All About The Freshwater Dip | Eradicating Ich, Flukes, Lice | How to? WHY?
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2018
- The freshwater dip is a very simple and very effective way of getting rid of common parasites that grab on to marine fish. Get some tap water, dechlorinate it, put it in the tank to achieve the same temperature, pour into a bowl, and keep the fish swimming to get rid of the parasites. ASK ME QUESTIONS!!! Follow me.
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Please give respectful opinions below. It makes no sense to get on here and call me stupid and say my information is wrong. Either way I’ll just delete the comment. If you are iffy on my experience level, I’ve worked at a saltwater fish store for many years. I take care of hundreds of fish Every. Single. Day. I’ve done freshwater dips countless times this same way and it works every time. I do not just pull information out of nowhere and go with it. I speak from my experience at my job and from my home aquarium. To my subs out there, I love y’all ❤️
Brock Leonard are tangs notorious to water if theres ick in it?
Susan Burnett Are they susceptible to getting it? Yes.
Where Petco! Dude come on man. This is newbie information. Don’t teach if you need to be taught yourself.
@@Reefahholic I'm actually shocked you said this shit. WE ALL need education in this subject. So unless you have some good input stfu.
Thank you for sharing this information, very helpful :)
Thanks for the info on fluke removal. The description you gave to see if they came off in the fresh water bath was exactly what I thought I saw floating in the water.
Educational as always thanks Brock 👍
I needed this video really bad! Thank you for this as this video could possibly kill the ich from them when putting them in my new tank!
You have the most informative videos. Once again thank you 😊
Thank you so much for watching 😁
I don’t know why I keep hearing hospital/quarantine tanks are “too expensive”. I bought a five gallon tank, a small heater and a small HOB filter for like $50, that’s really all you need for a QT. If you’re quarantining larger fish it’s not like the costs massively skyrocket either. Yes the fish may feel a little cramped for the few weeks they’re in there but at least you can pretty much ensure they’ll be pest-free when you introduce them to your display.
I'm gonna have to take this into consideration for a part of my quarantine process. I'm always nervous about using freshwater dips for marine fish but I might try it. Not to mention I'll be using this with all new purchases while they're in quarantine and when I have wild caught fish, I'll use this technique to make sure any parasites will fall off before they kill the fish in quarantine or in the display.
Wow, I didn’t even know you can grab a saltwater fish and dip them in freshwater for a minute. I thought they die in jus a few seconds because of osmosis shock. Good to know that they don’t!
Freshwater dip is essential-especially when a Q tank isnt available. The last thing ya wanna do is introduce parasites into the DT.
very informative, thanks for the info.
Thanls Brock , great video will do this today. My yellow tangs have ich
Awesome thanks this video was especially helpful. How often can you do a FWD for ich?
I would not do it more than once a day, depending on how the fish is handling it.
I have an hepathus that as white spots, did cupramine 3 weeks, rally bath, fresh water bath, praziquantel bath, but he is still covered don't now what to do??
I previously had success with freshwater dips. I unfortunately dipped my blenny that was showing signs of flukes. I had quarantined it and added it to my DT, but it was showing signs of rubbing against rocks and it looked like it had a couple grey flukes. Maybe it wasn’t flukes, but I pulled the trigger and did it. He was very stressed when doing the dip, and I put him back and used seachem stressguard. He looked visually better, but very stressed and unfortunately he died at night 😔
Got to say this really worked he remove several parasites off of his body
how long should i put my pink streak wrasse and blue-green chromis in the freshwater?
Does ich x work? What do you know about that product?
How do you get them back in your tank without moving the flukes back into the water also?
Adding methylene blue to the freshwater is great because it aids breathing and has mild anti-fungal benefits.
I assume you pH-adjusted the water?
How many times in a week I can put the fish in fresh water? I did it once a lot of the Paris I did fall off, but he still has some still left and I wanted to know how many times can I do this in a week to remove all the parasites?
What length of time for a first freshwater dip for a powder blue for ich?
I’m planing on getting a yellow tang in the future here soon. It’s going to be my final addition to my tank and I’ve always read to quarantine fish before adding them to the tank but I have no separate tank should I acclimate it then if I see in parasites freshwater dip? What do you think I should do?
