Freshwater dip with methylene blue

[Palmer]

Really? It seems a lot of people use it to treat ich.

Edit- I see by one article your right they say to use a copper treatment for marine ich and velvet. Guess the title of You Tube videos should not be viewed as authoritative

[xenon]

Originally Posted by Palmer

Really? It seems a lot of people use it to treat ich.

Ich is under the skin so it won't do much.

Your best bet to treat ich is use copper or hypo-salinity.

[syncro]

Some good info here:

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...p-process.html

I've been doing freshwater dips on new livestock. Hard to tell if it beneficial though.

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by syncro

Some good info here:

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...p-process.html

I've been doing freshwater dips on new livestock. Hard to tell if it beneficial though.

Thanks that is good info!

So I am not hearing that many people do this on CanReef so far?

[whatcaneyedo]

I've be pretty reluctant to purchase a fish that was covered in a parasite that required medicinal treatment and a fresh water dip. SW fish are expensive and its easy enough to find healthy specimens where I shop. I suppose if you were just given a free fish to rescue it would be worth while. But I certainly wouldn't subject an otherwise healthy fish to the stress of a freshwater dip out of paranoia.

I have however freshwater dipped several tridacnids that were suffering from pinched mantle with success.

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I've be pretty reluctant to purchase a fish that was covered in a parasite that required medicinal treatment and a fresh water dip. SW fish are expensive and its easy enough to find healthy specimens where I shop. I suppose if you were just given a free fish to rescue it would be worth while. But I certainly wouldn't subject an otherwise healthy fish to the stress of a freshwater dip out of paranoia.

I have however freshwater dipped several tridacnids that were suffering from pinched mantle with success.

Thanks for the feedback. From what I have read the philosophy is to prevent problems in the larger community overall by going through this. Personally I have never done this so appreciate your perspective. From hanging around Can Reef it hasnt seemed like a common practice. I suppose those that do quarantine may just wait it out to see if the new fish show's any symptoms before introduction into a display.