Dipping Corals in Hydrogen Peroxide to kill Cyno!

[reef life]

I have seen some posts awhile back on this. What is the preferred method(Kill Cyno)? Should the corals be submerged in peroxide? And for how long? Is the 3% solution strong enough to do the job? Also is this treatment ok for SPS, Chalice, Torches, Hammers, Mushrooms, etc....? I am cycling a new system (separate tank) To rid my reef of any other pests also(PolyCladS#~@#!@##) I want to start over cyno free. I have tried the lights out, low nutrients etc.

 

[brandon429]

no they should not be dipped ever, even though many do. dipping applies peroxide to nontarget flesh, your targets aren't growing across the flesh of LPS for example, its growing on surfaces that need to be dealt with independently

theres ways to apply\use peroxide such that it never touches unintended targets, and we should do something else for cyano other than peroxide.

post tank pics and use no peroxide so far is my advice, and im a highly slanted in favor of peroxide person

 

[ahiggins]

I agree with Brandon, you should never mass peroxide a frag or any coral IMO. I did to a frag of pink zippers once to prove a point to my LFS. lost that frag pretty quickly.
You could always use chemiclean on intended tank? Ive used it in my 10 gallon once and it hasnt come back after 4 months. No harm to any nems or LPS and softies.

 

[brandon429]

my tank is permanently free of all invaders because I simply hand guided it clean when it was new, worked a little better export than the average hands off mode... and then when it filled up with corals and coralline I simply prevented the sandbed from storing up waste and its been so easy.

we see lots of cyano probs in new tanks that aren't matured and are shining high intensity lights on the new surfaces as well, whites vs blues balance always seems at play there


we see it in older tanks where the sandbeds would yield cloudy mess if disturbed

 

[reef life]

My system is over 8 years old and this is the first time I've had a (Green)cyano issue. I am remodeling my house so its the perfect time for me to start a new system. So I can remove corals and fish from my tank and place them in the new when its cycled with no cyano transferred? Thanks for the replies.