Using Melafix with rays
- Thread starter LEO2008
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I'm not trying to be the scrooge here, but it is always better to treat a sick fish in quarantine. Sure, this isn't always feasible for everyone, but I just wanted to throw out there that shotgun-treatment isn't necessarily the best way. (Thanks for the frequent reminders and patient insight, DavidW.)
Common sense suggests that Melafix would reduce oxygen levels in the water but in fact it doesn't - this was checked using oxygen probes during testing and development of the product. Sorry to be a know-it-all 
Melafix and pimafix imo look like, smell like and froth like detergent. It is not a med per se. It is an extract of Melaleuca tree oil that is also used as an eco friendly household cleaner. I have seen it be an irritant to rays. There is nothing it can do that you cannot get cheaper and more effectively from using salt .
IDBT
Identify Disease Before Treatment.
90% of aquarium products are designed to separate the hobbyist from his/her money.
If you are having ray health problems then change water change water change water. The Amazon is some of the purest water on the planet, so the philosophy should be to remove things from your water, not to add things ( like melafix)
jmo
IDBT
Identify Disease Before Treatment.
90% of aquarium products are designed to separate the hobbyist from his/her money.
If you are having ray health problems then change water change water change water. The Amazon is some of the purest water on the planet, so the philosophy should be to remove things from your water, not to add things ( like melafix)
jmo
agree. and again.. .melafix does nothing. its tea tree oil. it is alleged to have some antibacterial properties but the claims the manufacturer make are all on the .01% scale. therefore it does NOTHING!!!!!!! o my bad... it does do one thing.... waste ur money!DavidW;3553869; said:Melafix and pimafix imo look like, smell like and froth like detergent. It is not a med per se. It is an extract of Melaleuca tree oil that is also used as an eco friendly household cleaner. I have seen it be an irritant to rays. There is nothing it can do that you cannot get cheaper and more effectively from using salt .
IDBT
Identify Disease Before Treatment.
90% of aquarium products are designed to separate the hobbyist from his/her money.
If you are having ray health problems then change water change water change water. The Amazon is some of the purest water on the planet, so the philosophy should be to remove things from your water, not to add things ( like melafix)
jmo
