Bag water for dip?

[AFHokie]

Is there harm in using frag bag water when dipping frags?

Sometimes when I get new frags if I don’t have saltwater mixed up and ready I’ll use bag water to dip frags in rather than pull tank water that I don’t have replacement water for. I always rinse in fresh tank water, though.

Since frags don’t poop like fish and they came from the bag water originally, I assumed there was no harm in this. Is that a safe assumption?

 

[radreef02]

Is there harm in using frag bag water when dipping frags?

Sometimes when I get new frags if I don’t have saltwater mixed up and ready I’ll use bag water to dip frags in rather than pull tank water that I don’t have replacement water for. I always rinse in fresh tank water, though.

Since frags don’t poop like fish and they came from the bag water originally, I assumed there was no harm in this. Is that a safe assumption?

The only harm in my eyes is not matching salinity/using tank water to balance it out after the dip .

If you’re going straight from your LFS water to tank water after a dip and they’re different parameters. Could affect the coral

 

[olonmv]

Is there harm in using frag bag water when dipping frags?

Sometimes when I get new frags if I don’t have saltwater mixed up and ready I’ll use bag water to dip frags in rather than pull tank water that I don’t have replacement water for. I always rinse in fresh tank water, though.

Since frags don’t poop like fish and they came from the bag water originally, I assumed there was no harm in this. Is that a safe assumption?

That’s what I do. My LFS usually gives a bunch of water in the bag. I take some out into a cup for rinsing afterward and leave my frags in the bag. After temp acclimation I put dip in the bag and let it sit for the dip to do it’s thang. After, I rinse them in the water I dumped in the cup and then into the tank they go.

 

[olonmv]

The only harm in my eyes is not matching salinity/using tank water to balance it out after the dip .

If you’re going straight from your LFS water to tank water after a dip and they’re different parameters. Could affect the coral

If I’m not mistaken……corals don’t require the salinity match. Inverts and fish are the ones who need to be acclimated to temperature and tank chemistry.