Formalin needed asap Orlando area

[alex37310]

Need formalin ASAP please. I’m in winter springs and can drive a bit

 

[vetteguy53081]

Need formalin ASAP please. I’m in winter springs and can drive a bit

Reconsider with formalin especially if you have not used it. You want to wear gloves an avoid contact with skin, and avoid breathing in atmospheric fumes. This is also risk to gills of fish and reduces oxygen levels

 

[alex37310]

Reconsider with formalin especially if you have not used it. You want to wear gloves an avoid contact with skin, and avoid breathing in atmospheric fumes. This is also risk to gills of fish and reduces oxygen levels

QT and Bath tank ready, I gave a bath of RRR a couple days ago to buy me time. I’m about to bath all fishes in formalin to eradicate once and for all. I’ve used high concentrate acid such as muriatic and other dangerous chemicals in the past and know to be cautious and careful with measurements. I will keep the tank fowl for 6 weeks from my understanding to make sure I don’t have any future issues. My plan is 4 gallon bath at the concentration you’ve recommended, for up to 1h dépendant on the fish’s reaction. I will have to treat all of them at once due to equipment restrictions to do double bath. I currently have the two clowns out in qt with no medication and just the RRR bath from a couple days ago, looking very good but I’m not taking a chance. I was reading to place the fish in a sterile tank so I’m not sure my qt is still considered sterile but haven’t found a way to sterilize a tank that quick, seems like bleach need to dry and I only have 1h at most to clean it while they’re in the bath. How many bath should I do and how often? I read about dosing metro in tank every other day for 10 days as easy additional measure, I’ve also read about benefits of RRR at lower dose in qt tank continuously. Any thoughts and directions on that aspects are greatly appreciated. I’m about to go fish hunting while oxygenating the mixed bath currently at identical salinity and temp.
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[vetteguy53081]

QT and Bath tank ready, I gave a bath of RRR a couple days ago to buy me time. I’m about to bath all fishes in formalin to eradicate once and for all. I’ve used high concentrate acid such as muriatic and other dangerous chemicals in the past and know to be cautious and careful with measurements. I will keep the tank fowl for 6 weeks from my understanding to make sure I don’t have any future issues. My plan is 4 gallon bath at the concentration you’ve recommended, for up to 1h dépendant on the fish’s reaction. I will have to treat all of them at once due to equipment restrictions to do double bath. I currently have the two clowns out in qt with no medication and just the RRR bath from a couple days ago, looking very good but I’m not taking a chance. I was reading to place the fish in a sterile tank so I’m not sure my qt is still considered sterile but haven’t found a way to sterilize a tank that quick, seems like bleach need to dry and I only have 1h at most to clean it while they’re in the bath. How many bath should I do and how often? I read about dosing metro in tank every other day for 10 days as easy additional measure, I’ve also read about benefits of RRR at lower dose in qt tank continuously. Any thoughts and directions on that aspects are greatly appreciated. I’m about to go fish hunting while oxygenating the mixed bath currently at identical salinity and temp.
#fishmedic
#fishmedics#fishmedic
#fishmedics

Its a risk but hope it works out

 

[alex37310]

I will now go take rockscape off the 55g and hunt for my bristle tooth, hippo tang, diamond goby and algae blenny. How safe is it to place them back in the qt take that I put the clown in for the first time a couple days ago after RRR bath of 90min.

Additionally, I will rinse the fish in a separate container with qt water before placing them in qt tank to rinse off any die off and medicine traces.

 

[alex37310]

Its a risk but hope it works out

dang man you have me second guessing everything now! Lol

What would you advise? My other fish are doing good as far as I can see. The clowns lost all mucus. I don’t want to half butt it and as far as I’ve read these past 4 days (many hours) I do not see anything as effective as formaldehyde. I’m reading high effectiveness of RRR but don’t know the effective success rate and didn’t want to gamble it if I can go through the more thorough process. Is it still risky if handled properly. I’m not worried about my execution, but treatment speaking I want to make the safest decision for my fish

 

[alex37310]

dang man you have me second guessing everything now! Lol

What would you advise? My other fish are doing good as far as I can see. The clowns lost all mucus. I don’t want to half butt it and as far as I’ve read these past 4 days (many hours) I do not see anything as effective as formaldehyde. I’m reading high effectiveness of RRR but don’t know the effective success rate and didn’t want to gamble it if I can go through the more thorough process. Is it still risky if handled properly. I’m not worried about my execution, but treatment speaking I want to make the safest decision for my fish

@vetteguy53081 what do you recommend then?

 

[vetteguy53081]

@vetteguy53081 what do you recommend then?

RRR addresses many clown issues and takes a couple of days before it starts to take effect but alternative if brook or secondary bacterial- chloroquine phosphate at 8ml per gallon

 

[alex37310]

So which would you recommend in my situation?

 

[MnFish1]

I would not use formalin. Use Ruby Rally Pro as per the instructions. You can indeed sterilize your tank with bleach - and you don't need to let it dry several days - instead just use thiosulfate. I'm not sure where you got some of your initial information - but if you're going to do a fallow period - that alone will kill brooklynella and you don't need anything. (I know you want to treat fish as well).

 

[alex37310]

I would not use formalin. Use Ruby Rally Pro as per the instructions. You can indeed sterilize your tank with bleach - and you don't need to let it dry several days - instead just use thiosulfate. I'm not sure where you got some of your initial information - but if you're going to do a fallow period - that alone will kill brooklynella and you don't need anything. (I know you want to treat fish as well).

Leaving the tank fallow without guaranteeing the fish are free of any brook seems meaningless to me. If RRR doesn’t guarantee complete eradication why go follow just for the fish to reintroduce it to the tank. They may be asymptomatic but brook could bounce back months later after a stress factor. I got my information mainly from humblefish and Jay Hemdal

 

[alex37310]

Leaving the tank fallow without guaranteeing the fish are free of any brook seems meaningless to me. If RRR doesn’t guarantee complete eradication why go follow just for the fish to reintroduce it to the tank. They may be asymptomatic but brook could bounce back months later after a stress factor. I got my information mainly from humblefish and Jay Hemdal

BRS also confirmed formalin

 

[alex37310]

Where can I source Chloroquine in US

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Where can I source Chloroquine in US

This company sells it:

https://store.nationalfishpharm.com/shop/chloroquine-phosphate/

The problem with home use of formalin is that it "de-gasses" so even if you handle it safely, you still end up breathing it in. Will one treatment cause you problems? I hope not because I've used it hundreds of times at work...the issue is that I've probably already caused myself issues (along with many old time morticians and lab workers) I just don't want more people to have health problems.

You can buy formalin on Amazon, but not as a Prime product. Avoid any formalin marked 10% NBF, that's the wrong product.

 

[alex37310]

I posted a picture of the one I have, I ended up doing nothing yesterday, so I’m confident on what I’m doing. The first bath of RRR seems to be positive as the two clowns in QT are looking great right now. I need some more clear guidance as to what to do moving forward. What two treat them with? How? And should I treat everyone and run the tank fallow for 6weeks or is that too much of a risk for the benefits if everything is looking good… I’m lost and I don’t want to waste more time and not take care of it as quickly as I should. Like you said, I understand and I’m OK with a one time use of formaldehyde, I just want to make sure I’m taking the best course of action for the best results with the least risk for fish. I’m at work but want to handle things properly tonight