Duncan Dtp?

[A2dahlberg]

I just purchased my first Duncan for my tank (its being shipped). My question is dip it in hydrogen peroxide or Bare or no dip?

 

[SchrutesReefs]

Can’t speak on the hydro drip, but I dipped my Duncans in Revive. I also dip all of my new corals in Revive, and then the stubborn zoas when they need a little talkin to.

 

[A2dahlberg]

I won't be able to get Revive shipped and delivered in time.

 

[Gtinnel]

I've never dipped corals in hydrogen peroxide either, but I would personally just remove any algea from the plug and then put some hydrogen peroxide on the area where the algea was.
I do however dip every coral that goes into my tank in Bayer...or at least now I do. At first I was afraid that dipping corals in pesticide would be hard on the coral so I didn't dip all of my corals. Apparently however the Bayer dip isn't all that hard on corals, it only effects animals that have a central nervous system, which corals do not have. I've dipped everything from softies, lps, and sps in Bayer and have never had any issue with it. Just make sure you rinse the coral really good before placing it in the tank.

 

[A2dahlberg]

Thanks

 

[Goaway]

Dipping in hydrogen peroxide can cause bubbles under the corals skin. Only do that in serious bjd cases. Use bayer if you are comfortable with it.
If you don't have a good dip, don't dip.

 

[A2dahlberg]

Thanks. I use HP for Zoa's all the time even to clean the plug, GSP too. I wasn't sure about the Duncan. What I did was get some on a toothbrush and just brushed around the frag plug not the coral itself. If seemed to be fine. I usually HP the Zoa's when I start getting algae hindering the growth. About once every 2 or 3 months and the same with GSP. Once when I did this with a new batch something went sizzling across the cup of HP.