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05-17-2007, 03:22 AM
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Black dots could be "black ich" (not really "ich" but a tiny flatworm). If you can give the fish a FW bath (match for temperature) for say 5 minutes and if it's black ich the flatworms will fall off.
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05-17-2007, 04:04 AM
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05-17-2007, 05:04 AM
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People talk about matching temperature and pH, but all I've ever done is match the temperature. So in a bucket of freshwater, mix up hot and cold until you have the exact same temperature of the tank water.
Catch the fish, put them in the bucket, wait about 4 minutes, and then let them back into the tank. If it's black ich, the flatworms basically explode under the osmostic pressure of the FW and they fall off. You can actually seem them fall off, looks like little fine ground black pepper dustings.
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05-17-2007, 05:13 AM
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the duration of a FW dip is not set in stone. If you want to be sure of effectiveness leave the fish in the fresh water for maximum ten minutes. just keep an eye on the fish (DO NOT leave it alone) and if it starts acting too badly (too freaked out, breathing too hard, laying on its side, etc) put it back in the tank.
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05-17-2007, 05:15 AM
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Ten minutes, wow you're brave. The 2 times I've had to do it I never let it get past about 5 minutes, at that point I'm freaking out worse than the fish is!
 I say start off slow, if a 4 minute bath doesn't do it, try for longer in a few days. But, .. like Justin said, it's not set in stone. 
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05-18-2007, 04:27 AM
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ah k. thanks guys. i'm 90% sure it's not black ich tho. oh and when yo uguys say "FW" you mean tap water?
i read this really good post by beth on another forum and it look a lot like "Hyper-Melaninization" what's your thoughts guys? http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=127010 (scroll down)
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