Braxton Snider Acclimate him like normal and get a flash light and check him out real good to make sure there aren’t any marks or anything like that on him. If you are feeling iffy about something on him, feel free to shoot me a picture and I’ll inspect him too. I would definitely acclimate him first, then do the freshwater dip, then drop him in your tank.
I noticed my Sailfin breathing kinda fast right now. He was fine earlier I dosed the water with seachem prime then I added tetra safe start and API stress zhyme. Not sure if that has anything to do with it because after that Is when I noticed him breathing hard. He’s also going up to my cleaner shrimp trying to get cleaned so I’m gunna dip him just in case.
Sweet Science All sounds good. Watch your other fish to make sure he isn’t getting bullied.
Any experience using Ruby Reef? Polyp lab medic? A small airstone at a low flow for water movement. How long to keep in dips?
ATF intheHouse Never used either of those. But most medication dips last about 30 minutes to an hour.
I can see the flukes fell off at the bottom on the container, they r white color round or oval shape.
Can you do it on new fish or will it be to stressful
Can you tell me the name of the medicine that you add to a bucket and add the fish for 45 minutes please
just a question, how do they get these parasites?
I woke up today to my black boxfish covered all over in ich and my mocha storm clownfish has very little aswell, ive done a 50% water change all parameters are good and been treating kent garlic extreme since yesterday when i spotted ich a bit, just did a freshwater dip aswell on the boxfish. If yall can help in sending tips
Garlic xtreme is not a medicine its only to put on food
I know that you have to match the pH when doing a dip.
I have added Reef buffer and during my test the color of pH test sample changed within a matter of seconds. My question is what about the alkalinity? Does this need to match as well, or only enough to help stabilize the pH?
I have only been doing this for a few months and I'm still learning. Any help is welcomed. Thank you.
pH is probably your most important because if it is off too much, it can become deadly to the fish. KH fluctuations are not going to affect the fish like pH would.
I had a clownfish gasping for air I’m almost sure he had a parasite but I didn’t have pH buffer. Ik clownfish are hardy but Temperature was the same he’s breathing normal again and his color and eyes aren’t white anymore. Still keeping an eye on him but this could’ve saved him. Brooks videos are great btw
Hey Brock. Is mardel quick cure safe for inverts and live rock?
Steve Ninja No sir! Not at all. Definitely make sure to put into a separate bucket for fish only.
For that, i only put the fish in fresh water for a minute? Thats it?
Good job
When would you fresh water dip vs. running cupramine?
If you have the ability to run cupramine, I'd go with that first.
I got a pork puffer with eye cloud with this work fresh water dip ? thx you
So glad I could help!
Can I add a lil table salt for the fresh water dip procedure?
Table salt??? No.
I fresh water dipped my clownfish at least for times they get relief then start scratching in the sand again i don’t see anything damage to them so i think it’s flukes just purchased some api general cure i hope it helps my 🐟
Brock don’t you need some buffer to add to the freshwater or something ? I want to make sure I’m doing it right cause I don’t have a quarantine tank and not getting one till I upgrade to much work haha but anyways I’m trying to get a rectangle trigger and I heard freshwater dipping is very good so I want to do that cause I don’t want to get anything on my other fish
If you're using RODI water then you don't have to. Water from the sink, definitely needs buffer.
Brock Leonard oh alright so I was good then, already got him now I just need to get him fat like the other ones hopefully that will help him not get picked on from my other triggers
Hey Brock do you have an email. I'd like to send you a picture of my trigger fish 🐟 it's got something in his eye and I'm not sure what it is or how to treat it . I'd really appreciate your help
why not just do the quick cure that you mention first instead of the fresh water dip? My foxface appears to have the flukes and I'm about to try this.
thanks so much!
With quick cure, you're likely to see better results for getting rid of ich, while the FWD is great against flukes.
Very helpful
MarioBoohbah2004 Thanks for watching!!🤘🏽
Hey dude, what about how to add the fish back to the display tank?
Since it’s the same temp. Just put the fish back in. Just like you put it in the bag of water.
