Coral dip

[Myka]

Originally Posted by sobe

Do you gals/guys remove the frag coral off plugs?I understand Sps and some lps can be removed from a rock, What about corals, mushrooms, zoas is attached to a LR especially if it is a large colony?

My tank only has 4 or 5 LPS. For LPS I trim off any rock, and trim any skeleton back as far as I can before dipping in Bayer. For SPS I remove the plugs, dip, and put on new plugs. I have a separate rinse bucket after dipping. Also, for everything dipped in Bayer I have a 5-gallon quarantine tank that I put everything in for 24 hours after dipping. I drop about 50 mL of carbon pellets in the bottom of the QT too. Randy Holmes-Farley mentioned that carbon will absorb the listed ingredients that are left over, but there are some unlisted ingredients that are unknown.