Coral dip

[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?

[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.

[iamfrontosa]

I don't remove frags off the plug. If its the plug with stem, I just clip off the stem with a coral clip. Dip the coral, and glue it onto a bigger coral disk if I need to. For larger colonies, I always tried to dip the whole piece. Then, I just rinse and put in my main tank. I have no QT tank.



I never had any corals died on me with Bayer, and I never followed instruction (on youtube).

[warriorcookie]

I use coral RX, but would love to get some Bayer too.

I always cut the plug and any dead skeleton. I quarantine now too so I can do multiple dips.

Here's a great video on it: BRS: The 4 stages of competence...


And another on the nitty gritty: BRS: Using Bayer as a coral dip

[Default]

I use bayer and iodine dips.

[Trigger Man]

Where are you guys buying Bayer at? I was using it in the States, but have not been able to find it for sale in Calgary. I really liked it and had great results.

[iamfrontosa]

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