Iodine Dip For New Corals???

[john.m.cole3]

I use coral rx, but have heard that some will do an iodine dip for prevention of bacterial infection. What y'all know about this?

 

[reefwiser]

I started using Lugols in 1990. I use if for LPS and SPS to stop bacterial infections.

 

[nervousmonkey]

+1 to Ed's advice. All that an iodine dip does is act as an antiseptic, same as iodine with us. It will help heal torn flesh where a bacterial infection may have started, or in general as the coral is stressed from shipping, it becomes more susceptible to bacterial infections. Iodine stops this and keeps the bacteria out of your tank. Esp. important with really fleshy corals; all the LPS fit here, SPS aren't as fleshy but more susceptible to infection.
As an aside, iodine dips are great for corals that have been in the tank too. Overfeeding can result in bacterial infections as the food literally rots in the corals gut. *Sometimes* iodine can help with this. I've seen it help reverse what looked like upcoming death of euphyllia, as they are super susceptible to infection and die quickly from them.
Once again, iodine isn't the cure all nor the only thing to dip with but it's an antiseptic that works well as what it does.

 

[RedG]

Old thread, but I have a similar question as to the OP

I will soon be receiving an order of corals from WWC (softies and a few LPS), I’m pretty new but the little corals I have right now I used Revive for dip before putting them on the DT.

I bought a bottle of Lugols to treat a Zoa that is not opening.

The question is should I do the Revive, then the Lugols before adding to the DT?
Or not recomended to do both?

Thanks

 

[reefwiser]

Lugols is more to stop bacterial infection.

 

[Nigel35]

I use seachem iodine on a lot of LPS and soft corals when needed