Have U Used Tea Tree

[zedonepilot]

hi was wondering if anyone has used tea tree oil to treat problems with fish
if so how much and how often did you treat

 

[OohFeeshy]

Yes, I used the same dosage as for Melafix, since it's the same thing. Do a search for Melafake, the topic is around somewhere.

 

[zedonepilot]

cheers

 

[CFC]

It works best if you combine it at a rate of 1ml tea tree oil to 100ml of R/O, distilled or cooled boiled water in a bottle and shake it vigourously for a couple of minutes before adding it to the tank. If you add the pure oil direct it will float on the surface and do very little.

 

[freya]

Crikey I never realised you could use tea tree oil, excellent I love the natural remedies.
Cheers FREY

 

[diburning]

I thought oil was lighter than water so they needed to add some alcohol when making melafix so that they could mix... (alcohol mixes with water and oil)

 

[CFC]

Thats right, to permamently bind oil and water you need an emulsifier of some kind to stop them from seperating again which is why melafix add a tiny ammount of alcohol to the product to give it a shelf life.
With home made tea tree medications you only make up the ammount you need each time so a couple of minutes vigorous shaking is enough to temorarily combine the oil and water long enough to add it to your tank.