Potassium Permanganate (PP)

Potassium Permanganate (PP) is one of the most useful of all medicines an aquarist can have in his/her fish medicine cabinet. PP is effective against external fungi, bacteria, and parasites, including gill flukes. It is relatively safe and very effective. It can also be used as a sterilizer and an oxidizer of organic compounds. This article provides a very useful and straightforward way to use it. Last updated 21st April 2008.

 

Formalin and Formalin/Malachite Green (FMG)

Formalin and Formalin/Malachite Green (FMG) are two very useful medicines to have in the fish medicine cabinet. This article by Lawrence Hugh Forbes provides a very useful and straightforward way to use it. Last updated 20th December 2006.

 

Discus Treatment Ignorant, Mistake, Solution

An article by Andrew Soh, author of DISCUS, The Naked Truth.Andrew has been romancing with discus since the age of 19. In 1989 he transformed his hobby into a business venture, known as Associates Aquarium Pte Ltd., a shop at Outram Park specialising in discus. In 1994 he acquired a 1.95 hectare piece of land in Lim Chu Kang Agrotechnology Park to expand further into ornamental fish breeding and export. Besides discus the farm also produces high end Xiphophorus species and Poecilia Reticulata. Andrew is a regular contributor and Mentor on the BIDKA Forum

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