Coral Dipping Products

[dnov99]

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I dip for 15min + depending on the piece.

Revive is very harmless unless it is used on sensitive thin branched acro's.

From my experience anything on the coral is dead within a minute or two. I think 15 minutes is excessive, Revive may be harmless, but it will stress a coral nonetheless, especially acro's. No need to subject the coral to additional stress if everything is dead within 5 min. Everybody has their own routine that works and this works for me.

 

[KT 325]

Can you mix these products together, Revive, Coral RX, TMPCC?

 

[inactive]

I dump revive in without measuring haha... I pine sol my corals. It's flatworm genocide.

 

[cykenp]

I use a mixture of Melafix and Revive. Both have similar smells and have a natural active ingredient, though different. It's done well for me.

 

[subielover]

I also use revive, and swear by it. It is cheap insurance, but of course, it doesn't kill redbugs.

 

[ilovereef]

all the products listed are pretty good, but I would dip the corals upon arrival, put it in a quarentine for a few days, dip it again, and monitor for pest, nothing kills "ALL" pest, everything takes time.

 

[ziggy]

I use Revive and Lugol's.

 

[Lazys Coral House]

I have always used revive. Just recently picked up Coral RX. I think it is the same stuff. They smell and look the same. Coral RX seems to be more concentrated though.

 

[waxy]

I like Revive for general dipping. But I really like CoralRx, it seems to kill just about anything quickly. Its much stronger than revive but just as gentil on the corals. I dont like lugols or TMPCC with SPS, especially acros because iodine based dip can sometimes stain the coral.

I have been doing some testing with fresh water dips and so far I am getting some pretty good results. You must use RO/DI and bring the tempature and pH up to normal system water. The dip is a series of dips for 30 seconds. You can actually see the AEFW fall off the coral and turn from a brown/red to white and die. The FW body structure just cannot handle the freshwater and it immediatley kills them.

However still nothing for the eggs.

You will have to scrape them, that's what I normally do.
Since they're easily spotted, removing those eggs is a breeze.

Another note, revive kills inverts as well.

 

[Breakin Newz]

Every coral I get goes threw revive and sometimes an inteceptor dip... I usually dip them for around 15mins..

Also if the rock is removable from the coral I break it off and throw it out..

 

[inactive]

So, I rescued some SPS colonies from a tank last week and I dipped them all in interceptor for 15 minutes... these corals were already hurtin, bleached etc..... Well, the revive tore them up! Killed the pests but the damaged coral beyond what they were.... they are still alive, but the Karl's CL is mashed up....

 

[curt]

I use flatworm exit and a lugols with fresh water dip.
Doesn't anyone use flatworm exit any more?Should I change what I'm using?

 

[Breakin Newz]

I use flatworm exit and a lugols with fresh water dip.
Doesn't anyone use flatworm exit any more?Should I change what I'm using?

Revive kills flatworms for me, so no need to use flatworm exit... Plus that tiny bottle is expensive!!!!!

 

[schminksbro]

Prazi pro for acros and monties. Kills flatworms and nudis dead. Not as harsh as iodine. I have dipped in extremely strong doses with no ill effects on acros. It isn't needed but I wanted to test the threshold.

 

[Breakin Newz]

Prazi pro for acros and monties. Kills flatworms and nudis dead. Not as harsh as iodine. I have dipped in extremely strong doses with no ill effects on acros. It isn't needed but I wanted to test the threshold.

PraziPro does not kill AEFW's does it? I know someone did a test with no success on killing the hatches or eggs..

I have a bottle here and always though about using it as a dip but never did, maybe I will start...

 

[Acropolis]

So we agree that none of these products replace a proper QT ?

Does anyone use the camel shrimp method ?

 

[schminksbro]

Prazi is a medication intended to kill flatworms in fish. Yes it will kill FWs.

PraziPro does not kill AEFW's does it? I know someone did a test with no success on killing the hatches or eggs..

I have a bottle here and always though about using it as a dip but never did, maybe I will start...