Fresh water dip ?

[nanobambam]

Hi all, i’ve got two clown fish in my dt just live rock and live sand put in the clowns after cycling nother further so no clean up crew yet. One of the clowns started to show sign of a disease yesterday its brooklynella according to vetteguy53081 (thanks for helping!)

Link to the clownfish’ video

Due to the fact that its new years day i can’t buy treatment and don’t have QT tank (lesson learned i will buy one tomorrow and set it up

Now for the question i was reading about a fresh water dip and that it could relief the clown.
How does this work (im still a newbie at this)
Do i use RO water for this ? Which temp should it have ?Would this help or would it cause more stress?

For the qt tank i will buy a small tank tomorrow i still have fresh saltwater in tanks so i could set this up pretty quick hopefully. It is better to use new water then water from the DT correct ?

Thanks for reading!! Any help is appreciated !

Gr
Bart

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi all, i’ve got two clown fish in my dt just live rock and live sand put in the clowns after cycling nother further so no clean up crew yet. One of the clowns started to show sign of a disease yesterday its brooklynella according to vetteguy53081 (thanks for helping!)

Link to the clownfish’ video

Due to the fact that its new years day i can’t buy treatment and don’t have QT tank (lesson learned i will buy one tomorrow and set it up

Now for the question i was reading about a fresh water dip and that it could relief the clown.
How does this work (im still a newbie at this)
Do i use RO water for this ? Which temp should it have ?Would this help or would it cause more stress?

For the qt tank i will buy a small tank tomorrow i still have fresh saltwater in tanks so i could set this up pretty quick hopefully. It is better to use new water then water from the DT correct ?

Thanks for reading!! Any help is appreciated !

Gr
Bart

Here is a post I made about freshwater dips:

Freshwater Dips

“Freshwater dips” (FW Dips) are commonly used to dislodge certain parasites from the skin of marine fishes. This is more of a diagnostic tool, and less of a permanent cure. Dips can be used to lower the parasite load temporarily, while waiting for another treatment to begin. Looking at the...

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Jay

 

[nanobambam]

Thats great Jay didn't know to use tapwater as for the temp i do have a tempmeter but no heating element at the point but i assume i can use hot water check the temp for cooling to the temp thats in the DT and then perform the dip ?
Thanks for the tips !

Another question, how would you stand performing the treatment in the display tank as there are only the 2 clownfish ? As the threatment doesn’t use copper and such ?

 

[nanobambam]

Here is a post I made about freshwater dips:

Freshwater Dips

“Freshwater dips” (FW Dips) are commonly used to dislodge certain parasites from the skin of marine fishes. This is more of a diagnostic tool, and less of a permanent cure. Dips can be used to lower the parasite load temporarily, while waiting for another treatment to begin. Looking at the...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

Thats great Jay didn't know to use tapwater as for the temp i do have a tempmeter but no heating element at the point but i assume i can use hot water check the temp for cooling to the temp thats in the DT and then perform the dip ?
Thanks for the tips !

Another question, how would you stand performing the treatment in the display tank as there are only the 2 clownfish ? As the threatment doesn’t use copper and such ?

 

[nanobambam]

Here is a post I made about freshwater dips:

Freshwater Dips

“Freshwater dips” (FW Dips) are commonly used to dislodge certain parasites from the skin of marine fishes. This is more of a diagnostic tool, and less of a permanent cure. Dips can be used to lower the parasite load temporarily, while waiting for another treatment to begin. Looking at the...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

Thats great Jay didn't know to use tapwater as for the temp i do have a tempmeter but no heating element at the point but i assume i can use hot water check the temp for cooling to the temp thats in the DT and then perform the dip ?
Thanks for the tips !

Another question, how would you stand performing the treatment in the display tank as there are only the 2 clownfish ? As the threatment doesn’t use copper and such ?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thats great Jay didn't know to use tapwater as for the temp i do have a tempmeter but no heating element at the point but i assume i can use hot water check the temp for cooling to the temp thats in the DT and then perform the dip ?
Thanks for the tips !

Another question, how would you stand performing the treatment in the display tank as there are only the 2 clownfish ? As the threatment doesn’t use copper and such ?

Dipping a fish only buys you some time, since putting the fish back into the infected tank causes it to become infected again. Also, dips do not remove 100% of the parasites. You’ll need to follow up with a proper treatment at some point.
Jay

 

[MnFish1]

Hi all, i’ve got two clown fish in my dt just live rock and live sand put in the clowns after cycling nother further so no clean up crew yet. One of the clowns started to show sign of a disease yesterday its brooklynella according to vetteguy53081 (thanks for helping!)

Link to the clownfish’ video

Due to the fact that its new years day i can’t buy treatment and don’t have QT tank (lesson learned i will buy one tomorrow and set it up

Now for the question i was reading about a fresh water dip and that it could relief the clown.
How does this work (im still a newbie at this)
Do i use RO water for this ? Which temp should it have ?Would this help or would it cause more stress?

For the qt tank i will buy a small tank tomorrow i still have fresh saltwater in tanks so i could set this up pretty quick hopefully. It is better to use new water then water from the DT correct ?

Thanks for reading!! Any help is appreciated !

Gr
Bart

FWIW, petsmart and many stores are open today.

 

[nanobambam]

Dipping a fish only buys you some time, since putting the fish back into the infected tank causes it to become infected again. Also, dips do not remove 100% of the parasites. You’ll need to follow up with a proper treatment at some point.
Jay

Thanks Jay!

 

[nanobambam]

FWIW, petsmart and many stores are open today.

Thanks for the reaction, i live in the netherlands and all are closed today

 

[nanobambam]

Thanks for the reaction, i live in the netherlands and all are closed today