Angie and Andrews Aquatics

COMMON AQUARIUM MEDICATIONS AND THEIR ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

Here is a list of commonly used aquarium remedies, their major uses, and active ingredients. Note that these preparations may also contain other ingredients. The only ingredients listed are the ones that actually perform some therapeutic result.

Medication	Manufacturer	Used for	Active ingredient(s)
MelaFix	Aquarium Pharmaceuticals	Antifungal antibacterial	Tea tree oil (oil of melaleuca)
Furan-2	Aquarium Pharmaceuticals	Broad spectrum antibiotic (gram +/-)	Nitrofurazone, furazolidone, and methylene blue trihydrate
Aquarisol	Aquarium Products	Fungus	Copper salts
Clout	Aquarium Products	hydra, leeches, planaria, hexamita, epistylis, trichodina, tetrahymena, body fungus, argulus (louse), flukes, parasitic copepods, and lernia (anchor worms)	4-[p-(dimethylamino)-0-phenylbenzylidene]-2, 5-cyclohexadien-1-xylidenedimethylammonium chloride, dimethyl (2, 2, 2-trichloro-1-hydroxy-ethel) phosphonate, 2-methyl-5-nitro-1-hydroxyethylmidazole
Quick Cure	Aquarium Products	Ich	Formalin and malachite green
Furacyn	Aquatronics	Furunculosis (open sores)	Nitrofurazone
Kanacyn	Aquatronics	Red Streaks or Hemorrhaging, Dropsy,	Kanamycin Sulfate and Sodium Chloride
Maracide	Mardel Labs	Ich, tail/fin rot	Tris Aminomethane, Aniline Green, and Dibromohydroxymercurifluorescein
Maroxy	Mardel Labs	True fungal infections	Stabilized chlorine oxides
Maracyn	Mardel Labs	Gram + antibiotic, fungus	Erythromycin
Maracyn Two	Mardel Labs	Gram +/- antibiotic	Minocycline
Ick Care	Jungle Labs	Ich	Acriflavine
Bausman's Fish Tonic	Bausman	Ich, fungus, hydra	Methylene blue, acetylsalicylic acid, sodium chloride, sodium potassium bromide, magnesium carbonate, tricalcium phosphate
Paragon II	Aquatronics	hexamita, whirling and wasting disease, body swelling, swimbladder disease, ich, parasitic protozoans, secondary bacterial infections and HITH/HLLE	Metronidazole, furazolidone, neomycin sulfate, naladixic acid, sodium chloride
Nox-Ich		Ich, velvet	Sodium chloride, malachite green
Algae Destroyer	Aquarium Pharmaceuticals	Algaecide	Simazine (2-choloro-4, 6-bis-[ethylamino]-s-triazine) 0.60%
Pepso Food	Jungle Labs	Antibiotic food	Nitrofurazone, formalin, sodium sulfathiazole
Tetra Antibacterial Food	Tetra	Antibiotic food	Tetracycline HCl, oxolinic acid
Tetra Antiparasite Food	Tetra	Antiparasitic food	Sulfadimethoxine, trimethoprim, metronidazole
Romet-B	Hoffman-LaRoche	Bacterial hemorrhagic septicemia, Enteric septicemia, Aeromonas sp., Pseudomonas sp., Edwardsiella sp., Yersina sp., Cytophaga sp., Columnaris sp.,	Sulfonamide, ormetoprin, sulfadimethoxine

HOME REMEDIES AND TREATMENTS
Plant Wash	To guard against snails and their eggs, soaking plants (in a separate container) in a solution of 2 TBS of Alum to 2 gal of water soak for 2 hours this should kill the eggs and any other hitchhikers on plants rinse well with clean water after soaking the plants. Alum USP can be obtained from a compounding pharmacy, and it less expensive per ounce than the grocery store packages (located on shelf with spices and herbs).
Salt Bath	� tsp salt per quart of water. Let fish bathe for 20-30 minutes, or until can not maintain position in water. Remove fish and put back in regular tank.
Epsom Salt (Laxative)	There's two ways to treat. The first way, for fish that are small and easily netted, is to give a bath of 2 teaspoons Epsom salt dissolved in one gallon of the fish's own tank water, in a separate container, for 10 minutes. This usually loosens things up fairly quickly. Discard the epsom salt water after use. Do not add it to the tank. For larger fish, or fish that can not be easily or safely netted, add 1/2 teaspoon per ten gallons of tank water volume (not tank size) directly to the tank. I recommend dissolving these salts first in a small amount of tankwater drawn from the tank to be treated and then add it all back to the tank. The concentration of the epsom salt is strong enough to do the job but not strong enough to harm the fish. Plus, it will be reduced by water changes over time. The first method is preferable to this one, if at all possible.
Alum USP	3 tablespoons of Alum in 1 gallon of water. Soak plants 2-3 days to kill snails and snail eggs.
NaHCO3	Sodium bicarbonate (aka Baking Soda) is a good pH upper.
C2H4O2, 5%	Ethanoic acid (aka acetic acid, distilled vinegar), is a good pH downer.
KMnO4	Also known as potassium permanganate. Make a stock solution as follows: 15.2 grams KMnO4 to 1000 mL water. 1 mL to 1 gallon of water = 1 ppm. Use a 2-3 ppm mixture to dip plants in (15-30 minutes) to kill snails, or add 1/2 tsp per 10 gallons of water volume to clarify water and oxidize waste products.
Prayer for Healing	"Oh, fishtailed Goddess Melusine, One of the watery depths, serene, Protect my fish and keep them safe from fungus, wounds, and all ill-fate. Keep them free of all disease, and let them swim with grace and ease. Bless them with your loving care, Guard them, Melusine, hear my prayer!" (author unknown)
Wound Healing Spell	One tablespoon of charged salt for every 5 gals of water. Charge salt by chanting: "Salt that heals brings new life -- Heal my fish of physical strife."
Blue Cat's Eye Marble	One per tank ... influenced by vibrations from the sun, the cat's eye has the vibrational frequency capable of bringing to the fish increased health, stamina, endurance, courage, and a feeling that everything is under control; a great stress reliever, keeps fish free from succumbing to stress-induced disorders.

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Medication Cross Reference:

Some medications listed above are sold as other names in other brands. Below you will find a list of some of these cross referenced with one of the above medications. Please note that different brands may contain different concentrations of the ingredients.

FURACYN: Also found as Furazolidone, NF-180, Furox-50, Furanace, P-7138, Auranace

FURAN-2: Also found as Nitrofura-G, Furazone Green

QUICK CURE: Also found as Rid-Ich