> Duncan: I can't answer your question, but I can give you some facts and > suggestions that may help. Fist, the level of CS and CC (colloidal copper) > for swimming pools suggested from the reading I've done is: 40 PPB CS and 300 > PPB CC. In addition, I recall references where it was suggested that there is > germicidal activity as low as 1 PPB for CS. So why not start out at 1 PPB CS > and say, 5-10 PPB for CC on one or two inexpensive fish in a separate tank > and see what happens. After that, ratchet it up a little and continue your > observations. Roger
>From my experience with keeping fish, it isn`t always bacteria that kills them, it is usually the build up of ammonia from feces, urine and rotting excess food that does `em in. That`s why we have the bacterial filtration, as it breaks down the ammonia into nitrates, and then into nitrites, which are OK for fish. CS will kill off the bacterial filtration, so I`d suggest keeping a sick fish in a small hospital tank with CS in it for a short time, then returning it back to the main tank. Or else you can keep CS in the main tank, and do a water change every day! Marsha -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
