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Necturus disease

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robin

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I have a question about necturus.It seems that the necturus that i house are starting to get a body fungus, much like fish. How do i help this?
 
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jennifer

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The standard treatment for body fungus for axolotls and other fully aquatic species is salt baths. You can find information about this treatment by searching the archives of the axolotl forum. I can send you articles from the axolotl colony website, if you need more scientific info.

This might help:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/salt.shtml
If you need a "household" recipe, see the addendum at the end of that article.
 
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scott

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wouldint the tetracycline pills that they sell for fish work as well? im pretty sure they dont have any copper in them so they would be safe for amphibians
 
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joan

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Tetracycline is an antibiotic, it doesn't work against fungus.
 
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