Name: Methylene blue and salt bath treatment for goldfish
Uploaded: 2022-05-24T21:20:56+00:00
Duration: 2 min 46 s
Description: Methylene blue and salt bath Fish dips and baths will remove external bacteria, parasites, and other disease-causing organisms before introducing them into the main tank. Dips and baths are the next b

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Methylene blue and salt bath

Fish dips and baths will remove external bacteria, parasites, and other disease-causing organisms before introducing them into the main tank. Dips and baths are the next best thing to prophylactic quarantine. The main difference between the two is that the dip/bath is an external treatment, while a hospital tank allows the fish to be observed and treated for internal diseases and parasites as well.

The benefits of using a hospital tank can not be over emphazised. While all life is precious a hospital tank also doubles as a protective measure for your investment in higher-priced setups such as reefs.

The difference between a bath and a dip is the time frame. Dips have a limited treatment duration which is not to exceed, while a bath requires a prolonged treatment time.

Dips or baths should be administered for new arrivals or before transferring sick fish to a hospital tank, but are not necessarily recommended for treatments if the main tank is infected. Since a dip/bath stresses a fish it often weakens its immune system. If the main tank is still ‘sick’ this may cause the treated fish to contract the disease quicker than before once returned to the tank.

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