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    Default medicine from china

    i bought this because
    1. seems asia loves fish more than usa
    2. it was cheap
    3. the name was too tempting "universal fish medicine"

    wondering though if anyone has ever used it on this board.

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    I swear I bought every one of these medicine, but they are in my storage for the whole time. They are so cheap and I actually afraid to use. A bottle of kanamycin like this for $3 ... I temped and paid, but dare not use lol. Would you please ....? try and tell me the outcome

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    It could be anything and I know some of the products from China like dog food has killed and made dogs sick. I personally would take a pass. Plus it is always better to have a handle on what you are treating and use a specific medication for it vs shotgunning and hoping for the best.
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    I have been a resident in China off and on since 2008 and would advise caution.
    Certain Chinese products are as good as one can find. However, unless one knows
    the source and what he is doing, using something like your product is a crap shoot.
    It is no different from buying a fish from Kenny versus one of the obvious discus
    scammers who are all over the internet.

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    I had a friend that was sold on a Magical Yellow Powder claiming it's use was to medicate freshwater fish with any disease and he fell for it....the day later found all the 14 African Cichlids and 6 plecos in the tank dead.
    Like the others...I would not use it unless someone you really-really trust has used the same before without any issues.

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    i was looking for less expensive Metro, as i know manufactures can completely hose hobbyist at many opportunity by repacking goods. i found this seller during that search, and yeah got metro and kanamycin for couple bucks each.
    in the meantime i got metro local and it didn't do anything for HLLE issue anyway
    i almost forgot i ordered these, but they finally showed up

    one of these jars has two discus on the cover art

    HUANG FEN

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    LOL Ralph, i just googled it the Discus one HUANG FEN is "Yellow Powder" you mentioned.

    from seller:

    "Yellow powder (in vitro disease anti-inflammatory drugs)
    Specifications: Net content of 50g
    Application: goldfish, tropical fish, sea water fish
    Indications: white disease (water mold), white spot disease (small melon disease), rotten gills, rot disease, fried squamous disease, bacterial skin eruption, corruption, skin congestion and inflammation, enteritis, disease.
    Usage: per 100 kg of water plus half the bottle of the drug, a serious illness may be appropriate dosing. Warm water to melt, once every 3 days. Feeding is stopped during treatment
    ."

    seems like all bases are covered, maybe i should seen some to Washington DC

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    You can get a ton of Metro from jehmco pretty cheap.

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    thanks Neptune, i'll look it up.
    i got enough to feed them a course of treatement, but not a help. something is REALLY out of whack with my water, nitrates are silly high.

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    I just got done battling a VERY persistent HEX outbreak!
    The 500 gram size is a lot of metro...
    http://www.jehmco.com/html/medications.html

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    that is a way better price than google was turning up, wonder why jehmco was coming up, guess they need some search engine optimization tuning.
    hex = white poo, right?

    mine are getting ulcers and hole in head, they are eating great, and poo looks normal too.

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    Default Re: medicine from china

    yes, the telltale sign of Hex is the poo. But I missed an early symptom. The fish would eat normally and then they would start wobbling. They couldn't swim right after eating.

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