![]() The difference between a bath and a dip is the time frame. ![]() While all life is precious a hospital tank also doubles as a protective measure for your investment for higher priced setups such as reefs. The benefits of using a hospital tank can not be over emphazised. The main difference between the two is that the dip/bath is an external treatment, while a hospital tank allows the fish to be observed and treated for internal diseases and parasites as well. Dips and baths are the next best thing to prophylactic quarantine. In combination with a hospital tank fish dips and baths can be highly effective in preventing the spread of disease.įish dips and baths will remove external bacteria, parasites, and other disease causing organisms before introducing them into the main tank. ![]() ![]() This can bring the biological filtration to a grinding halt it can use up oxygen and turn the aquarium into a ‘toxic dump’. Many medications and preventative supplements which are directly added to the water will affect the beneficial bacteria. Newly bought fish or sick fish are best observed and/or treated in a separate hospital tank instead of the main aquarium. ![]()
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