JBL Punktol is an effective remedy for the treatment of many single-celled parasites infecting aquarium fish. Small grainy white dots on the skin, fins and gills of the fish are characteristic of the disease known as "white spot disease" caused in freshwater by Ichthyophthirius. In saltwater, this disease is caused by Cryptocarion. The dots are smaller and more difficult to identify than in freshwater. A thin, velvety, bluey-white skin coating in freshwater fish is an indication of infection with the bean-shaped skin blemisher Costia (Ichthyobodo). If the mouth region is carpeted with a white coating, often seen in thread fish after injuries or previous infections, this is caused by the bell animalcule, Heteropolaria colisarum.The following unspecific symptoms may also be observed when fish are infected by the parasites mentioned above, or by other parasites: rubbing against decorations in the aquarium, sticky fins, reduced movement, apathy, darker coloring, increased occurrence of mucous, rapid breathing. Further possible parasites are the heart-shaped skim blemisher, Chilodonella, in freshwater, with its counterpart Brooklynella in saltwater, (mainly infecting the gills), Tetrahymena in freshwater and its counterpart Uronema in saltwater, Trichodina and Glossatella (Apiosoma) in freshwater.
Dosage of JBL Punktol:
Add 10 ml fo 100 litres of water. The full dose is repeated on the 3rd, 5th days etc., as required. Immediately before repeating the dose, 30 - 50 % of the water should be changed. Please do not use filter carbon during the application. UV-clarifier should be switched off.
10 ml concentrate are sufficient for 300 l of water
100 ml are sufficient for 1000 l of water
500 ml are sufficient for 5000 l of water
JBL Punktol
