Moving day

actually, right on both counts. but quarantine needed to protect indoor fish.
I would do a salt dip first, in a couple days do a peroxide dip and a day later do PP
or QC every other day 3X. feed antibiotic food for a week to 10 days. coming in is
very stressful just having to turn around when swimming all the time. keep eagle eye
on fish. Ingrid

Donald Kerns wrote:

wrote:

did you do the cleaning up when coming in from the pond?


My apologies. My assumption was the cleaning of the fish was to prevent
pond cooties from getting to the indoor fish. Instead it is to prevent
pond cooties from overcoming the fish in the new, less than natural
indoor environment.

Given that he's already in, what of the clean up still makes sense. (I'm
assuming that I'll need to sterilize the tank.) Fortunately I have a
couple more Penguin 170 biowheels in active use...

Help Ingrid?

-D



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how does a salt dip work exactly - whats a good procedure?

Geezer From The Freezer wrote:

how does a salt dip work exactly - whats a good procedure?

"http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/treatment/trtmnt.htm#SALTDIPS"

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that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law

it strips off the slime coat and with it parasites. then a bit of salt in the water
and the fish starts making new slime. slime contains both antibody and
anti-microbial proteins. Ingrid

Geezer From The Freezer wrote:

how does a salt dip work exactly - whats a good procedure?



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dk wrote:
(I'm assuming that I'll need to sterilize the tank.)

Ingrid wrote (at some point in the past...):
It is not a good idea to put the fish back into the tank they came from
until that tank is cleaned out or treated first for parasites.

Betadine (10%) I presume?

How many rinses before it is safe to put the fish back in?

-D
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that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law

yeah... or light bleach solution, like 1:10 dilution and then rinse like crazy. I
use betadine cause it is so easy and much less toxic to me when I use it. Ingrid

Donald Kerns wrote:

dk wrote:
(I'm assuming that I'll need to sterilize the tank.)

Ingrid wrote (at some point in the past...):
It is not a good idea to put the fish back into the tank they came from
until that tank is cleaned out or treated first for parasites.

Betadine (10%) I presume?

How many rinses before it is safe to put the fish back in?

-D



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