wrote:
http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...L,%20Melaleuca
TEA TREE OIL, Melaleuca controversy

Use of this oil in various formulations should proceed with caution for several
reasons.

There are numerous adverse reactions in other animal species.
There are some adverse reactions in fish.
It is related to the turpentine family.
It is a lipophilic oil that is absorbed across the skin, both dry and mucosal.
It is an oil related to those with hepatoxicity and neurotoxicity.
It is not all that effective compared to other medications.
Use in land animals is on a limited area of the skin. Fish are immersed in this for
periods of time. Ingestion appears to cause more toxicity than contact.

Material Safety Data Sheet. http://www.coldstream-plantation.com.au/material.html

I really like Aquarium Pharmaceutical test kits... but at least the melaleuca stuff
is a recycled old time remedy. I dont have any idea what this pimafix is, but it is
another oil of some kind. GF can smell really well. I just wouldnt be using this
stuff just cause it is new. there are normal remedies, malachite, methlene blue and
PP that work GREAT. MB for example is used to treat GF eggs against fungus. Ingrid


"Bill Stock" wrote:


OK, I wimped out, didn't go with the Potassium Permanganate. I did not want
to wipe out the Biofilter, as some had suggested. So I picked up some
Pimafix and Melafix for the boys. Only the one large fish has a noticeable
fungal infection (fuzzy white spot on his snout, but the others are showing
signs of a secondary bacterial infection. I applied 7 tsps of the Pimafix
yesterday and a good deal of the fuzz was gone this morning. I thought I saw
a brown spot of the center of the fungus this morning. I applied a second
dose of Pimafix this afternoon and the brown spot is gone. Now there is just
a hole where the white fuzz had been, like a bad zit.

The Pimafix says to apply for seven days, but I've noticed that this stuff
really freaks the fish out when you add it. Does this stuff sting or is it
just the smell that bothers them? Secondly, the blurb says I can use the
Melafix and Pimafix together. What's the Melafix going to do for me (the
fishies) that Pimafix does not.

Comments from Pimafix/Melafix users appreciated.






My fish has no ill effects from melafix at all. I have not used pima fix
as of yet.

Kay