Why you should dip ever coral no matter what

[suicideissleep]

Came across this in another forum thought I would share
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/1/corals

[BlueChip]

To add to topic. What does everyone dip with, and their procedure.... Qt after the dip? For how LOng....Multiple dips?

[Chriskid]

"na dont worrie about it, just throw them in, never had a prob" famous LAST words:)....lmfao

[Chriskid]

To add to topic. What does everyone dip with, and their procedure.... Qt after the dip? For how LOng....Multiple dips?

every one dose somthing different. since your talking about it ,your already on the right path:)

[BlueChip]

Talking vs doing is different haha

Revive? Coralrx?

[Chriskid]

i like tropic marine, Pro-Coral Cure.

[carlos413]

I use coral rx. Follow the directions on the lable.
However I do suspect I lost a four head dendro frag to this stuff. I dipped the frag for about 10a minutes I rinsed it with saltwater from my aquarium and the next day it melted. It looked really nice at the store I suspect maybe I accidentally put to much coral RX. I never had this happened before.

[Chriskid]

also thin skin or deepwater sps do NOT do well with dip.

[mtc1966]

also thin skin or deepwater sps do NOT do well with dip.

yes i remember a while back this was mentioned after ffm that some sps will die if dipped . so i guess its dip every dip-able coral.

[BubbaBoBobBrain]

So how do you know which corals are not dippable? And what do you do with them to prevent pests?

[mtc1966]

So how do you know which corals are not dippable? And what do you do with them to prevent pests?

good question sounds like a sticky list would be a good idea for such corals.

[BubbaBoBobBrain]

good question sounds like a sticky list would be a good idea for such corals.

Definitely a good idea. Otherwise I will be the guy who loses a bunch of high end corals that aren't supposed to be dipped

[BfishLpond78]

I use Revive...usually dip everything...haven't had an issue yet.

[Chriskid]

deapwater and thinskin acros. hawkins,acro Suharsonio, Echinacea,and pls corect me if im wrong but i think the red dragon acro is a thinskin.. but any way those types r pritty easy to distinguish. purple monster i also belive is a thin skin.

[suicideissleep]

any deep water corals like ice fire or red dragon will die if you dip them so you qt them and make sure you dont add anything to your dt. iodine is a good dip most dips you buy from the store has iodine in them. but you got to be careful because aefw and isopods dont die from dips so qt and watch really careful imo

"na dont worrie about it, just throw them in, never had a prob" famous LAST words....lmfao

too funny chriskid lol and please no one listen to these words right here because in the end u will loose

[Chriskid]

any deep water corals like ice fire or red dragon will die if you dip them so you qt them and make sure you dont add anything to your dt. iodine is a good dip most dips you buy from the store has iodine in them. but you got to be careful because aefw and isopods dont die from dips so qt and watch really careful imo

"na dont worrie about it, just throw them in, never had a prob" famous LAST words....lmfao

too funny chriskid lol and please no one listen to these words right here because in the end u will loose

sometimes you need to do what you think is right, and you need to fuguier out whats bull crap, and what is not. lotta crap floting around.lol

when i heard this said to many people i hope no one listened. lot of newbies than need good info, not this. i just wish the best to all.this is not an easy hobbie no matter what anyone says.

[Pallobi]

levamisole and iodine dips for me... and interceptor when i have it... and those are for sps only...

everything else gets coralRX pro...