Its really good that you show how its done. But it is really important to PH adjust the the water otherwise you my kill it. They don’t take PH swing good they only able to take some point of swing in PH.
Keep up the good work
Puffer s gets ick all the time. But won't bother the other fish I have treatment the water lice and hook worms
I believe this is velvet my friend. Ich is generally bigger like salt grains.
Hey, I took your advice, as I’m trying to treat the little white spots that keep attaching to my clown fish (when they are not on the clownfish, you can see 50-100 of these little white guys stuck to inside of the glass in the aquarium and they are constantly moving) and every time I do the freshwater dip the white spots fall off. I go to bed and wake up and there they are again.....
What does this sound like to you? I have already treated for ich, I’ve done three freshwater baths, and even a 20% water change. My salinity is perfect, and my PH is on point.
Any ideas?
Yeah it sounds like a really bad flukes outbreak. Do you have corals or inverts in that tank? I’m curious if you would be able to do a copper treatment. If you do have corals/inverts, you could try a safe medicine like kanoplex or manoplex. They are a medicine dose for the tank that is safer.
Hey there, thank you so much for replying, no we don’t have any invertebrates or corals yet so it sounds like a copper treatment would be suitable. We do have a crab and a clown fish, that’s all for now.
@@opalatrium3923 is it bc you are throwing the fish that had ich back in where all the ich was at?
@@BrockLeonard kanaplex or metroplex is not reef safe unless bound to a food. Both kana and metro will Kill inverts, snails, shrimp, coral, you name it. Must be ised in food only. And I wouldn't even add it to food workout running carbon 24/7 just to be safe.
My local reef shop told me to dip my purple tang for 5 mins, and didn’t mention anything about keeping it moving. It only kinda worked for the first time but after that it barely did anything for the fish. And it just died this morning, I’ve had a clownfish, a triggerfish died before already. Cost me for about 350$…I guess I just did it the wrong way🤦🏻♂️
What do you do if a pufferfish has ich?
Normally medication is the route to go as they do not handle the dips well.
How long are you keep the fish in freshwater?
Not long, 1-3 minutes max. Depending on how well the fish is handling it. Some can go longer.
How long should I put my fish in freshwater??
Lorenzo Cont Depends on how well they are swimming in it. Some only go for 30 seconds and others can go a couple minutes.
I just did my coral beauty angelfish.... he was starting to rub against stuff in the tank.... hed swim up cock kinda sideways then haul ass scratching his side against stuff...after some research flukes was my conclusion... 5 minute dip and he seems fine... Now with a really bright light I dis see what looked like little specs of sand... most were white-ish one was reddish brown.... anyways I just swooped him up and dropped him back into the tank and he seems fine
How do you get rid of the flukes and ich that are still in your tank? I know dipping the fish in freshwater clear it from the fish but they still remain in the tank.
Fallow period for at the very least- 76 days. No fish in the tank that has the parasites. Put infected fish into quarantine tank, they can live in the tank just fine until the fallow is over.
@@leilan5038 76 days or 7-6 days?
@@johnjanaan3486 76 days at very least
@@johnjanaan3486 it’ll kill all the parasites / bacteria that feed off of the fish and need fish to survive.
@@leilan5038 thanks for the info..do i need to remove the snails and hermit crabs from the tank too?
Thanks a lot men I did it right know and my clownfish lose the marine velvet it had
Funtime foxy World so happy to hear that!!!🙌🏽
If you put us back in the same tank it will get it gain along with all the fish in that tank
quepiid I only have the clownfish I don’t have more fish also it is a designer clownfish that was sick from the store and I decided to buy it and I didn’t put the clownfish directly into the aquarium
I like your videos, and they're quite informative... however, I'd highly recommend quarantining fish. A used 10-20 gallon set-up cost about as much as a new fish so the cost isn't bad at all. For me, I quarantine all fish for about 6-8 weeks in a 20 gallon prior to adding them to my display tank. All fish get a 45 minute freshwater dip with formalin right off the bat and then two prophylactic treatments for internal parasites while being quarantined. Then they are observed for several weeks and added if there are no signs of trouble. Always safer to take care of problems before they ever enter the main tank.
