Whose used this method? Any best practices and or corals to avoid dipping(chalice, monti)? Ive heard its great with nuisance algae on frags and closed up zoas, will it kill aiptasia too? Seems like the cheapest and a pretty safe coral dip but wanna get feed back before making the plunge. Seems iodide as well but id prefer to try the peroxide route any tips would be appreciated.
Hydrogen Peroxide dips on Corals?
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if you want it to live i wouldn't dip it in that haha..
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I did one time on Zoas to try and find why they were dying off. The Zoas didn't like it but survived. After the dip I found several asteria starfish in the dipping solution. I used a 5:1 solution (five parts RODI, one part H2o2 (3%).
Seems like it was 3 or 4 days. Not sure if this was the best option but I was following a thread on another web site and gave it a try.
I have dipped my polyps many times and always with good results. I use a 1:4 mixture for 6 minutes, then dip them in clean salt water before returning. Shake them good before hand so they close up and they will be fine the next day. Maybe even a little brighter.
Ive accidentally dosed other corals. The SPS did not survive ? Xenia melted. Montipora survived but were hurt. The LPS seemed to do OK but I do these with a lot more caution. I cant remember how the acans did.
This kills any hitch hikers and all algae. Although bryopsis will grow back and you will lose any coraline.
Hope that helps.
Ive accidentally dosed other corals. The SPS did not survive ? Xenia melted. Montipora survived but were hurt. The LPS seemed to do OK but I do these with a lot more caution. I cant remember how the acans did.
This kills any hitch hikers and all algae. Although bryopsis will grow back and you will lose any coraline.
Hope that helps.
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even bubble algae? a member gave me a frag that has some bubble on it, ive removed it by hand but it keeps coming back. its on that frag only, no where else in my tank
From what I've seen and read, H202 dips seem best done on the frag plug/live rock chip the frag's attached to, not the tissue & body of the frag itself.
So maybe the best course of general treatment is to dip the plug in H2O2 solution to kill off any/all hitchhikers, pests & nuisance algae, then the FW dip for pest removal (for zoas only? or will sps/lps survive this?), followed by the fresh saltwater medication dip for treatment (Furan-2/iodine/Interceptor, etc) for whatever's ailing the coral?
So maybe the best course of general treatment is to dip the plug in H2O2 solution to kill off any/all hitchhikers, pests & nuisance algae, then the FW dip for pest removal (for zoas only? or will sps/lps survive this?), followed by the fresh saltwater medication dip for treatment (Furan-2/iodine/Interceptor, etc) for whatever's ailing the coral?
I did a full dip for 6 minutes yesterday on 2 zoa frags one 4 polyp and one 12 polyp, both seemed agitated but didn't melt or look worse then they did originally. The algae died and was easy to remove by hand. No signs of reopening in first 12 hrs.