Maracyn is it reef safe?
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Topic: Maracyn is it reef safe?
Posted By: Danny Lueck
Subject: Maracyn is it reef safe?
Date Posted: July 06 2003 at 9:59pm
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Hey all
I have a 150 gal bow front which I have been using as a freshwater tank. About 2 years ago I medicated the tank for hole in the head. I used Maracyn and Maracyn II
DO THEY CONTAIN COPPER? and in your opinion do you think the tank is safe to convert to a reef system?
THANK YOU ALL FOR REPLY ------------- "Ask not what your REEF TANK can do for you!!" [email protected] |
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Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: July 06 2003 at 10:10pm
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Both Maracyn and Maracyn II are antibiotics, as far as I know they DO NOT contain copper. I think you're safe converting the tank. (btw, how many friggin' reef tanks you got???) ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: Danny Lueck
Date Posted: July 06 2003 at 10:50pm
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THANK YOU
anyone else have 2 cents?
I will have a 55 and a 120 and a 150 I have to sell one of them ......not sure which ------------- "Ask not what your REEF TANK can do for you!!" [email protected] |
Posted By: KeoDog
Date Posted: July 07 2003 at 5:42am
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Jon is right. No copper and reef safe. ------------- Kevin Kunz (Sandy, UT) 300g reef "A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud." Ayn Rand |
Posted By: Firefish
Date Posted: August 11 2003 at 5:31pm
| I used one of the two (I can't remember which one) on a fish that had some problems and his skin started peeling off and it eventually died anyway. I won't use Maracyn again on salt water fish. |
Posted By: KeoDog
Date Posted: August 12 2003 at 5:45am
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I used both on a coral beauty with popeye. The Maracyn did not do anything but the Maracyn II cleared it up in less than a week. The difference between the two is that one is for gram positive bacteria and the other is for gram negative. I can't remember which is which right now but the Maracyn II is the one to use for most salt water bacteria. ------------- Kevin Kunz (Sandy, UT) 300g reef "A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud." Ayn Rand |