Cleaning/Disinfecting New Macro

[Lyss]

Hi All,

I'm wanting to purchases some calcifying macro algae -- Halimeda, etc -- for my display, and have two Qs:

1. If it's calcifying, can you dip it in CoralRX, or nah?
2. If it can't be dipped, could it be given a 5-minute peroxide bath w/tank water like I do w/new FW plants? I typically do 1 tsp of food-grade 3% peroxide per gallon of water. (I also use peroxide a ton for horticultural uses -- most of my houseplants get watered w/a 3-2 water/H2O2 mix in Oct to stave off root rot, and it works wonders.)

Does anybody have recommendations for cleaning/ridding of pests prior to adding calcifying macros to my tank?

 

[MnFish1]

Hi All,

I'm wanting to purchases some calcifying macro algae -- Halimeda, etc -- for my display, and have two Qs:

1. If it's calcifying, can you dip it in CoralRX, or nah?
2. If it can't be dipped, could it be given a 5-minute peroxide bath w/tank water like I do w/new FW plants? I typically do 1 tsp of food-grade 3% peroxide per gallon of water. (I also use peroxide a ton for horticultural uses -- most of my houseplants get watered w/a 3-2 water/H2O2 mix in Oct to stave off root rot, and it works wonders.)

Does anybody have recommendations for cleaning/ridding of pests prior to adding calcifying macros to my tank?

I would not do anything. Except - if you wanted to - give it a fallow period - in a separate tank for 76 days. The reason? I'm not sure that the dips you're describing would 'kill' all pests - and there is a chance to damage the algae.

 

[WheatToast]

I have heard that Bayer is safe as a macroalgae dip, but that’s basically it.

 

[Lyss]

Thanks, both. I'll look into Bayer dip and then decide what I want to do. I'm just afraid of missing something bad I couldn't really see that gets added to my tank, and I'm not sure the macroalgae is worth that...

 

[Subsea]

To sanitize macro a fresh water dip of 2 minutes is good.

If you are terrible concerned with pest & sterilization, then don’t add it.