Today, I have nothing to do with you to share with you the problem of yellow powder.
All the friends who raise fish will more or less encounter our love fish by various germs, rotten fins and rotten tails are still a small problem, and I really don't know what to do when I encounter a big infection. I estimate that there should be many friends in our forum who are used to using yellow powder. So I feel the need for me to share something about yellow powder as a product.
I'm not here to spray yellow powder for good or bad. At least any drug has certain side effects, which is also normal, but I found that almost all yellow powder packaging and instructions do not have side effects written on it. I am a relatively good person, deliberately because of the yellow powder thing has sought help from many professionals, there are chemistry majors, veterinary professionals, pharmacology majors and so on. I'll share with you what I know so far.
First of all, I will first make a distinction for everyone, Japanese yellow powder and domestic yellow powder are different.
Japanese yellow powder should be a lot of aquarists have had, Ueno's family, the box is very fine, graphic design is a mess. And most of the domestic yellow powder is mainly cheap tin foil packaging bags, not to mention the graphic design, anyway, I can't see the eye. The biggest temptation of these two to consumers is that the price is low and the effect is good. In order to reflect China's habitual foreign policy, I will first talk about our domestic yellow powder.
Domestic yellow powder
The main ingredient of domestic yellow powder is furacillin, which belongs to the nitrofuran class of drugs, and is the lowest price and the lowest difficulty in production. Low price is not a problem, the effect is acceptable, and the toxicity of this drug is a big problem, it belongs to the nitrofuran class of drugs the most toxic. The toxicity level has reached a high toxicity, so I see a lot of buddies spreading all over the pool, and the back spine is cold. The dragon fish is fine, but the problem of being smaller is bigger. You can check the furacillin, which can be found as a banned drug in China's food industry. However, some people have refuted me, saying that this forbidden drug is aimed at humans, and the poison is also for humans, and the harm to fish is not great. In fact, the body's liver detoxification ability is much stronger than that of fish, coupled with the environment of our people from childhood to adulthood, it has long been inviolable, and for furacillin, a small spoonful can be hospitalized for a month, who believes that there is no impact on fish?
In addition, furacillin develops a certain resistance, both for people and for fish. How to understand drug resistance? That is to say, the fish is sick, the bacteria are infected, you put the amount of yellow powder 0.5g, let the fish take a bath, once the resistance is generated, the next time you are sick, the amount you use will increase. The stronger the resistance, the less effective the yellow powder, and you can only increase the amount. Smart aquarists should understand that the amount is larger, and the more toxic it is. Therefore, the risk factor of domestic yellow powder with furacillin as the main ingredient is very high.
Japanese yellow powder
Let's talk about Japanese yellow powder, let's not talk about how many hot-blooded Chinese people were angered by the various evil deeds of little Japan when it invaded China, and I have to say that what the Japanese made is not too bad. The yellow powder purchased by authentic Japanese daigou has a good effect, is less toxic, and according to his instructions for use, it is very good. Because its main component is sodium furanphenylenoate, it also belongs to the nitrofuran class, but the toxicity is the second-to-last toxicity in the series of drugs. The least toxic is furazolidone, but this thing is also very resistant, so small Japan they do not use, the use of various indexes relatively balanced some of the sodium furanbrylate, not only that, Ueno yellow powder in the sodium furan benzoate content is also very low, accounting for only 10% of the whole, so it is also a conscience product. Of course, why so conscientious? First, their products are aimed at Japan and some developed countries, and second, they also pay attention to the quality of their brand products and the legal issues involved.
That said half a day is their stuff okay? In fact, no, sodium furanphenylenoate is less toxic, it can also reach the level of moderate toxicity. It's just a little better than furacillin, and the resistance is not so great. In water, it can directly destroy the nitrification system, and it is estimated that only photosynthetic bacteria can decompose it. But photosynthetic bacteria can not be cultivated in the water body, unless you use SH JCL hollow culture fungal bulbs, you can still play, ordinary bacteria house simply can not do. The whole pool of sprinklers pay attention, even if you buy the genuine Ueno yellow powder, you are using it wrong. Look at their packaging, yellow powder is used for medicinal baths, not in the fish tank as soon as the lights are turned off and oxygen is ignored.
Yellow powder usage
Regarding the use of Ueno yellow powder, I need to mention that many senior aquarists may know that in another container with a concentration of 10ppm mix yellow powder, and then get the sick fish out of the fish tank and put it in this container, oxygen off the light bulb bath for 24 hours, theoretically 24 hours, generally 4 hours to see if there is a problem, after all, it is a poisonous pool, or be cautious, otherwise it is not interesting to spend 20 pieces to hang up a 20,000 pieces of fish.
Finally, I still have to mention that if you want to use yellow powder, you still want to find Japan's generation gap to ensure the authenticity, and the domestic can buy almost all fake, and you can't buy the genuine product or try other sterilization drugs. At least I personally feel that the yellow powder thing can't be used, it's not used well, and the whole family is poisoned.
PS: No matter what kind of yellow powder, it is a chemical agent, and the dosage and usage should be cautious. So I still recommend some biological agents with an effect that is definitely not worse than yellow powder, and use biological methods to deal with bacteria, which is relatively the most reliable.
It seems to be written a little long, and I can see this sentence now, and I express my sincere thanks. It's not easy for me to type, you see it hard, if there is help, please run to tell each other, even if the little brother I have made a small contribution to the aquarists.
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