From: http://www.biocompare.com/itemdetail...List=744,11097 :
Ok, this product will effect your filter bacteria but you can compensate by doing more water changes and relying on plants. You must do water changes regardless as as the drug breaks down it will form toxic compounds. The odds are your fish's liver and kidneys will also metabolize it to toxic compounds that are excreted.An aminoglycoside antibiotic effective against most gram negative and gram positive bacteria. Interferes with initiation, translation, and elongation by binding to ribosomes, thereby causing misreading of mRNA; also a phospholipid inhibitor. Effective working concentration of 50 mg/mL. Store at room temperature; stable at 37°C for 5 days.
From http://neomycin.drugs.com/:
For "tell your doctor" insert tell your vet...Neomycin may cause damage to the kidneys and/ or nerves... Tell your doctor if you experience decreased urination, hearing loss, ringing in the ears, feeling of fullness in the ears, dizziness, numbness, skin tingling, muscle twitching, or seizures which may be signs of kidney or nerve damage.
I understand that is also does not play nice with vitamin B-12 in the mix.
So it will probably cause deformed fishies...Neomycin is in the FDA pregnancy category D. This means that it is known to be harmful to an unborn baby. Do not take neomycin without first talking to you doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnant during treatment.
My opinion: don't use it unless you have to. It is not a "quick fix" to your problems.
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