African_Fever Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Does anyone know where I can get ahold of some Meth. blue? The petland near me and Wally world don't carry any. The Syno's bred again (about two dozen eggs this time), and I'm going to keep trying something different until I get some fry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahim101 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Try Gold's....I think he has a large gallon or so behind his till that he may sell you some of in bulk!!!!! Isn't that "ick" cure made with Methylene Blue????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Blue meth is getting banned for being a carcinogen (cancer causing agent) If you find it buy lots. I am looking for a litre atleast as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandopsis Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 That's got to be a first. They find out something is a cancer causing and a crazy bugger wants to buy it in bulk. :smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 I had trouble finding meth blue a while back too. I was told that the company that makes it was unable to send anything to canada for some reason (ask Rob from animal world, that is what he said). I checked with various lfs and all said they couldn't get it anymore. I even checked with the pharmacist and the local Dr. and the hospital in case they use a product like that...no luck. I was told to ask the guy that owned Allowance Pets in Med Hat as he stocked up and had a supply. I never did get around to it...but since that store is no longer in business that option is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyasa Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 (edited) Hey Kyle, I have some. It is still used in the hospitals to treat methemoglobinemia. This is occasionally caused by local anesthetic agents such as lidocaine. Methemoglobinemia occurs when the ferrous ion in the iron of our hemoglobin is oxidized to the ferric state rendering it useless in oxygen transport. A rather serious situation. I believe I read that high levels of nitrites in your water can cause the same thing to occur in fish. Methylene blue accelerates the reduction of metHb back to its useful ferrous state. I work at Foothills Hospital and got my hands on a bottle that had apparently expired. Not certain how that affects it. You can have it if you would like to come get it. PM me. David. P.S. I would think that hospitals or labs in Medicine Hat carry it, it is just rather seldom used and likely hard to get. It comes in an aqueous solution of tetramethylionine chloride trihydrate 1%. It is also used as a bacteriologic stain and as a dye for certain diagnostic procedures. Edited April 5, 2005 by Nyasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 It can still be had from chemical and lab supply companies quite easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 I even asked the lab here at the hospital (Bow Island) and they had no idea what it was or how to get it. Mind you...there is no way they would be treating something as serious or unusual as that here anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 If you're not parent raising... Hydrogen Peroxide will also work as an anti-fungal agent. I used to use 1 drop / 2gallons. Definitely not something you want to add if there are fish around though. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 ...there is no way they would be treating something as serious or unusual as that here anyways. Less unusual than you believe, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Big or Go Home! Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 ok i was following this little thread in the hopes someone would spill the beans on what its used for ( in tanks ) but no one has obliged....sooo what the heck is it used for in fish tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 As an anti-fungal on eggs, at least that's the most common use I've heard of it used for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Big or Go Home! Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 ok .... so i follow correctly then we must be talking about fish who spawn thier eggs on rocks or other smooth sufaces and not moth brooders is this a common problem or something that only occures once in a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I was actually surprised a couple of months back when I dropped into a local pharmacy for some, only to discover that they no longer carried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I have my Synodontis petricola spawning for me now, and I've removed the eggs to another tank (they are egg scatterers and will eat their own eggs). I was looking for some means to help prevent the eggs from getting fungused, but it looks like it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Only about 4-5 eggs fungused before they hatched, and as of right now it looks like I have about 14-16 little wigglers in my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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