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05-24-2006, 01:44 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Marietta
Posts: 20
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Freshwater Dip
What is the proper way to do a freshwater dip?
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05-24-2006, 01:45 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,594
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Freshwater dip of a fish?
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05-24-2006, 01:48 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Marietta
Posts: 20
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yeah. Like for diseases and stuff.
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05-24-2006, 02:38 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,594
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Just put him in freshwater ro at the same temp and ph as the tank,if he starts to look funny and turn on his side get him out and back into SW fast.
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05-24-2006, 06:12 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: alpharetta, GA
Posts: 2,555
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sounds like a bad idea. ( what if i did what you aid with my purple tang and he did not recover well that $200 bucks down the drain) plus it seems painful for the fish. i wouldnt do it |
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05-24-2006, 06:31 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Originally Posted by thekid55
sounds like a bad idea. ( what if i did what you aid with my purple tang and he did not recover well that $200 bucks down the drain) plus it seems painful for the fish. i wouldnt do it
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Its done all the time by lots of people and my purple tang was $40 
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05-24-2006, 07:14 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Posts: 2,995
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I did this to my clown a few times and it was fine. But clowns are a little more hardier than tangs.
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05-24-2006, 08:26 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: alpharetta, GA
Posts: 2,555
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wow thought it was a new idea! but i wouldnt dare doing it (to scared) but might try with my damsel in my nano if it ever gets sick.
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05-24-2006, 08:35 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Posts: 2,995
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It works, and people do it. The infection can't survive in freshwater, but your fish can for a few minutes.
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05-25-2006, 12:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Smyrna, GA
Posts: 264
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My old tank had an obnoxious flatworm problem so when I pared down from a 75 to a 15, I dipped everything for about 15 seconds except a bunch of LR that I turned into base rock. Fish, corals, rock, all of it. Admittedly, there was only a clown and an engineer goby for fish.
Worked great because the flatworms drop off almost imediately in freshwater and the extra time ensured I was pretty much parasite-free. I had no losses other than a couple hermits that fell off things and I didn't notice right away so they spent around 45 min in the freshwater bin.
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05-25-2006, 12:22 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Hotlanta
Posts: 67
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It works. I did that to my yellow tang. THey can survive in fresh water for up to an hour. My yellow tang had it pretty bad...dipped him for 30mins. He was fine after the dip.
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05-25-2006, 12:51 PM
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Jr. Reef Tank Engineer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 1,081
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What is the trick for adding baking soda to FW to get it to normal reef tank pH? I've tried the FW dip once, adding about 1/2 a tsp. of baking soda to about 2 gal. of RO/DI water and overshot the pH.
FWIW, I've heard about folks putting methylene blue in dip water. It's supposed to help to oxygenate the water and to calm the fish during the dip.
- Michael
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05-25-2006, 02:54 PM
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ONE VERY BIG FISHY
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kennesaw, GA
Posts: 699
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in my opinion i think you should just put a sick fish in a quarantine tank and just treat it for whatever it has....theres to much risk involved in a fresh water dip if not done correctly...either way the fish gets better...just my 2 cents |
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05-25-2006, 03:07 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Smyrna, GA
Posts: 264
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But the fish has to learn.
A rolled up newspaper would affect the pH too much.
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05-25-2006, 03:14 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Posts: 218
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Anyone have any secrets to catching a timid and very shy Royal Gramma?
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