Tank wide Bayer dosing?

[A_Blind_Reefer]

I’d use bleach myself… maybe even muratic acid with a 1:1 dilution… try 1 gallon acid per 10 gallons of water… just make sure to drain the tank down about half way as the acid will foam a little bit… let that chill for a hour then pour 5 pounds of baking soda in to neutralize it and be so fresh and so clean! “I really didn’t wanna put that emoji” but who knows with todays people somebody might read this and actually do it! Haha

I heard if you crush up a bottle of viagra , mix it with a hundred ml of rodi until dissolved and dose it to a high flow area in the tank, that sps get taller. Just remember to do it lights out and skimmer off…everyone wants a magic pill for everything these days! I understand there’s a time and place for some treatments but it’s getting a bit crazy

 

[jkcoral]

I heard if you crush up a bottle of viagra , mix it with a hundred ml of rodi until dissolved and dose it to a high flow area in the tank, that sps get taller. Just remember to do it lights out and skimmer off…everyone wants a magic pill for everything these days! I understand there’s a time and place for some treatments but it’s getting a bit crazy

I did this once, but it was horrible. The growth definitely lasted longer than 4 hours and I didn’t know which doctor to call…

 

[FlyPenFly]

I heard if you crush up a bottle of viagra , mix it with a hundred ml of rodi until dissolved and dose it to a high flow area in the tank, that sps get taller. Just remember to do it lights out and skimmer off…everyone wants a magic pill for everything these days! I understand there’s a time and place for some treatments but it’s getting a bit crazy

That flesh got thicc though.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Please don’t do this.

If you think something is irritating your corals, posting some photos here in the thread will allow others to help identify what might be going on and any potential remedies that won’t involve you nuking your tank.

And for what it’s worth, I hope the torches/coral were in a separate tank that was receiving the ciprofloxacin. If not, you should get a small tank for corals to be treated in. And also recommend you look up cipro dipping.

Um, no. Cipro "dips" are not a good idea. In-tank treatment with Cipro has been studied and is the recommended way to use this antibiotic.

 

[FlyPenFly]

Um, no. Cipro "dips" are not a good idea. In-tank treatment with Cipro has been studied and is the recommended way to use this antibiotic.

The "KFC" dip incorporates cipro and amox, widely used.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

The "KFC" dip incorporates cipro and amox, widely used.

But that's still not the best way to use Cipro... Just because everyone is doing it doesn't make it right

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

My opinion is to leave the coral alone for a week or two. People like to tinker, but reef tanks generally don't like that, imo.

 

[Thales]

I have read some success stories on it before but have not seen a protocol.

Where? Link?

 

[ADAM]

PLEASE DO NOT DOSE BAYER TO YOUR WHOLE SYSTEM.

Theres enough torch collectors around here with plenty of experience to help you get to the root of the issue, and find the corrective measure(s), without going to that extreme.

Upload some clear pics of the corals, a description of the issue(s), and a quick overview of the system (lighting, current parameters, additives you regularly dose, etc) and lets go from there before dosing any kind of dip/treatment to the system. I find using a flashlight helps if its hard to get good pics where the corals are in the tank due to the system lighting.

 

[slickreefing]

There a few people I know who have bombed their systems with Bayer. Those who have done it have resorted to those extreme means because they are typically battling regenerations of flatworms, red, black bugs, etc and are constantly losing corals; so they dose the system with Bayer because it is that how much worse can it get scenario vs. a reboot which they are unwilling to go through. If you’re not actually losing corals I don’t see the reason to go so extreme so quickly. I’d go different routes first and identify the issue. Potassium chloride baths are a great indicator for potential pests, bugs.

 

[Cell]

 

[Sump Crab]

 

[mrnicebug]

Does anyone have a protocol for tank broadcast dosing of Bayer? Tank has had 2 cycles of cipro dosing so I'm sure it's not bacterial.

I know it will kill off all the pods too but I think I might have something irritating my torches. Revive dips help but I can't constantly be dipping my torches every 2 weeks in Revive.

Imadcloprid is moderately toxc to fish…. And very much so to inverts.

 

[CoralB]

The "KFC" dip incorporates cipro and amox, widely used.

There’s your problem , you’ve been using the kernels recipe when Popeyes has that deep southern taste lol !! . Kidding !
Seriously the answer is No . Don’t dose the tank . Slickreefing has the right answer .

 

[CoralB]

There a few people I know who have bombed their systems with Bayer. Those who have done it have resorted to those extreme means because they are typically battling regenerations of flatworms, red, black bugs, etc and are constantly losing corals; so they dose the system with Bayer because it is that how much worse can it get scenario vs. a reboot which they are unwilling to go through. If you’re not actually losing corals I don’t see the reason to go so extreme so quickly. I’d go different routes first and identify the issue. Potassium chloride baths are a great indicator for potential pests, bugs.