WHY TRANSQUILIZE FISH?
TIPS:
Anesthesia
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MEDICINE:
Baytril
Salt
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WATER:
pH
Ammonia
Nitrites
Nitrates

FILTERS
Wet & Dry
Wet
Others

 

Ms-222 (Tricaine), amino-benzoic acid ethyl ester methansulfonate
MS-222 is one of the best proven fish anesthetics. It also acts on many lower animals and is used in microscopy to tranquilize microorganisms. It s effect on fish attenuates with increasing water hardness.

 

 

 

Dosage 1: To tranquilize fish for travel, 10mg per liter of water.

Dosage 2: To anethetize fish when taking smears, use 50 to 130 mg per liter of water, depending upon size of fish. Transfer the fish to fresh water after 15 mnutes at the very latest and let it recuperate there for another 15 minutes.

Dosage 3: To sacrifice fish using 1g to 1 liter of water kills in 10 minutes.

     

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