Freshwater dip for zoo

[dominik]

Hi, wan to know how long to dip newly bought zoo in freshwater?

FW dip fo zoo only?

[somebody]

i think 5mins should be good, plus shaking off the rubbish...

i think its good.. yea...

i think keep 1 wk b/w cycyles + 2 more dips sufficient?? =)

just my 2cents ...

[flying carpet]

Dump them in freshwater and go watch your favourite movie.

Just kidding.

I gave mine a good 2 minutes plus shaking.

[Travy]

I'm gonna get flamed for this....

I usually run my zoo colony under the tap for abt 1 min, then followed by a 1-2 min soak.

They will survive, dont worry.

[prec]

i soak them in lugol's solution for 5mins den shake vigorously for 1min den put back into tank.. next day repeat again for 3 days...

[Oceandeep]

wat is lugol solution??

[Maverick77]

Hi guys, what it the FW dip for? Remove disease? Parasites?

Thanks,

learning guy...

[Travy]

FW dip is to kill Parasitic nudis that may hitchhike on the colony.

[cityofangels]

There has been a discussion on FW-dipping zoos.

FW dipping zoos

Hope it helps!

[ozy]

I dipped mine for 15 mins and once a week if i have an infestation.

Nowadays, i don't have any problems, so no dips.

[Flame-Tail]

I'm gonna get flamed for this....

I usually run my zoo colony under the tap for abt 1 min, then followed by a 1-2 min soak.

They will survive, dont worry.

Flamed?? NAH...When I had a nudi attack..I dipped them in fresh water.Followed by putting under running tap.Then back to the dip and blasted with turkey blaster, gave it a little shake and back to the tank.

Now all doing very well. Just one thing to be sure of..When you take them out of your tank, try to make sure they're all closed up.Preferbly under water as zoos when they close they store the saltwater in their polyps.So they can survive out of water for quite a while. In the wild sometimes the tides go very low and the zoos just close up and when the tide comes in they open again.