Bettas in blue water

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?

 

I think it's something like stress coat or an anti ich medicine.

-Chelle

 

I've always heard the blue stuff is like anesthesia so the fish are calm and sedated for their trip to the lfs.

 

i think you should just put diazepam in there so they are sedated with clear water!

white spot treatment is blue!

 

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

 

yup, mine is quick cure, i used it and it was a blue. i liked the effect

 

it is a mediction