees become commercially viable, very few drugs can be sold legally. Please report this to your local federal deputy the next time you see him or her!
If you suspect that your fish has a disease, get a diagnostic card (Waterlifr Disease Diagnostic Chart, $5.00) from us immediately that will allow you to identify the disease, and then contact your veterinarian. And try to buy appropriate medicines.
Meanwhile, we can offer several relatively non-toxic, gentle, but effective preparations for fish:
Pharmaceuticals Pond Care Melafix, a natural product with titanium tree oil as an active ingredient, is excellent for treating bacterial infections in fish, treats some ulcers and open wounds, quickly repairs damaged fins, treats fin and tail rot, is useful when introducing new fish to reduce the risk of contracting diseases. Similar in spectrum to those treated with Waterlife Research Industries Myxazin. 5-10 ml per 200 liters daily for 7 days.
Pharmaceuticals Pimafix, a natural product with bay tree oil as an active ingredient, is excellent for treating fungal infections in fish, useful when adding new fish, netting or treating fish to prevent infection. 5 ml per 200 liters of water per day for 7 days. Can be combined with Melafix.
Aquasonic Paragone tablets, an effective remedy against the most common external fish parasites (anchor worms {Lurnea} and fish lice {Argulus}. 1 tablet per 40 liters per week in summer (or 10 days in winter), 3 times , Aquasonic Paragone is available in bottles of 100 tablets, for large ponds Aquasonic Paragone in bottles of 1000 tablets is more cost effective and contains the same active ingredient (trichlorfon) more than 20% can stimulate parasite resistance.This drug kills crustaceans (shrimp and yabby), not suitable for fish intended for human consumption.