melafix

I discovered one of my male Neolamprologus Brevis has an injury just in front of his gill on the right side. I moved him to a 2.5 gallon tank that was holding brevis fry until I moved them into a bigger tank today. Anyway, I wanted to treat him with Melafix but mine says it expired 01/2010. Is...

I know the formula: 1 part tea tree oil to 100 parts distilled water. My question has to do with the distilled water. Could it have copper or lead in it or is that just old school distilling.

I've been reading conflicting opinions on Melafix and Pimafix. Do they actually work? Not just for healing nicks and scrapes, but for bacterial and fungal infections as well as stated in the bottle.

BELOW IS A POST I FOUND ON ANOTHER FORUM. INTERESTING INFORMATION HERE. I MAY TRY THIS OUT MYSELF. I see a lot of people on the forum using Melafix and since it is one of the biggest rip offs in the trade (however good it might be) I though I would make a post about how to make your own...