NANFA-L-- Clove Oil


Subject: NANFA-L-- Clove Oil
From: Bob Culler (rangerbob-in-optidynamic.com)
Date: Sun Aug 08 2004 - 22:56:21 CDT


At 02:39 PM 8/8/04 -0400, Bob Bock wrote:
>Hi Peter. You said clove oil also knocks fish out temporarily. Can it be
>used as a short term tranquilizer, say, for fish photography? What
>strength would it have to be?

Going on memory, the dosage is .25 to .50 ppm clove oil in water. I have
used it several times on larger fish (sunfish and suckers) for anesthesia
in parasite removal or other minor surgeries. The fish turn belly-up in
about 3-5 minutes. Once the desired state is achieved, I do whatever I need
to and return the fish to fresh water. They recover in about the same time
it takes to knock them out.

Ranger Bob
rangerbob-in-optidynamic.com
Holston R. Drainage
Kingsport, TN
"The power of humans to degrade the natural world is awesome; the
capability to reconstitute it later is mythical."

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: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 12:24:18 CDT