Dear Pat, Just to elaborate slightly on Ken's correct advice:
Any well established fish tank has a substantial colony of a number of varieties of bacteria, whose job it is to break down fish waste and decaying food into the least harmful possible chemical constituents, which are then removed during routine partial water changes. (At least 25% every week...) If you use antibiotics or CS in the tank, then this "biological filter," which lives in the gravel and the mechanical filter system, can be disrupted. Not only does this stop the conversion of toxic waste matter into more benign forms, but it also creates an additional burden as billions of dead bacteria dump their own metabolites and waste products into the water as well. The solution is to establish a decent size, very clean treatment tank, carefully condition the water to be similar in temperature and chemistry to the main tank, and transfer the sick fish there for treatment. Monitor this tank closely, because without the buffering effects of gravel, plants, and a healthy bacterial colony, to begin with, it will be far less chemically stable and waste levels will build up faster. Hope that helps! Be well, Mike D. Ken wrote: > DO NOT put CS in a fish tank! > It will heal the fish, but kill the tank...then the fish die. > Put the fish in a different tank with CS in it. > > ode Pat wrote: > > Funny....I'd sent 4 quarts of CS home with my daughter after the > > holidays. She's only used one small bottle before. In a message today, > > she said, "are you sure you didn't put like crack in the colloidal > > silver? I put a few drops in the fish tank and the fish has been > > swimming around ALL afternoon constantly." She said, "it's normally > > fairly lethargic plus it looked like it had a fin fungus issue this > > morning and that is totally gone now." [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
