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<H1>Cloudy eye</H1><DIV id=Qtextbox><P><STRONG>Author: Rumpig</STRONG><BR><BR>Hi,

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one of my recent purchases (none of your progeny Arj) has developed cloudy eye, how do I go about treating this?

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Thanks

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Mick

</DIV><H2>Replies »</H2><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: adnansiv</STRONG><BR><BR>I always use a product called myxazin. the company that makes it is called waterlife.you can by it from your

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LFS.In about 4 days it should clear up if it is only mild or 1 week if it is bad.also if it is really bad it could lose it's eye sight.cheeck the water conditions first.

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adnan

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good luck

</DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: Anita ozfish</STRONG><BR><BR>I know I must sound like a broken record sometimes

but melafix and rock salt work really well for me - both natural products too

</DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: ducksta</STRONG><BR><BR>I agree wholeheartedly with Anita also. Best combination for general illness going aroun

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I think I might mix melafix and salt in a bottle and market it under a snazzy name, like MultEE-Cure or something...

</DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: ducksta</STRONG><BR><BR>

quote: how do you know what's in melafix<BR><BR>

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How? Its written on the bottle

It is tee tree oil extract I believe; or an extract from a close relative of a tea tree? (Dont have a bottle on my computer desk at present)

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As for cancer - were talking about cloudy eye here, which is usually caused by a scratch on the eye cover of a fish as far as I'm aware. NOT something as serious as cancer.

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As for adding medications to my tank, I add about as much as I am prepared to take myself, bare minimum.

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Do you know why there are so many new and deadly strains of flu and other bacteria circulating? Overuse of anti-biotics and medicines in people, making the illness deadlier, by default of being less treatable... Same as penecillian is no longer considered a valid treatment for infection because the infections immune systems are developing. I would go into more detail but Im going fishing.

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Bye bye for now.

</DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: mtchye</STRONG><BR><BR>Hmm gee guys the intent is in the right place RE overuse of medications, but in actuality tea tree oil, though you may consider it 'natural' (whats our definition of that?

) is just as much a chemical as anything else.

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How do you know your use of Melafix (which claims to have antibacterial properties) is not contributing to bacterial resistance? If you really wanted to be all natural you would provide only the best water conditions and comforts for your fish if they became sick. Thats what they would get in the wild, unless they lived next to a fallen tea tree or something..

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I really have an issue with this 'natural' or 'alternative' therapy stuff as compared to something scientifically proven to work. Many of these mainstream medications (interesting how we tend to call these 'drugs' or 'chemicals') originated from a natural source. Just because it has had tests to prove its efficacy does not make it any more or less good or natural.

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Just as well the TGA is considering changes to the law which at the moment does not require compulsory submission of evidence that alternative therapies actually do what they claim.

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I am not badmouthing melafix, just want you guys to consider that it is just as much a chemical as anything else and that you shouldnt look down on others just because you are using a so called 'natural' therapy.

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The broad spectrum of activity claimed by melafix may in fact have a chance at leading to bacterial resistance, just as much as using a mainstream drug. And how do you know what the company has done to the product between extracting it from the tree and bottling it?? What has it treated it with?

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Anyway off the soapbox, and yes melafix seems to work for many diseases. It would be a good start. I don't have much experience with cloudy eye so I'll leave it at that. I believe potassium permanganate at 2-6 ppm is also claimed to be effective against many external infections due to its oxidative properties, however it needs to be dosed in the right way.

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Hope you help save your fish. Often if the fish sustained the infection secondary to a physical injury, its immune system will kick in given that you remove causes of stress and provide good water conditions. If it is eating and moving around healthily you may not need to treat at all.

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HTH

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Sorry for the long post

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