It CAN Happen to you

Ephraim · #1 05-19-2009, 04:44 AM

Well i got to dipping the affected corals and the peices adjacent to them. Only the ones showing bites had the worms on them as near as i could tell.

I tossed my valida as the whole base was egg city, fragged a few tips off of it to see if i can save. Dip used was kent, couldnt find any betadine today so i grabbed this to try out. Stunned the worms, did not kill them, at the reccomended dosage.

took some pictures, will post them up in the AM. I was shocked at the size of some of these monsters, alot bigger than expected.

Snappy · #2 05-19-2009, 07:00 AM

Before introducing new corals to my system I use Tropic Marin and/or Sea Chem iodine dips, they work pretty well.

As an alternative you can always try this camel shrimp cleaning tank idea.
http://www.korallen-zucht.de/index.p..._id=52&clang=1

Ephraim · #3 05-19-2009, 04:11 PM

As promised, here are some pictures, sorry for the poor quality.

picture of coral base with tons of eggs

Another base shot

In the bucket after a dip, penny for size reference

Look at all this stuff knocked off with the dip

my2rotties · #4 05-19-2009, 04:56 PM

When I did our dips, I did have an odd looking snail come off of one of the corals... now that I saw Snappy's post, I have an ID which is not a very good one. I have the 90g tank in the basement and will try the shrimp idea. We did dip everything in Revive prior to putting them into the tank, so I am not entirely sure what went wrong. I will be Qting corals from her eon in... I just think I will stop buying any coral for quite some time until I get this under control.

When we pulled the corals the other evening, we did find eggs hidden in one of the bases that probably were sheltered from the dip to a certain extent, like GSP had mentioned. I am glad I was able to learn from what happened, and if it was not for this post, I would still be struggling with this.

Ephraim · #5 05-19-2009, 05:16 PM

Also i think i pinned down who i got these from. I visited the suspected LFS yesterday and took a gander in thier sps tank, all the remaining acro peices are bit to shreds.

my2rotties · #6 05-19-2009, 05:23 PM

I have pinned down whom they came from as well. I just don't know if I should make mention of it. I also need a better dip for all corals at this point, since I used Revive at the beginning, and it did not help. This is a great store but I don't want them thinking I am making accusations but do want them to know.

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Originally Posted by Ephraim

Also i think i pinned down who i got these from. I visited the suspected LFS yesterday and took a gander in thier sps tank, all the remaining acro peices are bit to shreds.

Ephraim · #7 05-19-2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

I have pinned down whom they came from as well. I just don't know if I should make mention of it. I also need a better dip for all corals at this point, since I used Revive at the beginning, and it did not help. This is a great store but I don't want them thinking I am making accusations but do want them to know.

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