Freshwater Dip

if you read, i am not saying you can do it with "all" corals, i said most. If you email bob fenner, he will confirm this..Bob is one the most experienced people i know in the marine field and if if you want to dispell his practices, by all means, email him..

NIko
 
uhh i guess i'll skip out on the freshwater dip for corals....
 
atnixon said:
if you read, i am not saying you can do it with "all" corals, i said most. If you email bob fenner, he will confirm this..Bob is one the most experienced people i know in the marine field and if if you want to dispell his practices, by all means, email him..

NIko
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im not Andy u know me better than that.:)
 
i would actualy have to agree that it isnt a good idea to do freshwater dips on corals, fish, or anything else saltwater. It can remove parasites, yes, and it can kill other thigns which make the fish unhealthy. But the problem is, whatever is wrong with the fish is usualy not jsut on the fish, but in the water. sometiems if you can remove the problem form the fish or coral, it wont come back. But i dont personaly believe that a freshwater dip is the best way to go about doing this. Often times (especialy with fish because you ahve to catch them), a freshwater dip will jsut stress whatever it is out even more so it has a harder time recovering. I have done iodine dips though and that seems to work. It can also stress out whatever it is (ive done them on sps), but they usualy recover okay.
i dont recomend them, but if you do them, i woudl at least try to make the pH as close to yoru tank as possible....
sorry, dont mean to confuse anyone, but it is jsut my opinion
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yeah but im planning on dipping when the fish first enters my tank from the lfs.
 
I tend to agree with Fishieness. I've been keeping saltwater for nearly 3 yrs now and not once have I done a freshwater dip. I certainly wouldn't choose to do it when introducing to the tank and (touch wood) my fish have never had any ailments (let alone ones needing a dip). It seems like an awful lot of stress for the fish which isn't totally necessary but that's probably the softer side of me talking.
 
Just saw this thread and here are my 2 cents. We all know that we "should" QT anything that we get for our tanks. We don't always do so expecially with corals as the extra lighting could be coslty. But if we did as we know we should dipping the fish/coral would be almost a non-issue as there are many ways we can treat them while in qt that we could not do in the display tank. If you buy a fish/coral and think there is any reason to dip it then toss it in QT. Same with sick fish, why dip it in freshwater when it can be qt'd and slowly acclimated to hypo conditions?? I think if we all followed the QT partice a little better conversations like this would be a thing of the past.

My personal practice has been to QT all fish for 6 week (less if they do well or come from a place I trust) and now that I have new lighting on the nano I will be useing my old lighting to qt any corals that I feel need it.
 
All well and good JoJo and its a very valid point, but not every one has a QT tank...Either they dont have the room, cant afford..many reasons why...

Just wanted to drop that one in there...you know me mate...

Niko
 
If one can't afford a 10 gallon and an extra powerhead to at least QT fish they may be in the wrong hobby, my QT ste up cost me a whopping 15 bux!! Of corse they would not be able to QT corals, but most fish (with the exception of large ones) do fine with a 10 gal for a QT.
 
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