Description:
Kordon Pond Formalin 3 is a convenient, pre-diluted form of formalin (less than 3% formaldehyde solution) and is scientifically recognized as an effective medication for the treatment and control of the diseases caused by fungi, protozoans and monogenetic trematodes of freshwater and marine aquarium fishes.
Kordon Formalin 3 will control or prevent diseases of fishes caused by the following disease organisms: Ichthyophthirius (freshwater "ich"), Costia, Chilodonella, Ambiphyra, Cryptocaryon (saltwater "ich"), Epistylis, Oodinium, Amyloodinium, and Trichodina.
Kordon Formalin 3 is also effective against the common external fungal infections of fishes and their eggs caused by Achyla and Saprolegnia. Extensive literature exists which supports these disease treatment claims, as well as its use in the control of certain external bacterial infections.
GENERAL DIAGNOSIS OF PARASITIC DISEASES OF FISHES The following is a brief summary of the clinical signs often associated with the diseases mentioned above; it is intended only as an aid for the beginning aquarist, and is not to be considered a definitive diagnostic key. It is important that the aquarist consult appropriate references for more specific information regarding aquarium fish diseases. If possible, skin and/or gill smears should be made and examined by a qualified aquarium fish disease diagnostician. Microscopic examination is recommended and is always essential for confirmation of a particular disease. For the clinical signs indicated below, a particular description may b e followed by a specific causative agent or disease in brackets. This indicates that there is high probability that the cause of the particular disease is the indicated agent. It should be understood that different clinical signs can be exhibited by fishes during the course of a given disease and that these can occur not only as a result of the age, sex and species of the fishes affected, but also may be the result of more than one causative agent.