Bayer Accident

[KingTriton]

Accidentally forget to rinse off one of my frags after a Bayer dip then put it in the frag tank. Anyone else do this without ill effects. No fish in tank. Always something! Lol

 

[Shep]

I might run some carbon just to be safe

 

[KingTriton]

Thank I am. I'm also thinking about Cuprisorb since I have it on hand.

 

[Pete polyp]

Light.

 

[bobbyM]

Without ill effects?? Nope. I've killed off lots of shrimp that way. With Bayer and RPS All Out. I've done it with CoralRX without any problems.

 

[nelson.jdautobody]

i did the same thing with "revive" and didnt have any issues

 

[KingTriton]

Well the sps polyps are out without looking disturbed. I put some fresh matrix carbon in the AC filter as I didn't have the right bag for Cuprisorb. Thanks everyone.

 

[redfishbluefish]

If it's a frag tank that is not connected to your DT, and there are no inverts in there, you're fine. Bayer goes after inverts. So a little residual in the frag tank shouldn't be a problem. However, as suggested, I'd still run carbon to get it out.

 

[Pete polyp]

Bayer actually goes after anything with a central nervous system. I had a little slip up and it killed shrimp, pods etc. The fish swam upside down and sideways for a couple hours but they pulled through.

 

[KingTriton]

Bayer actually goes after anything with a central nervous system. I had a little slip up and it killed shrimp, pods etc. The fish swam upside down and sideways for a couple hours but they pulled through.

How about bacteria?

 

[Shep]

How about bacteria?

Doubtful

 

[Sabellafella]

I cant even tell u how many times ive dipped mari's several times nd forgot to rinse them nd placed into my qt/fragtank/girlfriends tank lol

 

[Pete polyp]

How about bacteria?

Bacteria will be unaffected because it lacks a central nervous system. If you had enough in your tank to cause damage you would have noticed pods floating all over the place.

 

[KingTriton]

Awesome. Good to know.

 

[ifarmer]

Bayer kills shrimps and crabs and most invert.
Happened to me 4 weeks ago. My shrimps and crabs died from it. Tank used to have full of pods right just before the bayer dip and now none.
I rinse the corals a few times after the dipping but there is always residuals left over.

 

[ritter6788]

I got enough bayer residue in my tank I killed my pods, shrimp, crabs and everything. That was during a AEFW eradication. I triple rinse now and if I'm dipping a lot of frags I change the rinse water often.

 

[Pete polyp]

I got enough bayer residue in my tank I killed my pods, shrimp, crabs and everything. That was during a AEFW eradication. I triple rinse now and if I'm dipping a lot of frags I change the rinse water often.

I started rinsing at least 5 times after my slip up

 

[805reef]

I did the same, rinsed twice and still killed shrimps and pods. I think I'm going to switch to coralrx if it doesn't do that.

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

I think I'm going to switch to coralrx if it doesn't do that.

Same potential issues with CoralRx.

Just make sure to rinse well. Bayer is cheaper and easier to find locally

 

[maroun.c]

I'd do a water change and run some carbon. As long as you have nothing but corals in the tank its not a big deal.