will you help save more fish!!!

[kim]

ok this is an idea i want to put to everyone! it will help out everyone of us! brooklands is trying to bring in Pimafix but with all the read tape it could take a year or more before we will or should i say could get it in, i think the fnzas could help in some way to help get this into nz asap! there are so many meds that we cant get that could save fishes lives, its so sad that maf and doc dont see fish as an animal because cats and dogs can be treated with meds but getting them for fish is hard!

go to this web site and have a read http://www.aquariumpharm.com/aqfish.html

if you think the fed should or could help save fish lives add your name to the list and lets do something to save fish!

PimaFix-Treats fungal infections and both internal and external bacterial infections. Will not adversely affect the biological filter, alter the pH, or discolor water. Safe for reef aquariums and live plants. For use in fresh or salt water. PimaFix has been formulated to work in combination with MelaFix to enhance effectiveness against fish diseases.

SOME OTHER ONES THAT COULD BE GOOD TO BRING IN!

General Cure Capsulesâ„¢

Treats a wide variety of parasitic diseases including velvet, anchor worm, fish lice, hole-in-the-head disease, gill worms and dactylogyrus. For use in freshwater aquariums

E. M. Tablets®

For the fresh and saltwater treatment of erythromycin-susceptible bacterial diseases such as body slime, mouth fungus, furunculosis (open lesions), and hemorrhagic septicemia (blood spots without sign of skin damage). Can be used when introducing new fish into an aquarium. Can be used with any ich, fungus or parasite remedy to prevent secondary infection.

[TeeCee]

Sorry Kim, I may be being a bit dense here - but - where's the list I'm wanting to put my name on???? :-? I followed the link but all I got was a product description...

[Lucid]

I too couldn't find anywhere to sign my name, so also may be dense

[Wayne]

so sad that maf and doc dont see fish as an animal because cats and dogs can be treated with meds but getting them for fish is hard!

I understand your frustration Kim.

BUT, speak to any fish vet overseas( these guys specialise in fish medicine and do nothing else but fish medicine and surgery), and they'll turn their noses up to ' cure-all' meds from e.g aquarium pharmaceuticals.

Why? they simply don't work.

Melafix however is an exception, excellent stuff for tx superficial wounds, but any combo med that kills fungus + internal and external bacterial infections?? too good to b true if u ask me.

take EM tablets--erythromicin for eg. it is a macrolide antibiotic( only kills bacteria, and mainly your gram positives). Very useful in salmonids for a specific kidney infection that they get, but use in ornamental fish medicine-- virtually none.

I think what most of us should b doing is focusing on the basics- stuff like isolation/quarantine of new stock, maintaining good water quality, using salt in fresh water tanks. 99% of disease outbreaks can b traced to a failure in one of these management issues..

[vapo]

Thought I'd dig up this old post as it is very interesting to see how we all think about subjects like this. IMO medications are very dangerous things to be messing with and unless you know ALL of the ingredients and ALL of their side-effects - including incorrect dosage leading to super-pests/bugs - then we shouldn't be bringing anything new into our country.

The environment is very delicate and creating problems with medications we don't know EVERYTHING about, is just a little selfish. By that, I mean we may see benefits for a specific section of people/hobbyists, but there may be far worse ramifications for many others. Just look at rabbits - brought here for the hunting and fur-trade - just a pest now; stoats and ferrets - brought in to kill the rabbits - kill our native birds; deer - another hunting intro - destroy the forests; cats - brought in as pets, but left to breed and kill (sorry to all you sensible neutered/spayed-cat owners) - are the biggest predator of native birds in our country; the list goes on and on.

I realise I have only mentioned animals, but they have been the biggest problems. There are also biological introductions such as the bird flu - brought in by mistake; but not so the calicivirus (RCD) - to kill rabbits - the following link talks about whether or not the virus may spread to humans http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/calicivirus3.html but what of other animals?; drenches and dips for sheep and cows have polluted and killed our waterways and continue to do so; introduced plants choke our waterways and native forests; gorse was brought in as a hedge-plant, it's probably the least problematic noxious weed we have (it's actually nitrogen-fixing and creates wonderful cover for the regrowth of native flora), but it is a high fire risk.

Yes I have spieled another novel, but people don't seem to understand the amazing country we live in and the damage being done to it by the introduction of "quick-fixes" that haven't been properly researched. There's a reason it takes a long time to get new products here and it's not just bureacracy. We need to know exactly what will happen when some idiot gets a hold of the stuff (as WILL happen. People are ignorant.) The problem is invariably NOT the product, but the foolish use of it. How many people foget to take their antibiotics? I've got my hand up. We've all done it and it's dangerous to us all, in that taking a half dose will just create stronger, more immune bugs, that eventually kill. So WE are the problem. Let's not be too hasty to give US another weapon against ourselves and our planet.

Cheers,

Vapo.