Keep up the videos!
mike collins where did you pickup the medicines? especially for the latter?
@@mogtrader8 - The Formalin I bought on Amazon and the Prazipro (for worms and flukes) I purchased at a local fish store. Both are rough on oxygen levels so I add an air stone to mitigate that and just a small pump for circulation. Those are my go-to's but, if the fish isn't putting on weight, I add Metronidazole to it (it may say that right on the box or you might have to look for it in the ingredients--which it's be close to 100%.)... also at the LFS for me but I understand that in some places outside the US, it may require a prescription. The prazipro (praziquantel) is technically for internal parasites--but I believe it's specifically just for internal worms. Others may exist and need the additional Metro which seems to be more broad based in what it treats. Also, the prazipro is an appetite suppressant so I don't add it until after the new fish is eating well.
@@mike2687 Thanks for the tip. I gotta try to do this as well. Do you add some copper to treat ich?
@@mogtrader8 - I don't use it but am not opposed to it... must be aware of the dosing and, even at low to moderate dose, the pygmy angels, lion fish, butterfly fish and some others are quite sensitive to it--I like it for hardier fish but still don't use it. I also like hypo salinity too and it's much easier going on the fish but in both case, the copper and hypo can mask ich down to non-visually detectable levels and I could unwittingly add it to my main tank. This is why I opt for TTM (tank transfer method--this requires two QT tanks)--it's a debated practice but my fish have responded well to it and have only lost one fish and I think it was a fluke incident--QT'd a Diamond Goby and a Flasher Wrasse at the same time... the flashers coat themselves in a mucus each night and the goby ended up with a mouthful that he couldn't get rid of... I tried again with another Diamond Goby by itself and it did great. It's a disciplined process that can be stressful if done incorrectly but, done right, it's hard to beat for the results and it doesn't use any toxic copper along the way. There's some really good articles on the Reef Central forums that promote it and speak against it allowing you to determine if it's a good choice for you.
I’m really glad you go to that extent to treat them because most people don’t. You follow just about the same steps we use up at the shop. Thanks for always watching my videos!!
So just use 100 percent fresh water… how long can the fish live in freshwater?
I never kept them in it for long. Most baths were 1-3 minutes. Its really up to how well the fish is handling it
Can it remove marine velvet
Velvet would require additional medication
I am about to try Paraguard directly into my 80 gallon Fowlr. No evidence of external parasites but fish keep flashing through the water column, like they are being bitten or are itchy.
Any thoughts?
Hmmmmm you don’t feel any tingling when your own hand is in the tank do you?
@@BrockLeonard Thanks for replying Brock.
Not really. No more than the slight tingling I normally get from salt water at the beach.
@@Whaleydavey how have the fish been eating? Maybe get some medicine that you could mix in their food.
More specifically, vitamins.
@@BrockLeonard I already put praziquantel medication in the water for internal parasites.
Is there a medication you can add to food or external parasites?
How long do we put it in
amar hkicks How long do you put the water in to get the same temp? Bout 10 minutes.
Depends on what the fish can handle and how big the fish is....
Ticking them at the tail lol
Hey brock, is freshwater dipping effective against internal parasites?
No! You would need to use medication like kanaplex or metroplex and add it to frozen food, use a product called seachem focus to bind the bed to the food. Makes it so the meds don't just wash off the food. Also makes it more palatable for the fish.
@@VikingsFan27wouldn’t those meds kill shrimp and star fish ?
I usually freshwater dip all of my corals before putting them in my tank. I usually leave my Zoa's in freshwater for 10-15 minutes before putting them in my display tank.
Fresh water dip is it okay to saltwater fish? Is there anything do i need to add to the fresh water before i put an infected fish with ich?
Wow! For corals I would use a actual coral dip like coral RX or Bayer. I don't think I would dip coral in fresh water.
@@VikingsFan27 that was a couple years ago. I use actual coral dip now.
FAM! I owe you, this just may have possibly saved my clowns. Yea it is rough on the fish but, so are these parasites. Thanks again. 👊🏿
SO GLAD I COULD HELP
RO water is a must when freshwater dipping. You can get it at a local fish store aka LFS as its $1 or ¢50 pet gallon. Your welcome comment readers. ;)
How long do I dip the fish
Michelle Rosado 5 minutes for fluke. 10 minutes for ich.
