Bayer dip

marke · Sep 19, 2014

Bayer as a dip has been used by some with great success for various years now. Wondering if anyone remembers the recommended dose and time? Anyone have negative side effects?

pickupman66 · Sep 19, 2014

Marke,

its all over this forum. Search is your friend.. I use it religiously. I usually do 4Ml per cup of tank water. I dip zoas and SPS. be sure to rinse twize in two seperate fresh water containers.

Reef Pets · Sep 19, 2014

I use 5ml of bayer per cup of tank water and dip for 10 minutes.

zesty · Sep 19, 2014

From my local forum, there are people who don't even measure. The quote is "I just put it in there until it's milky, I haven't lost a coral yet".

There are tons of information on how people are using this dip, it's all varied.

ronnie · Sep 19, 2014

Reef Pets said:
I use 5ml of bayer per cup of tank water and dip for 10 minutes.

I prefer to use 10ml per cup @10min for aefw

I've gone up to 20ml in some testing, but 10 minutes is pushing it at this dosage and can negatively affect some smooth skinned acros.

DRThompson · Sep 19, 2014

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-sps-discussion/100496-bayer-insecticide-coral-dip.html

Here's an R2R article on it. I also use the "eye" method when dosing. I've seen as little as 15ml/gal to more than 10ml/cup; I think most just ad until cloudy then soak for 10 min.

swk · Sep 19, 2014

10 ml per cup for 10 minutes here

Diesel · Sep 19, 2014

5, 10, 15, and 20 ml per cup I tried it all even dipping time up to 30min.
No side effects.
All you need to do after wards is rinsing in a bucket of tank water for a good amount of time.
Make a note, Bayer will kill all and everything except eggs especially AEFW and Redbug eggs.
For that you need to QT your corals and dip every week for three weeks to break the cycle.
Removing the frag plug and applying a new plug will help too to reduce the chance on pest eggs after the dip.

jeremy · Sep 19, 2014

I do 10ml/1 cup tank water. And remove plug.

marke · Sep 19, 2014

Diesel said:
5, 10, 15, and 20 ml per cup I tried it all even dipping time up to 30min.
No side effects.
All you need to do after wards is rinsing in a bucket of tank water for a good amount of time.
Make a note, Bayer will kill all and everything except eggs especially AEFW and Redbug eggs.
For that you need to QT your corals and dip every week for three weeks to break the cycle.
Removing the frag plug and applying a new plug will help too to reduce the chance on pest eggs after the dip.

That's what I am seeing. There is no proper dose? It's all over the board, and it all seems to work? Aa for eggs I can see were they are tough! Question. Do red bugs have eggs? Thought that was a myth? Dr T. Good article!

DFW · Sep 19, 2014

I use 3 tablespoons in 32 ounces tank water for 10, or 15 minutes for acropora. If you soak a coral that is on a rock you have to understand that rock has absorbed some poison that you don't want in your aquarium! Frags on plugs can get a quick rinse in tank water, and right back in the aquarium, but that rock needs to be placed in a separate container with a pump circulating tank water for a while to get that poison out of the rock!