Saltwater Bath or Dip - A therapeutic technique for helping to remove some kinds of parasites from many freshwater fish.
All measurements were made in an experimental setup consisting of a sealed recirculating flow chamber placed in a saltwater bath.
One can treat freshwater fish by giving them a saltwater bath of 1-3%, or 10-30 ppt, for 20 to 5 minutes; one can treat saltwater fish by giving them a freshwater bath.
An almost forgotten treatment for many common freshwater fish parasites is plain old aquarium salt. Used properly, a saltwater bath can be very effective in eliminating "ich", velvet, Trichodina, Chilodonella, ...
 See also: Water, Aquarium, Fish, Species, Freshwater
  
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