Question on blueish water from shipped fish.

[honu808]

What is in the water when you recieve shipped fish causing the water to be blue? Is it medication? Sedation?
If its medicated water is qt still necessary? If qt is still necessary, why medicate and cut that cost from the process and present the hobbiest cheaper prices?
Just curious.

 

[silverado61]

I don't know much but I do know its not sedation. They couldn't survive the trip if they were sedated.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I wish I knew. I know copper is blue but if the water is blue that's enough to kill a fish. Malachite green can look blue and its a type of medication. I'm interested in finding a real answer too.

 

[jay0705]

There is a blue additive used w keeping bait fish alive, but thats fw

 

[beth]

Please contact SWF directly with this question. If I were to guess (and that is all it would be--a guess) it is a product containing methylene blue since there could be direct benefits to a highly stressed fish in transit as well as reducing ammonia/nitrite in the water bag. Such an additive does not eliminate the need to fully QT new fish. It is solely to improve quality of life in transit.

 

[honu808]

Thats good enough info for me Beth.

 

[beth]

Thats good enough info for me Beth.

Actually, I missed typed nitrate which should be nitrite.....quite significant.