Forgot to Dip Corals!

Discussion in 'ASAP' started by qualitydaydream, Sep 13, 2011.

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  1. yvr

    yvr Skunk Shrimp

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    To help prevent an infestation of flatworms and other undesirable hitchhikers, I dip all my new corals in Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure before introducing them into my tank. Understandably I get a bit paranoid about introducing things like flatworms into my display tanks.
     
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  3. vegastyle

    vegastyle Astrea Snail

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    I use Coral Rx and then dip into 10-1 ration of H2O2 to to water, helps kill unwanted algaes and critters
     
  4. RubberSideDown

    RubberSideDown Astrea Snail

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    We had flatworms pop up on a new-ish coral (maybe 3 days after we introduced it). We did not have any dip formulas on hand, so we did a fresh water bath for about 6 minutes, with a vigorous shake every other minute. That definitely killed the flatworms, but the poor goniopora took a week or so to recover.

    Now it's plenty happy:
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  5. yvr

    yvr Skunk Shrimp

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    I'm a huge advocate of dipping. I dip all my new corals in TM Pro Coral Cure to help prevent an infestation of flatworms before introducing them into my tank. Understandably I get a bit paranoid about introducing things like flatworms into my display tanks.
     
  6. libog2fish

    libog2fish Fire Shrimp

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    I just picked up I product that seachem released called Reef Dip a coral disinfectant...
    I'll elaborate on the Dips once I try it out in the near future...