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    Default Will Kanamycin Sulfate Kill Filter

    Will one teaspoon per 20 gallons of Kanamycin Sulfate (100%) kill my filter bacteria in my hospital tank? If I treat my fish in the hospital tank for internal bacteria will I re-infect them when I return them to the main tank? According to Angel Plus I am to use it every other day for 10 days, what do you think?

    Thanks for reading and any help you can provide.

    Ron

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    Default Re: Will Kanamycin Sulfate Kill Filter

    Bump, No one every used this?
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    Default Re: Will Kanamycin Sulfate Kill Filter

    Kanamycin is an old time broad spectrum antibiotic, so it'll wipe out the biofilter.

    As for re-infection, that's a complicated issue. In most cases, fish that are not in good health will pick up infections. If the other fish in your main tank are not sick, then putting a healthy fish back is not going to be a problem. Just make sure to give your fish some time to recover. Make sure it's eating for 2 - 3 days before returning it to the main tank.
    At my age, everything is irritating.

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    When I treat with kanamycin I do it in a clean hospital tank with a clean, uncycled sponge filter. I change 90-95% of the water every day and re-dose the tank. This way you don't need to worry about the biofilter.

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    Thanks for the info.
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