jschultzbass
Valuable Member
I'm going through something similar right now. Was going to upgrade tanks anyway so hopefully I can get rid of it. For SPS corals, how do you get the dino off them when you transfer over?
Dino 1 Man 0: Help Please
- Thread starter Pikemartin
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Dip em. Coral dip that is.
OP
OP
Pikemartin
Active Member
Reefing madness:
So when I transfer the Zoas to the QT what coral dip do I use to rid the dino before placing them in there?
Same with hermits/snails? The shells have alge on them. Or should trade them into LFS for in store credit?
So when I transfer the Zoas to the QT what coral dip do I use to rid the dino before placing them in there?
Same with hermits/snails? The shells have alge on them. Or should trade them into LFS for in store credit?
OP
OP
Pikemartin
Active Member
Reefer?
Sorry. I believe you use the Peroxide Dip. But I can get joshporksandwich to confirm this.
joshporksandwich
Zoa addict
Peroxide will get rid of them but it takes a few dips. Also when you dip in peroxide I've notice that my tang eats it when it didn't even look at it before. A new method I tried was filling a tank with 100 blue leg hermits and putting my frags in there and every frag was spotless within 2 days. I've had hair algae, dino, cyano and it's been clean always. For briopsis I did the same but with 3 or 4 lettuce nudies because hermits don't like it as much. I hope this helps
OP
OP
Pikemartin
Active Member
Josh:
Well I have about 10 hermits and 10 snails. About 10 frags of rare expensive Zoas. I won't ever have a tang as it's in a 60g cube. What ratio peroxide with water do I make the dip? I'm worried about the Zoas more than the cuc. I can trade the cuc for LFS credit.
Well I have about 10 hermits and 10 snails. About 10 frags of rare expensive Zoas. I won't ever have a tang as it's in a 60g cube. What ratio peroxide with water do I make the dip? I'm worried about the Zoas more than the cuc. I can trade the cuc for LFS credit.
joshporksandwich
Zoa addict
Try getting more of a cleanup crew. Even a small urchin if you can. I would get like 50 blue legs.
OP
OP
Pikemartin
Active Member
I've heard dino kills hermits and snails if they eat it. I don't really wanna have all the cuc sitting in the QT for 2 months. The DT will be drained then re cycled which would take month at least.
I'd go the route of Peroxide Dipping the coral. I'd not add any inverts to the tank.
OP
OP
Pikemartin
Active Member
Thanks for the help everyone
