Bayer vs Bio

[xxkenny90xx]

That sounds great. And so just to confirm, do long as it's the complete insect killer it's the same stuff?

Beta cyfluthrin and Imidacloprid are the active ingredients in the bayer that everyone uses

Just make sure the active ingredients are right and your good to go

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

As a side note, you can also use bayer, "you know, inside the body, as some kind of injection, almost as a cleaning"

 

[TDDredge]

new and old labeis

So funny story. I go to my local lowes, and THEY HAVE BOTH, some with the bayer label, some with bioadvanced. Cue me looking like some sort of lunatic choosing between otherwise identical products. After much consulting on the internet, which says that this stuff can go bad after 3-5 years, and research into the merger that happened in 2016, I went with the bio advanced, on the premise that the bayer might be expired. But I examined the labels for ages, and they seem to be the same. Doesn't have a total ingredients list, but the active ingredients part, the bit that matters, was identical. So fun fact, those bayer labels are still out there! @xxkenny90xx

 

[xxkenny90xx]

So funny story. I go to my local lowes, and THEY HAVE BOTH, some with the bayer label, some with bioadvanced. Cue me looking like some sort of lunatic choosing between otherwise identical products. After much consulting on the internet, which says that this stuff can go bad after 3-5 years, and research into the merger that happened in 2016, I went with the bio advanced, on the premise that the bayer might be expired. But I examined the labels for ages, and they seem to be the same. Doesn't have a total ingredients list, but the active ingredients part, the bit that matters, was identical. So fun fact, those bayer labels are still out there! @xxkenny90xx

That's odd, sounds like a big decision! I know it's too late now but heres some pics of what I use

 

[TDDredge]

@xxkenny90xx Yup that's what I've got. I'm definitely being a little neurotic, but I really also want the corals to be happy and pest free, and for my fish and CUC to be happy. So until it's all said and done, I'll be a little bit paranoid lol. Thank you for sending those pictures! I really appreciate all of your input here.

 

[Ace A.]

I just received my 1st set of corals and can confirm this thing really works. I ordered from liveaquaria and put the corals in a container and all sorts of live critters started crawling, fairly good sized and really small ones. Added the Bayer mix, the smaller ones died out within a couple of minutes but it took at least 10 mins for the larger ones. So kept the corals in the dip for 15 mins. Hopefully it didn’t kill them but definitely killed all the visible critters

 

[TDDredge]

I just received my 1st set of corals and can confirm this thing really works. I ordered from liveaquaria and put the corals in a container and all sorts of live critters started crawling, fairly good sized and really small ones. Added the Bayer mix, the smaller ones died out within a couple of minutes but it took at least 10 mins for the larger ones. So kept the corals in the dip for 15 mins. Hopefully it didn’t kill them but definitely killed all the visible critters

I do 10ml of Bayer per cup of water and dip for 15 minutes. It has worked like a charm for me so far.