This is the BEST way to cure fish velvet disease (Potassium Permanganate + Acriflavine)

[@akvaristugur9479]

It was a nice share my friend.

[@blondiekw1494]

Thank you for sharing and for selling pre mixed med with spoon 😊

[@ashley3574]

Can the medicated solution be put into your tank safely? Will it kill your beneficial bacteria?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

It will kill your beneficial bacteria and some plants

[@DakotaGerholt]

I am here for the giveaway and thanks for the tips you have been doing on KZbin I watch them to answer my questions

[@1988bogdana]

This is very impressive results. I don’t have betta macrostoma, yet it is on my list of the must have fish lol( for now, I am enjoying my alien betta after multiple fancy bettas I had kept over the last 3 years).When it comes to medication, I wish I found this video last year when my bristlenose pleco and 160 fry got velvet. I managed to save only the adult fish and maybe 20 fry. They were dropping like flies no matter what I did .

[@C-Hirsuta]

The medication of choice at the LFS that I work at is cupramine. What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of copper vs your methods?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

@@C-Hirsuta copper is inferior vs dye base medication

[@4loveoffish]

If the fish had these parasites in a planted tank then wouldn’t the parasite still be alive in the original tank with plants if you remove the fish to medicate to another tank ? Putting the fish back in original planted tank after treatment would cause parasites to go back on the previously medicated fish ?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

Yes thay is correct, you need to salt the planted tank and leave it alone for 3 weeks

[@rjv2395]

thanks for sharing, really enjoy your vids. I breed paradise fish, any new fish get 3 step treatment, salt 30gr / liter (it is a very heavy dose so watch the fish carefully) 3~5 mins-> rest tank -> potassium permangante 2~3mg/L 5 mins-> rest tank -> hydrogen peroxide 30% 2 drops/L > rest tank. why all the steps? there are certain parasites, bacteria and viruses that will make it through the individual treatments. salt will dry up and kill many external parasites but maybe not all flukes or fungus. PP will get many flukes fungus, bacteria and parasites, but not all viruses. the H2O2 will clear any necrotic tissue left after the first 2 treatments and also hit most of the pathogens that escaped the first 2 treatments. I do these in stages letting the fish recover before each bath and have managed to cure many fish that come in with external problems. they then get a long soak in salt 3gr/L + Acriflavine for antiseptic recovery. this is a long process, but as you know, once you let something in, it can be very difficult to get it out. better to stop it at the door and maybe lose a fish than let something in.

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

@rjv2395 this is great information!

[@michaelvenuti6560]

Great method, can macrostoma live w antuta? In a 40 gallon long ?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

No they can not

[@kristinabarkovic4525]

Hello 😌 Thanks for this helpful video. I have powdered acriflavine and kordon MB in bottle. How much of the Kordon brand would I use in ml? As equivalent of what you said? 🤔 Thanks so much

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

Half dose methylene blue

[@mpatnick]

Hello! I got the premixed meds for my keyhole cichlid. He has gone through the potassium permanganate bath and we are now at about 30 hours of the acriflavine mix. His tail fin is still clamped - how much longer do you think it could take before it is unclamped?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

Did he had velvet?

[@mpatnick]

Honestly I am not sure…he has been plagued with slime and thick white spots for a long time now that come and go and have moved to his gills. Appears to be some sort of protozoan parasite but I don’t have confirmation

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

@@mpatnick sid it go away after the PP bath?

[@mpatnick]

There are a couple smaller white dots on him still, and tail fin is still clamped after pp bath

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

@@mpatnick so another bath and then back to the salt med and then report back to me.

[@peter70eg]

Can you do this on a heavy planted tank with shrimp in it? all my tanks are planted with shrimp

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

No the med will kill some plants and deff inverts

[@michelleroy2444]

Did you use table salt or aquarium salt??

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

Table salt

[@michelleroy2444]

@@BlackwaterAquatics where did you get acriflavine? I'm from Canada and I can't seem to find it anywhere, my betta is getting worse every day

[@JennCube]

Can you use this to treat a bristlenose pleco?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

What's the disease?

[@blondiekw1494]

Do you know if I can use potassium pomegranate on geophagus cichlid?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

As a bath, yes. 15 to 30 minutes

[@abarreto6277]

Wouldn’t be better 100% clean tap water naturally dechlorinated ?

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

@abarreto6277 tap water where I live is too hard for macrostoma so it must be RO water

[@EyezLikaFox̌]

Wait.. why not nano fish???

[@BlackwaterAquatics]

Potassium permanganate is too powerful for mano fish