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07-10-2003, 11:37 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Montclair, NJ
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|  MELAFIX what do you all think of this particular medication? I would be most interested to know what you all think... Marie
__________________ Betta and Fancy goldfish owner (Lancelot, Henry, Shilo & Merlyn be their names if you please  ) Or should I say, owned BY them BOTH!!38 Gallon 1 Red capped Oranda (Henry) 2 chocolate blue Oranda, Shilo and Charlie 12 Gallon Blue,red and white Betta (Lancelot A.K.A Greedy guts!) Yes really colour of UK flag, USA French and Dutch ... We are multi cultural!) 3 Gallon Empty I have lost my mind and I don't know where to look for it! |
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07-10-2003, 11:50 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Seacoast Area, New Hampshire
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|  I love the stuff. It is AWESOME (for me anyway) at helping fins regenerate. It also is a good antibacterial for helping prevent some infections. Also, it is a good, more natural, and not too harsh, medication for when you suspect something might be wrong..but dont want to overmedicat.
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07-10-2003, 11:57 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Jun 2003
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| works like a dream. I use it when adding fish to prevent anything and I also used it to help my gourami recover from fin-rot (which by the way, his fins grew back in full). Add a little stress-coat and it works amazingly well.
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07-11-2003, 12:17 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN
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| Will Melafix harm plants? Do you have to take the carbon out of the filters? Or will it kill the "good" bacteria colonies? I've heard a lot about this stuff, but I too know little about it. Fred
__________________ Fred ---50, 40Brdr, & 20G Long, Planted. 10G-ELB & Shrimp; 2 - Eclipse 12's exotic guppies; 2- 2.5G Betta/Cory Tanks. 3.3 "nano" freshwater tank. 5G Hospital Tank "I am 2 with the Universe" -- Woody Allen |
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07-11-2003, 03:02 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Leduc, AB, Canada
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| My experience with Melafix so far leads me to believe it is only a MILD anti-biotic, which will help in the recover AFTER treatment but certainly does little to prevent to treat illness itself. I think it mostly helps for speeding up fin repair.
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07-11-2003, 03:27 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: orbiting the earth in a moble suit.
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| leopardess i think said it best.i love melafix,between melafix and garlic therapy you can keep healty fish and almost never need chemical meds.
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07-11-2003, 09:04 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New Jersey
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| I basically threw out all my medication (goldfish stuff anyway) when I found out about Melafix. I only have Salt, all the neccessary chemicals, and Melafix. But I have tropical fish now. __________________ 2.5 Gal 10Gal 26 Bow Front Gal |
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07-13-2003, 12:27 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: South Dakota
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|  I think melafix is a joke. Never had any luck with it. In the end fish will still get sick and your water will stink like medicine. I personally think that the reason people think it works so well is cause it stinks like a medicine so people guess"ohh this must be really good stuff" However its nice that the manufaturer decided not to dump a bunch of dye in it to color up the tank. i hate that. sailfin |
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