A freshwater dip (for marine fish) or a saltwater dip (for freshwater fish) will often help, as the parasites are less resistant to such changes than the fish. A formalin bath or copper may also be useful.
Fresh water dips for saltwater fish and saltwater dips for fresh water fish will dislodge some external parasites. Length of dips will vary per species; usually three-five minute dips will suffice, remove fish if they go into extreme distress.
8 teaspoons = 1.04% of a gallon
So it takes 24 teaspoons of salt per gallon to make a 3% medicinal saltwater dip solution.
Or to make it easier to understand, it takes approximately 770 teaspoons to equal a gallon ...
 See also: Water, Fish Disease, Gill, Fish, Gills
  
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