Can I do multiple coral dips?

[3rdMoon]

I’ve recently started adding corals to my tank and have been dipping in CoralRx. It seems different dips accomplish different things. Some are for general pests, some are for algae and some are for bacteria. Can I dip in CoralRx, followed immediately by something like Brightwells Medicoral, followed by hydrogen peroxide? I don’t wanna stress the corals too much but I really don’t wanna add any cooties to my tank either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[AcroNem]

it will be pretty stressful. I did it once with a batch of Zoas and Palythoa from indo back in the day. A really expensive group, and as usual they had zoa pox shortly after import. But I also found nudibranchs on them (this was in a coral quarantine system). So I was doing a Furan 2 dip, followed by iodine dip and then a swish in RO water every/ every other night for the treatment period. I haven't done something like that with any other corals in the 16 years I've been keeping them, I just do single solution dips on anything else. My advice is that a dedicated coral and invert quarantine can be very helpful with things like this. Because you're right, a dip is more than likely not getting everything.

 

[scott11106]

I’ve recently started adding corals to my tank and have been dipping in CoralRx. It seems different dips accomplish different things. Some are for general pests, some are for algae and some are for bacteria. Can I dip in CoralRx, followed immediately by something like Brightwells Medicoral, followed by hydrogen peroxide? I don’t wanna stress the corals too much but I really don’t wanna add any cooties to my tank either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

you can do multiple dips but I would make sure to Prince or dip in clean saltwater between and FYI, any dips can stress or affect the corals if you are taking that much precaution I assume you are putting them in a QT tank also?

 

[W1ngz]

I don't see why not, provided that:

-You're obsessive about making sure the concentration is correct for each dip. (Getting one wrong may be recoverable, getting two different ones wrong would likely kill the coral)
-you're not mixing the dips
-you rinse thoroughly between them in fresh tank water
-the water is from the same source (mix each dip in fresh tank water) for each dip, so as not to cause any salinity/alk shock
-the temperature is consistent each time (don't take the water and leave it on the counter/table while the first dip is in progress)

 

[3rdMoon]

Actually I haven’t been QTing the corals. Which is why I wanted to dip for everything I possibly could.

 

[3rdMoon]

I don't see why not, provided that:

-You're obsessive about making sure the concentration is correct for each dip. (Getting one wrong may be recoverable, getting two different ones wrong would likely kill the coral)
-you're not mixing the dips
-you rinse thoroughly between them in fresh tank water
-the water is from the same source (mix each dip in fresh tank water) for each dip, so as not to cause any salinity/alk shock
-the temperature is consistent each time (don't take the water and leave it on the counter/table while the first dip is in progress)

Yeah I’d definitely take all those precautions. I figure since I haven’t been QTing the corals (my QT tank cracked) I should dip them for everything possible before adding them to the DT.

 

[3rdMoon]

I don't see why not, provided that:

-You're obsessive about making sure the concentration is correct for each dip. (Getting one wrong may be recoverable, getting two different ones wrong would likely kill the coral)
-you're not mixing the dips
-you rinse thoroughly between them in fresh tank water
-the water is from the same source (mix each dip in fresh tank water) for each dip, so as not to cause any salinity/alk shock
-the temperature is consistent each time (don't take the water and leave it on the counter/table while the first dip is in progress)

Yeah I’d definitely take all those precautions. I figure since I haven’t been QTing the corals (my QT tank cracked) I should dip them for everything possible before adding them to the DT.

 

[3rdMoon]

it will be pretty stressful. I did it once with a batch of Zoas and Palythoa from indo back in the day. A really expensive group, and as usual they had zoa pox shortly after import. But I also found nudibranchs on them (this was in a coral quarantine system). So I was doing a Furan 2 dip, followed by iodine dip and then a swish in RO water every/ every other night for the treatment period. I haven't done something like that with any other corals in the 16 years I've been keeping them, I just do single solution dips on anything else. My advice is that a dedicated coral and invert quarantine can be very helpful with things like this. Because you're right, a dip is more than likely not getting everything.

My QT tank cracked and I haven’t replaced it yet. But the corals I’m getting today are from a buddy’s tank that he’s tearing down. I’m not sure if I should try the triple dip or just drop the cash on a new QT, set it up and add the corals once it’s ready. And will the new corals last long enough in a bag to set up a new QT?

 

[Dr Jimmy]

It'd be really nice to have a resource for recommended dips by coral type. For newbies. Like me.

 

[Amado]

I use two dips.
I use two little fishes revive and seachem reef dip

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