Dip Confusion on WWM?
Dear Bob, I was perusing WWM to learn what I can about dips. I’m sure you don’t remember, but I asked a few weeks ago for some advice about dipping a newly purchased Atrosalarias fuscus rather than quarantining it, and you advised that rather than quarantine it I should dip with pH adjusted FW dosed with formalin. So I finally found my brown Combtooth blenny today (been looking for weeks at my 4 LFS and this is the first time I have seen one) and am sitting here trying to ensure that I do this right while he is acclimating. I have some RidIch+ (11.52% formalin/malachite green) that I intend to use as directed. I know I won’t get a response before I dump him in the tank, but . . . What I found confuses and worries me (that I’m not doing the right thing): In the Dips/Baths article of WWM (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dips_baths.htm), I see the following admonition: “4) Formalin and formalin/malachite solutions are probably too dangerous and may well be disallowed by law in your area, they
