Dipping fish and corals

[Myka]

After reading poor my2rotties thread about the flukes, I think it's a great time to start a thread about dipping. If you dip, what products do YOU use, in what concentration, and for what length of time on your corals and on your fish? What parasites or diseases do you believe your product is effective against?




I dip fish in PraziPro. I use the recommended amount as per the label, and dip for 15-20 minutes. I don't have the bottle in front of me, but it works out to be very little in a litre of water...like a 1/4 of a drop or something ridiculous like that. I would like to think this rids my fish of external parasites, but I honestly don't think the concentration is high enough to do anything. I would like to find something that rids of internal parasites, but I think a full treatment in a QT would be required for effectiveness, and I don't QT because my tank is small and there are few fish. I'm interested to try out the medicated fish foods though.

I used to dip my fish in freshwater for 12-15 mins with matched pH, but found it very stressful for fish, so I quit doing that.

I don't do anything to my corals. I used to dip in a mild iodine solution (as per bottle instructions on Lugol's Solution), but I lost too many corals. So now I don't dip corals I just inspect them very closely.