freshwater dip

My Midas Blenny has been staying inside the rock for about a week, spending much of the time lying on his back, belly up. He often squirms, and his breathing seems laboured. Sometimes, when he squirms, his colour gets very dark. When I bring some food to his hiding spot, he eats a little, but...

Hi all! My female clown is breathing heavy and mostly just hanging around at the bottom of my tank. Did a freshwater dip, and I believe some flukes came out. I thought she'd perk back up after that, but an hour later and she's still exhibiting the same behavior. Is there anything else I can do...

Hi, I got into SFW since January of this year. Currently I am in the middle of DT quarantine due to ich outbreak. I started the treatment towards the end of April, so it's been about 3 weeks now. Currently I have the following fishes (most are small, and a few are medium size) in a 55g QT tank...

After a hard learned lesson I’m hoping this thread not only helps me but hopefully helps anyone else who may end up in this situation or help others avoid making the same mistakes. Never think you can be the exception and that it won’t happen to you if you skip the proper and NECESSARY steps and...

Hi Fellow Reefers, I prefer to give all of my fish that can safely tolerate it a freshwater dip during their 2 month quarantine prior to releasing them into my display tank. I never exceed 5 minute long freshwater dips and remove fish early if I witness any concerning behavior outside of what I...

I'm trying to do a freshwater dip for my new fish that I think has flukes. Was wondering if you can see the flukes coming off the fish or if it's transparent?

Hi all. I am trying to prepare a freshwater dip for my seahorses and can't find a "recipe" for how to raise the pH in the rodi water, using bicarbonate soda. Could you please tell me how to do this? How long after you have added and mixed the bicarb to the water should the levels test...

Hey everyone! I got my hippo tang in Qt. It has these patches on him now. He didn’t have the one on his head till today, he’s been in copper, nitro, freshwater baths and methylene blue baths. Currently sitting in just saltwater for past 3 days. Is it HLLE? I will try get better pics later. The...