<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13704906</id><updated>2012-01-21T09:45:47.269-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wonder Shell; Aquarium Mineral Supplement</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ichtreatment.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13704906/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ichtreatment.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Carl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08990418413388950446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_puTVILFyI9M/SO5N67PU8hI/AAAAAAAAAUc/DZJhHSEfacw/S220/Grand+-Tetons-08-TN.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13704906.post-112041537064133441</id><published>2005-07-03T11:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T11:42:30.908-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ich, Cichlid, Discus, Goldfish and Fish Treatment; RO Water Supplement</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Wonder Shells come two ways; regular and medicated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/MedicatedWonderShell.html" title="Wonder Shells"&gt;Regular Wonder Shells&lt;/a&gt; are great for ph, mineral cations (GH), water clarification, chlorine removal and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;font color="000080"&gt;Adds necessary minerals/electrolytes (VERY IMPORTANT!). Wonder Shells may also improve &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Redox_Potential.html" target="_blank" title="Importance of Redox in fish health and disease resistance"&gt;Redox Balance&lt;/a&gt;, which the latest research shows may more important to fish health then parameters such as pH!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Wonder Shells perform this by adding a constant supply of positive calcium and other positive mineral ions that are depleted during Redox Balancing, despite GH tests which cannot discern the ion charge and may show high GH when I reality, these cations are depleted. (see also this article &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumKH.html" title="Aquarium Calcium, KH, GH, pH, minerals, electrolytes"&gt;Aquarium GH, KH, Minerals&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Aids in maintaining a stable ph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Removes chlorine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Great for Goldfish, &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Livebearers.html" title="Guppies, Platys, Mollies, Swordtails, Endlers Livebearers"&gt;livebearers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Cichlids.html" title="North American, South American, West African, East African"&gt;cichlids&lt;/a&gt;, and even &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Bettas.html" title="Betta Care Information"&gt;Bettas&lt;/a&gt;, and more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*An excellent component/tool for re-mineralizing Reverse Osmosis Water.  Wonder Shells continue to add ESSENTIAL positive mineral ions long after products such as Kent RO Right are exhausted. &lt;br /&gt;Recommend use is to add a Wonder Shell in the new RO water container along with &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Seachem.html" title="Alkaline and Acid Buffer for RO Water Use"&gt;KH buffers&lt;/a&gt; and immediate electrolyte replenishers such as the &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Seachem.html#replenish" title="Replaces essential mineral salts removed by the process of Reverse Osmosis, De-ionization or Stress"&gt;Premium SeaChem Replenish&lt;/a&gt; and wait several hours to a day before adding to the aquarium or Betta Tank.&lt;br /&gt;Then adding a small &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/MedicatedWonderShell.html" title="Aquarium Mineral Block for use with Reverse Osmosis Water"&gt;Wonder Shell&lt;/a&gt; (in full or in half) to the Betta Container is highly suggested by aquarium water chemistry experts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Contains Calcium carbonate; sodium thiosulfate; major, minor, and trace elements including magnesium sulfate. Magnesium and calcium been proven to help fish (and humans) during stress and to help prevent disease due to acid buildup in the body.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="4" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;MEDICATED&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;During my 3 decades of aquarium and pond maintenance I worked on many combinations of disease treatments and preventatives. &lt;br /&gt;We needed treatments that were both effective and simple, as we could not be cost effective if we had to make too many return trips to our customers to add treatments. We developed the &amp;quot;Medicated Wonder Shell&amp;quot; during this time. One of the benefits of this product is the steady flow of medication instead of the spikes of medication during traditional medication, which is easier on the fish. Another benefit is the ph buffering aspect of this product. &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumMedication3.html#malachite_green" title="Aquarium Medication Information, Malachite, Analine Green, Victoria Green"&gt;Malachite green&lt;/a&gt; (an active ingredient in this and most other &lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Ich.html" title="Aquarium Ich Treatment, Identification, Prevention"&gt;Ich remedies&lt;/a&gt;) is more toxic at lower ph, but this product help buffer the ph to lessen the toxicity of the medication towards the fish.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Medicated Wonder Shell treats and prevents ich and fungus as well as being effective on many fungal, some bacterial diseases and FW oodinium (velvet). They also can be used in ponds. The Medicated Wonder Shells also help with water clarity and help oxygenate your aquarium or pond. We recommend using them any time new fish are added to your aquarium and carbon filtration can even be continued during this time. We do not recommend using them longer than three consecutive weeks (although they may be used again after 2-3 weeks and a partial water change). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Probably one of the most effective treatments for velvet available, as the copper sulfate and methylene blue not only kill the swimming stage (as in ich), but kill velvet (Piscinoodinium pillulare) in the dormant stage by destroying the chloroplasts. &lt;br /&gt;• Effective for mild to moderate ich infestations&lt;br /&gt;• Effective for true fungal infections&lt;br /&gt;• Another positive to this product is the electrolytes in the wonder shell stabilize the methylene blue medication, making it much safer. While the Calcium buffers the malachite green (which is more toxic at lower pH).&lt;br /&gt;• Not recommended as a cure or treatment for true bacterial diseases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &amp;quot;medicated wonder shells&amp;quot; are especially useful in cichlid, discus, tetra, and livebearer aquariums. Use with caution in planted aquariums (although we have used them effectively with live plants with little damage to the plants). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; You can find Medicated Wonder &amp; Regular Shells at:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/MedicatedWonderShell.html" title="Wonder Shells"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wonder Shells; Regular and Medicated&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above is the &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original and Only Online Seller&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; with actual hands on experience with this product (over 3 decades), unlike all the other sellers that have no idea what this product can or cannot do!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you but your children's medication from a "guy on the corner" that has no knowledge of the product or from a trusted pharmacist??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13704906-112041537064133441?l=ichtreatment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ichtreatment.blogspot.com/feeds/112041537064133441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13704906&amp;postID=112041537064133441' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13704906/posts/default/112041537064133441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13704906/posts/default/112041537064133441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ichtreatment.blogspot.com/2005/07/ich-cichlid-discus-goldfish-and-fish.html' title='Ich, Cichlid, Discus, Goldfish and Fish Treatment; RO Water Supplement'/><author><name>Carl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08990418413388950446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_puTVILFyI9M/SO5N67PU8hI/AAAAAAAAAUc/DZJhHSEfacw/S220/Grand+-Tetons-08-TN.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry></feed>
