MitchSutherland
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BROOKLYNELLA STICKY
"To use it as a short dip in seawater, make up a bath in seawater at 200 to 250ppm for 1 hour. The dip component of this treatment regime should be carried out on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 & 11 after each dip the fish should be returned to a quarantine tank to which formalin has been added (see below). For the long term bath component of this treatment, add 25ppm of formalin to your quarantine tank (itโs toxic to some invertebrates and algae, including most coralline algae species, so cannot be used in a reef situation). Remember liquid formalin (which is how you will get it from the chemists) is 37 to 40% formaldehyde and you want 25ppm so you need to add 0.0625ml formalin per liter rather than 0.02ml to get the correct dose."
I was also researching and planned on doing dips, and then returning the fish to a new freshly made saltwater container. BUT by doing a long term bath all the time you save alot less work and resources. SO I like that option much more.
SO a couple questions.
May you help me in finding how much Formalin to dose per gallon for the hour long baths, and how much for the long term in the tank?(37% Formaldehyde) And what kind of equipment to use to measure this accurately?
Does dosing Formalin prevent the tank from ever being used as a DT eventually?
THANKS!
"To use it as a short dip in seawater, make up a bath in seawater at 200 to 250ppm for 1 hour. The dip component of this treatment regime should be carried out on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 & 11 after each dip the fish should be returned to a quarantine tank to which formalin has been added (see below). For the long term bath component of this treatment, add 25ppm of formalin to your quarantine tank (itโs toxic to some invertebrates and algae, including most coralline algae species, so cannot be used in a reef situation). Remember liquid formalin (which is how you will get it from the chemists) is 37 to 40% formaldehyde and you want 25ppm so you need to add 0.0625ml formalin per liter rather than 0.02ml to get the correct dose."
I was also researching and planned on doing dips, and then returning the fish to a new freshly made saltwater container. BUT by doing a long term bath all the time you save alot less work and resources. SO I like that option much more.
SO a couple questions.
May you help me in finding how much Formalin to dose per gallon for the hour long baths, and how much for the long term in the tank?(37% Formaldehyde) And what kind of equipment to use to measure this accurately?
Does dosing Formalin prevent the tank from ever being used as a DT eventually?
THANKS!
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