Jamie, the coral has been declining for a while, so I moved it to a lower light area. It still continued to fade, so I decided to dip it tonight. It's polyps were extended, but only a fraction of what it used to be like. Some branches were almost white. I used about a liter of tank water and added ~2ml of tincture of Iodine (bottle says B.P. 2.5%). I dipped the coral in this for about 1 minute while splashing with a turkey baster. It was then returned to the tank.
So far it is a bit slimey, although some polyps are starting to come out again after about 30 minutes. This has been typical of the previous dips I've performed.
All this will do is buy the coral a bit more time, as it will become re-infested with the bugs. Lesson to be learned is dip BEFORE putting it in the tank, not after.
The idea of dosing my whole tank has crossed my mind, although that would kill all microfauna, not just the bugs. I hate these bugs!!
