API MELAFIX Freshwater Fish Bacterial Infection Remedy 64-Ounce Bottle

The large size is a better value. This product is a good fish safe, I believe it is nontoxic, and works well in a planted aquarium.

This medicine really helps get rid of and even prevent ich for me. I have a goldfish tank and getting new ones can be hard because it's not uncommon for them to already have ich or have been exposed to it while in the store. Treating with this when adding new fish can help stop an out brake. Recently I have had both my freshwater and my goldfish tank get ich from new fish after a doing a full daily treatment for 2-3 days I noticed the ich reduced if not disappear all together, then I do a small water change and treat with a little lower dose for several more days. You do have to be careful not to overdose as this can cause fish to die by putting the tank to much out of balance or just from plain over medicating them. It's also not a bad idea to add a little stress coat when treating for ich as ich causes damage to the fish's protective coating. This medicine also helps heal torn and tatered fins and tails.

This and Pimafix, combined with Medi Koi food at the end, saved my koi. I had fin rot on almost 50 fish, stressed out by unusually hot weather this spring. I never had issues with diseases all these years. My pond is dialed in. But thist came on quick and sudden. I have a 16,000 gal pond, so netting the fish is not an option. I used 64 oz of Melafix and 128oz of Pimafix every 3 or 4 days for a total of 4 treatments each. Water foamed slightly with waterfall and aerator but nothing major. Smell is fine, kind of refreshing plus I new it was there and working. I was able to catch a very sick, 16" fish. I treated him in a small 30 gallon holding tank for 10 minutes following the instructions on the bottle. He was near death but came back out of it and looks good today. I made sure to keep a gallon each on hand and I may add this to the pond every spring now that I'm paranoid.

This particular one turns my water white

If you have a large tank with multiple fish needing treatment this is it. I was able to treat a 120gal tank and all the fish are back to being healthy.

Melafix isn't a medication so much as the fish equivalent of chicken soup (for serious illnesses you should look for real antibiotics, fungicides, etc), but it really helps with recovery and being able to buy in bulk is nice. It helped my goldfish heal up after a series of unfortunate incidents including fin rot and scraping up their whole side jumping out of a hospital tank. Also, it doesn't hurt my snails. The foaming is normal, so don't panic if you see that. Yes, even that much foaming. If you use as directed and NEVER administer Melafix to anabantoids (fish with labyrinth organs, e.g. bettas and gouramis), you'll find it's a very useful thing to have on hand just in case. (When treating your fish for an illness, always remember that the key to helping them recover and keeping them healthy afterwards is to maintain good water quality! All the treatments in the world won't fix a poorly maintained tank.)

I frequently have injured fish from aggression in the tank. Every week, I will find my fish having damaged fins, tails, or tissues. But it's no longer a problem now that I found out about Melafix. I don't have to add a lot of it in order for it to be effective. The good thing about this chemical is that it gives my tank a very pleasant smell and of course heal my fish within a matter of a few days. I buy this big bottle because it's such a huge deal compares to having to buy the 16 oz every two months. Even if you don't have any damaged fish, it's still such a good practice to add a little bit of Melafix during your water change to reduce chance of bacteria outbreak in your tank.

I always use this would highly recommend

Works quickly the fish are nice and healthy after their pond became infected because it is so much cheaper to buy this online we now buy it as preventative treatment before putting the koi and goldfish in their pond in the spring.

Didn't really work for me but I've had success in the past.

Used exactly as directed and wiped out all my fish. They ended up with red gills and gasping for air and their bacterial infections were worse then ever after 7 days. Used correct measurements and dosages.

I have used this product before .

I always have some of this on hand to help my fish heal. Great product.