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Too late to edit and add. Nitrofurazone is slow acting. So most medicine manufacturers in the hobby usually supplement with other drugs for production. Assume everything containing it is a blend, until you find the MSDS or ingredient list. Check that list against the safe meds sticky and toxic meds listed above. It's possible to find a medicine that contains nitrofurazone that is also containing a toxic substance to stingrays. You've got to read the labels.

I'm used to doing this, as I have potentially fatal food allergies, so I obsess over reading every label on everything in existence. But I know many people don't read ingredients in products regularly.
 
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Dieselhybrid said:
Too late to edit and add. Nitrofurazone is slow acting. So most medicine manufacturers in the hobby usually supplement with other drugs for production. Assume everything containing it is a blend, until you find the MSDS or ingredient list. Check that list against the safe meds sticky and toxic meds listed above. It's possible to find a medicine that contains nitrofurazone that is also containing a toxic substance to stingrays. You've got to read the labels.

I'm used to doing this, as I have potentially fatal food allergies, so I obsess over reading every label on everything in existence. But I know many people don't read ingredients in products regularly.
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Great posts. Thx.

Can i safely order nitrofurazone from national fish farm and be confident it has no other possible toxic additives?

Cheers
 
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eddiegunks said:
Great posts. Thx.

Can i safely order nitrofurazone from national fish farm and be confident it has no other possible toxic additives?

Cheers
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That's a great question. Safely is a tricky word. I don't know where you live and the laws etc. So I can't speak to that. Nationalfish Pharm sells a straight nitrofurazone, possibly with stabilizers or anti-caking agents in the powder but only that as the active ingredient. I have a 500 gram bottle that has lasted years. They sell plenty of blends with nitrofurazone and other meds, so be sure to read the website. There's a ton of options. Feel free to call them, they've been great on the phone over the years. Lots of help.

I do not work for national fish pharm or personally know anyone associated with the company :)
 
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hi, ive read through all the posts and there is some very detailed info i would like to look into further regarding antibiotics and a few other things.
the rays have no fungus and i dont think they have worms or flukes.
they are small jim indeed . but ive bred them and kept the small ones the mother was wild and around 12inches as adult but b
being the only adult female i had i at the time i never realised she was small. around the same size as the male. i did however buy and eventually sell larger females that were captive bred.

right now the rays are looking better. they are now mostly eating although not fully recovered.
it was males and females jim, i dont think it was related to breeding attempts although i can see why you would think that.

ive turned on the power head and put in a new heater just in case ( the other is old anyhow). the power head helps get detritus to the filters and i think thats helping the filter rebuild (last few days at least)

so , as of now nobody has died. i moved the pregnant female and the aro. im not sure if the tiny female is still pregnant or if her pups will survive if she has them in with larger rays but at least she is well.
the aro is very bad. fins and barbles gone, scales rough and bloody / white. but still alive and swimming round. i would think it would make a recovery if its eyes werent so bad. ...they are really bad.

ive not cleaned the glass as i dont want to disturb them but i will try get photos later.

there is loads of info for me to consider in the replys and lots of info i still want to look into when i have more time to do so. thank you for all the comments and suggestions they are all really appreciated even if i dont decide to follow that course it does help all the same.

thank you all. will update with pics soon
 
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first pic is of the smaller rays. the smallest is the one front left ( ruler in pic )

you can see the aro in the other pics. hopefully his eyes will clear up as i think thats all thats holding him back .
. tbh looks like a dead fish swimming.

however, with luck. several of the rays in the pic are pregnant even after swapping them around and introducing new fish. so fingers crossed.

i was lucky enough to start with very small female rays and ive kept the smallest of the rays that ive been able to breed.

as you know ive had some trouble recently but things that seems to be over and the rays are recovering as you can see. ( they get very dull if not ) .

looking forward to keeping you updated.
 
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yargnits yargnits .. Glad the rays are doing better..

But the aro... i just want to cry looking at the pictures.. I hope she pulls through..

My son's RTG, about 3 years ago, picked up protruding scale disease just after she arrived.
It was quite bad but didnt affect eyes
She was only about 14cm... we pulled her through with salt....

I hope everyone continues to improve....
 
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