Fresh water dip

[strat]

Hi guys,

how do you perform the fresh water dip?

Prepare a pail of de-chlorinated tap water and put the affected fish for 5-10min?

Do you balance the PH and the water temp of the fresh water?

Thanks!!

[reefer guy]

5-10mins i wont dare... tried fresh water dip before but only for a minute, but twice daily....

[Achilles Tang]

You have to ensure that the PH is the same as your tank or you will stress your fish.

Water temperature is less important but it will be good not to have too much temperature variation.

Some fishes do not take freshwater dips very well.

[strat]

How to make the PH around 8.0-8.3?

Use kalk to raise and vinrgar to lower?

[Achilles Tang]

Freshwater PH should be around 7.

You can raise it up with Seachem Reef Builder which is a PH additive. I guess you can use kalk but you have to make sure its all dissolved as its caustic and can hurt your fish if it enters their gills.

[strat]

Thanks AT.

The PH of my tap is suprisingly high at 8.8!

So need find ways to lower it to 8.1-8.3.

[giantbicycle]

I dare not risk as i have a bad experience with me flame angel.. I dip it into a pail of freshwater in the night and you know what........ I SLEp and forget to change the fish back . And in the morning ,i found my newly bought flame angel . ITs my fault ..

[ryz]

wow. They can survive foir so long in freshwater ah? Surprising.

[Achilles Tang]

Thanks AT.

The PH of my tap is suprisingly high at 8.8!

So need find ways to lower it to 8.1-8.3.

???? So high?? Wow!!! Where do you live?

[Achilles Tang]

wow. They can survive foir so long in freshwater ah? Surprising.

I think he meant it died.

[Tanzy]

I've dipped my clowns in freshwater for 30 minutes before and they seem quite at home after a while. Never use kalk to balance pH. Use Reef Builder in tiny amounts.

[FuEl]

Yea..tried it around 30 mins too for my maroon clown last time...din even bother to adjust the pH..just used dechlorinated water. No problems for me....maybe because my clown was a tough fella. Just keep an eye on the fish and transfer it back when you see it having difficulty balancing itself.

[ryz]

I think he meant it died.

As in even surviving in freshwater for 1 whole minute with no ill effect is surprising to me. Thought they'd die of salinity shock or something.

[ben]

Thanks AT.

The PH of my tap is suprisingly high at 8.8!

So need find ways to lower it to 8.1-8.3.

wow, so high? where do u live? and did u measure the GH and KH? what are the levels?

[giantbicycle]

wha... of course.. My flame angel fainted

[strat]

I stay in Tampines.

I use a PH pen to test my tapwater. Readings are mostly 8.6-8.8 .

That's why initially I thought my PH pen is spolit. Used a PH buffer on the PH pen and it showed 7.

So what can I do to reduce the PH?

I never test GH and GK levels.

Anyone has these kinds of levels?

[arcanehacker]

As in even surviving in freshwater for 1 whole minute with no ill effect is surprising to me. Thought they'd die of salinity shock or something.

you'll be suprised at some fishes.. bigger guppies can live in a saltwater for a whole 12hours or more...

[giantbicycle]

hahah and it will loss its colour after 12hrs of dip