Alternative to freshwater dip?
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Is there a reason you don't want to use fresh water? It is economical, effective and much less stressful to the fish than many other dips.
A freshwater dip can also give you an indicator of further treatment is indeed necessary
A freshwater dip can also give you an indicator of further treatment is indeed necessary
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Id do a mix of meth or malachite green and fresh water tbh.. thats what i actually do anyway..
Put the chemicals in fewshwater leave the fish in it for 5 min or so take em out.. rinse em in salt water in another container.. and take em out agsin and put them in qt.. or if you dont qt dump em in your tank i guess
Put the chemicals in fewshwater leave the fish in it for 5 min or so take em out.. rinse em in salt water in another container.. and take em out agsin and put them in qt.. or if you dont qt dump em in your tank i guess
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I’ve not had good luck with it. The fish in particular was freshwater dipped over a week ago and went belly up after 2 min. So no Flukes fell off but I see what I believe is a fluke on him and I need to get it off. I matched ph and temp and it didn’t go well.
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A 90 minute prazi bath would be the most effective IMO.
Is there a particular reason you don’t want to do a FW dip?
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Do hyposalinity then... itll knock flukes off.. and not be as harsh as plain fresh water.
Put the fish in 1.008 to 1.012 and see if that helps eith the flukes.
What fish are we talking about here though ? Some fish csnt hsndle fw dips or hypo... anthias. Wrasse.. some angelfish snd some butterflies will not handle either.
While other fish like tangs and foxfaces and damsels snd so forth ive done fw dips for 10 minutes and they didnt even act weird
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I Have praziquantel powder. There’s no instruction on it for a bath. Would you know the dosing? I can’t get PraziPro where I am.
I tried a fw dip a week ago and he went belly up after 2 min. I matched ph and temp. He’s not a fan. Just have him a 10 second meth blue dip because he also has what might be fungus. Poor fish. He’s shaken but I’m hoping he’ll be ok.
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When you say "belly up", what do you mean? I would've assumed it meant he died (that's how I've always heard the term "belly up" used), but that's obviously not what you're saying happened. Just trying to get an idea of what behavior you're seeing.
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He probly cant handle fresh water the .. i never did hypo on a royal gramma.. but hypo would ve less invasive over pure fresh water..
What makes you think he has flukes ?
What makes you think he has flukes ?
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He had a white clearish spot on his gills that went away after the 2 min freshwater dip. Couldn’t see it in the container. It’s possible it got knocked off onto the net during capture. The gill spot disappeared but another similar spot appeared about a week later on top of his head. The day after a 10 sec Meth Blue dip, the spot disappeared.
He also has a white mouth that has significantly improved in antibiotics. But it’s not gone. And it’s disfigured his mouth now, I fear permanently. His jaw is slightly off to the side and the inside of his mouth, and part of the jaw, is white. It looks like part of his lower lip is actually gone now. I suspect fungus.
He also had white stringy poo for a few days that cleared up in antibiotics.
No flashing. No swimming against the current. Still eating.
