What's In Your Pharmacy?

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I'm wondering if there are any fish medications/water treatments out there that I should have on hand as a rule of thumb. I am concious of this because sometimes I'm dependeant on the internet to get my aquatic supplies and I wouldn't want to be caught out by this should disaster strike in the future and I lose fish due to shipping times. So I'm looking for the "staples" required for fishkeeping. I know that if I keep my tank properly these things shouldn't happen but I know that they sometimes do and I want to be prepared!
 
I have Melafix, Protozin, Myaxin & Octozin

James :good:
 
Waterlife Protozin, API Aquarium Salt never used them in 2 years this week i had to use both stupid Discus :grr:
 
I have APi Super Ich Cure, an unopened bottle & another that's about half full. I also have API T.C.Tetracycline packets, almost gone. Seachem Metronidazole and kordon Rid Fungas.

I haven't needed any of them for months, thank God. :good:

EDIT: I also have aquarium salt, which worked great against a particular ich attack I had.
 
I have pimafix melafix and coppersafe (I hate it I'm getting kordon rid ich)
 
i just have some king british anti fungal / whitespot stuff thats it,

wouldnt know where to start if i needed anything else - thankfully I havent had the need to yet.
 
White spot.
Methylene blue.
eSHa 2000.
An internal and external parasites for the discus (cannot remember the name)
Haven't used any, yet...
 
In ours we have Melafix, Pimafix, Waterlife Sterazin and aquarium salt.

David
 
I can only get stuff from pet stores (I'm under 18, don't have a job, or a divers liscenes, and my parents have to order online stuff for me!). My best friend's Mom works at Petsmart, so that's where I always go. So far I have Maracide for common parasites, and melafix. I love maracide, but I hate melafix because of the strong smell, and it doesn't work very well in my expirience. I'm going to add maracyn, maracyn 2, and maroxy. I have heard great things about maradel products, and in my expirience they work great!!
 
Wow, you guys keep a lot of stuff!

Personally, I don't keep any.

Anything that's curable is not going to kill your fish, as long as they're otherwise healthy, before you can get meds, IME. I'd worry about them losing their active ingredients with long storage.
 
I thought I would just sum up what people have said so far (mostly for me lol). I've also done a quick "google" on each of them to see what they do.

Melafix - Heals open wounds & abrasions, treats fin and tail rot, eye cloud, mouth fungus and promotes regrowth of damaged fin rays & tissue.

Waterlife Myxazin - lowers the count of harmful bacteria in aquarium water, treating Fin Rot, Body Rot, Ulcers, Sores and other bacterial infections. MYXAZIN will also help to control Pop - Eye Disease, Cloudy Eyes and Mouth Fungus.

Waterlife Octozin - treatment for internal parasites such as those which cause Sleeping Sickness, Hole - In - The - Head, Seawater Angelfish and Clownfish Disease, Malawi Bloat Disease and also early stages of Dropsy. OCTOZIN may also be used to treat Whitespot in seawater aquaria where CUPRAZIN cannot be used.

Waterlife Protozin - used for the control of all protozoan and fungal infections e.g Whitespot, Fungus, Neon Tetra Disease, Velvet, Costiasis and Trichodiniasis.

API Aquarium Salt - All natural salt, made from evaporated sea water, promotes healthy gill function, reduces stress and loss of electrolytes. Used to improve the efficiency of medications and reduce the harmful effects of nitrite.

API Super Ick Cure - (available as powder or liquid) treatment for Ich, a highly contagious disease, also called White Spot Disease.

API T.C.Tetracycline - an anti-bacterial medication for common tropical fish diseases such as fin & tail rot, open red sores, body slime and eye cloud, bacterial gill disease and hemorrhagic septicemia.

Seachem Metronidazole - treatment for several protozoan and anaerobic bacterial diseases of fish (Cryptocaryon, Hexamita, Ichthyophthirius)

Kordon Rid Fungus - organic herbal treatments with multiple ingredients for elimination of external single-celled infections of fishes whether protozoan parasites (amebae, ciliates or dinoflagellates), or fungal.

Pimafix - Treats fungal infections and both internal and external bacterial infections. Formulated to work in combination with Melafix to enhance effectiveness against fish diseases.

Coppersafe - Treats infections of ick, flukes (gyrodactylus), anchor worms, velvet/protozoan diseases and other external freshwater parasites

King British Antifungal - treats fish with fungal infections and aids rapid repair of body tissues

King British Whitespot - treatment for fish with external parasites including white spot (ich), trichodina and costia.

Methylene blue - Anti-fungal agent with antiseptic healing properties. Effective against parasites including flukes and offers rapid aid to respiration problems

eSHa 2000 - wide range action treat over 18 symptoms and disease organisms. eSHa 2000 treats a wide range of fungal, bacterial and parasitic infections, helps heal wounds and protects the skin layer. Use eSHa 2000 for Fungus, Dropsy, bacteria, skin problems, gill problems, fin rot, tail rot, ulcers and wounds. Also for Neon Tetra disease and many others.

Waterlife Sterazin - used or the control of gill and body parasites which cause fish to flick when no symptoms are visible to the unaided eye. STERAZIN will also aid the control of internal parasites such as Round Worm, Thread Worm, and Intestinal Worm

Maracide - Treats Ick, Velvet and other related freshwater parasites

Maracyn - Treats body fungus, fin and tail rot, popeye, gill disease and secondary infections

Maracyn 2 - (for saltwater fish) Treats popeye, gill disease, fin and tail rot, dropsy, septicemia, secondary and internal infections and cotton wool disease

Maroxy - Treats fungal and bacterial infections of tropical fish and eggs

There's nothing too surprising here for me. Looks like we are all treating for pretty much the same things. Internal and external parasites, bacterial and fungal infections! It's just nice to know what options are out there. I found it really interesting that some of them treat a really broad range of things like esha2000 claims to do. [font="Verdana]
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Now if only someone would tell me which ones are the best at what they do!
 

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