Coral Dips

Bph · Feb 18, 2022

What Coral dips does everyone prefer to use for SPS?

shakacuz · Feb 18, 2022

i use coral rx pro and revive for sensitive SPS. might delve into bayer like some other reefers

SchrutesReefs · Feb 18, 2022

I use Coral Revive, and sometimes Coral Rx. I tend to be less generous with the time the SPS sits in the formula then I tend to be with LPS and softies.

Danroo · Feb 18, 2022

Using revive on all my corals after my lfs advised me to use it. Had few hitchhikers lose in the tank before.

Bph · Feb 18, 2022

The new bayer formula has anyone used this? It smells totally different than the old formula?

mdb_talon · Feb 18, 2022

Started potassium chloride recently and easily my favorite dip ever.

ScottB · Feb 19, 2022

mdb_talon said:
Started potassium chloride recently and easily my favorite dip ever.

I switched from Bayer to potassium chloride a few years ago for ACROPORA only.

Hands down, the best dip for acros. Some of my montipora do NOT like it though.

Cell · Feb 19, 2022

Bayer.

shakacuz · Feb 19, 2022

ScottB said:
I switched from Bayer to potassium chloride a few years ago for ACROPORA only.

Hands down, the best dip for acros. Some of my montipora do NOT like it though.

what do you use for your montis

Duffer · Feb 19, 2022

Bayer

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Feb 19, 2022

Revive is good. I also use Kent reef dip as its iodine based.
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Cell · Feb 19, 2022

Here are recommendations from 2 of my favorite coral vendors.

A Reef Creation said:
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also, anyone getting Acropora, be careful doing dips. Some of the Tenuis and thin skinned Acros can be sensitive to dips. We only use Bayer for dipping SPS corals. Revive and Coral Rx can be a little ruff on them.
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Acro76 said:
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Reef Primer by Polyp Lab is our favorite as it gets the job done and is fairly gentle (I may have accidentally left coral in Reef Primer overnight a couple of times and it didn't kill them).
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Bph · Feb 19, 2022

Has anyone tried the new Bayer fir coral dips , I know they changed the formula?

Duffer · Feb 19, 2022

Bph said:
Has anyone tried the new Bayer fir coral dips , I know they changed the formula?

They did not change the formula, the product was bought by another company a few years ago and it’s been repackaged…same formula as before

vetteguy53081 · Feb 19, 2022

CoralRX
revive

Bph · Feb 19, 2022

How much potassium chloride for SPS coral dip?

Jeeperz · Feb 19, 2022

It's probably just me but every sps that I used coral rx on stn'd, I've used Bayer since.

C. Eymann · Feb 19, 2022

tropic Marin pro coral cure and potassium chloride

ScottB · Feb 20, 2022

shakacuz said:
what do you use for your montis

I am not sure I've found the "best" one yet for montis. I've tried Melafix, Coral Rx and Revive. They are all pretty much the same tea tree oil (melaleuca), eucalyptus, pine oil concoctions.

They will all dislodge monti eating nudis, but not necessarily kill them. So I am still open to other ideas. Same goes for zoanthid dips. I am still open.

But for acros, the case is settled for me. AEFW literally curl up and die in just a couple minutes and the sticks do very well in the dip. 1 tablespoon per gallon tank water solution.