help!!

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

My fish was acting sick so I tried a home remedy of hot water. Soon after it died. I'm crushed

boehm742 · Mar 22, 2014

Home remedy? Hot water? Sick? What? Please elaborate...

joeyhatch11 · Mar 22, 2014

This has to be a sick joke. Where on earth did you hear/read about using hot water to cure a fish illness? FAIL!

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

My local pet co. It looked like it had white dots on it.

boehm742 · Mar 22, 2014

flyingtiger11 said:
My local pet co. It looked like it had white dots on it.

Please, Your awfully brief with your replies....

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

Sorry, this is my first fish. I am trying to learn about what to do but the guy at pet Co does not know much about fish, any help is appreciated.

Marshall O · Mar 22, 2014

What did you do exactly?

Bradsreeeftank · Mar 22, 2014

boehm742 said:
Please, Your awfully brief with your replies....

first i never listen to what petco says, how olds your tank bud?

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

I bought a fish, and put it in a 8 gallon bio cube. It had funny white spots on it and acted weird. I called pet Co and they tolled me to put it in hot water. So I did it and it died soon after. I have had the cube for 4 weeks.

boehm742 · Mar 22, 2014

What kind of fish..?

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

Clown fish

Bradsreeeftank · Mar 22, 2014

Go into petco and tell the manager what happend. never dip a fish in hot water. 9/10 those white dots are ick.

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

Thanks, I will talk to him tomorrow.

Marshall O · Mar 22, 2014

I am guessing they were trying to have you do a freshwater dip. Which I still would not have recommended. The water temp should have been the same as tank temp though, not hot. Please come back on here to follow up, and with future questions.

flyingtiger11 · Mar 22, 2014

OK I will, thanks.

spspirate · Mar 22, 2014

Who ever told you to put your fish in hot water needs a new job.

mike007 · Mar 22, 2014

That is insane I can't believe anyone would give you this advise. Yes you should definitely report this to the manager.

Squishie89 · Mar 22, 2014

Do you have any other fish in the tank?

NanaReefer · Mar 23, 2014

Something sounds fishy here. Personally I'm choosing to believe that no one told you to put a fish in hot water. Not even someone from PetCo. I'm thinking you totally misunderstood the advise. I'm even more surprised that you actually did it!