RHAPALA, a freshwater dip is just that, if you dip a saltwater fish in freshwater it would kill off any parasites that are possibly left on the fish, but not harm the fish if done right.

Shad, he has only gone through about half of the ICH treatment (so he is not ALL THE WAY ready for the display). but after reading this post (below) and seeing the fish swimming in circles, and laps ... i think he is under a lot of unneccisary stress, being QTed in a 10gal. tank.

as quoted from andrewr ... "just a little caviat a lot of pros with hippo tangs will tell you to make sure that one is eating well at the store, when you bring him home, float him and then do a freshwater dip and put him right in b/c they are so fragile that quarantining them is harder on them than just putting them in. i think bob fenner and anthony calfo have said this on wwm but dont remember if thats where i read it."