Michelle Rosado Sam’s right. Just pay attention to how well the fish is handling it. If they are swimming a lot and breathing okay, they are doing okay.
Sorry, missed that....1-3 minutes in freshwater dip. Got that.
Hello my tank ich how you take care that inside my tank
jluu saltwater aquarium first question, does your tank have corals?
Yes have a lot of corals...
jluu saltwater aquarium Major water changes are a great way to get rid of it but can be very costly and time consuming. Water changes up to 50% once a week to help lower the parasite growth in the tank. Another method is treating the fish that are spreading it like the video. There is also a method called hyposalinity, but will hurt corals and inverts. It’s where you add a lot of freshwater to lower the salinity. This however is best only in tough predator tanks where the fish can handle it. See if there is any reef safe chemical that you can buy.
@jluu best way to get rid of the ich in your tank is to Qt all your fish, the ich needs fish to survive, so the best way ia the fallow method, meaning no fish in your tank for 76 to 80 days..
longer the vid the more helpful
Hello i have a yellow tang that I've had for 2 months its breathing quite fast no signs of ich or anything what do i do?
Anyone being aggressive toward the tang in the tank?
@@BrockLeonard no i have a powdered blue thats about the same size and a blue tang thats like 2 inches and they are all very peaceful havent seen any aggression for over 3 months
@@Booneville2024 I watched the fish for about 35 minutes from a far. The powered blue was stressing out the yellow tang big time. When no one was around the tank. Got rid of the powered blue 7ish months ago and yellow tang is no longer stressed. I thought a 5ft tank would be plenty to defuse aggression but guess not.
Hi Brock what is the name of your Instagram account / page so I can follow you. Thank you
brocklee95, should be in the description of the video too if that's easier
Could you do this for a flame angel?
Joey K G yes
What was that quick cure called?
Joey K G Mardel Quick Cure
My fish died because of ich im so sad ;(
BTW, people, the purpose of the freshwater dip is to take advantage of a fish's much better resistance to osmotic shock than the parasite's. Some fish are more sensitive than others, though.
I can't imagine having a reef tank without extensive quarantine. The whole reef tank can't be treated safely, so one needs to do it early, when the fish is small and one at a time. THEN a small tank will be fine for a month of quarantine and treatment.
As far as the price of an "expensive" $29 Walmart 5-gal starter "quarantine" tank, like all QTs, they're "too expensive" until all your fish die out in your main display--and then they become a real bargain. Good luck. (Seriously, without a QT, a lot of one's fish keeping becomes a matter of just plain dumb luck.)
Iewch, Flewkes
U put a saltwater fish in freshwater and he survived that's crazy
I tried this on my yellow tang and my one spot foxface and it killed both of them😖
Johnny Carreiro Was anything wrong with them?
Sorry to hear Johnny, if you do it for too long it can kill the fish..
Poor Powder Blue Tang!
The best way to freshwater dip is to use the water of a freshwater African cichlid tank, it would be safest, similar ph, temperature and no chlorine.
Liam But yea that is really good thnx
Yep thats true but not many have a fresh water tank but great advice liam
First
Stop buying Petco fish.
I’ve seen Petco fish with disease, also seen fish at reputable shops with disease .
I bought 4 marine fish from petco all completely healthy. Then bought one from a reputable shop that claimed to treat all their fish ahead of time and guess what. Infected the whole tank. So it really depends on the state if the fish when buying. That's it!
Let them rest. Don’t mess with them when they are in the freshwater. You are stressing them out more
quepiid I don’t think that would work as if you let them rest they would absorb even more freshwater so if you agitate them to swim the freshwater would be filtered in and out quicker.
you want them swimming around so the bugs can drop off them
ongkkb 123 Exactly.
edwin morgado Yes!!!
ongkkb 123 no. They die in the freshwater. You do not need them swimming to do it. But I was really commenting on him say that you need to keep messing with them because them laying on their side is stressing them out. Moving them is stressing them out more.