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Bettas in blue water



 
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ILoveGreatDanes
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:31 am    Post subject: Bettas in blue water Reply with quote
Why is the water blue in those little containers that they ship betta fish in? What exactly is this? Something just to make the containers fancier so that they stand out and people want to buy them...or is it something else? Its not food coloring is it?
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t_chelle16
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think it's something like stress coat or an anti ich medicine.

-Chelle
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tina1
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've always heard the blue stuff is like anesthesia so the fish are calm and sedated for their trip to the lfs.
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3_second_memory
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2004 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i think you should just put diazepam in there so they are sedated with clear water!

white spot treatment is blue!
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OneWolvesDream
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2004 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
its a form of treatment. all treatments (well most) have coloring. my ick makes the water blue but good question!!
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t_chelle16
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2004 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
OneWolfsDream wrote:
its a form of treatment. all treatments (well most) have coloring. my ick makes the water blue but good question!!


Most ich medications contain methylene blue or malachite green which are both dyes (I used them all the time in my microbiology class).

-Chelle
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OneWolvesDream
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2004 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yup, mine is quick cure, i used it and it was a blue. i liked the effect
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Fish Addict
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2004 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
it is a mediction
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