Dipping corals - Who uses what?

[mfisher2112]

Make that 2 of us!!!

Are you guys serious? I thought he was joking. That just sounds DANGEROUS! LOL!

 

[trivan]

There was a fairly length thread on RC about the use of it. If I recall the message, many people had success with it and was stating it was a much much cheaper dip given the concentration used and the cost.

 

[mfisher2112]

There was a fairly length thread on RC about the use of it. If I recall the message, many people had success with it and was stating it was a much much cheaper dip given the concentration used and the cost.

Wow. I'll have to check that out. I thought he was joking! LOL!

Is it used for all coral, or just something specific? (I assume its mainly for parasites).

 

[fatoldsun]

Wow. I'll have to check that out. I thought he was joking! LOL!

Is it used for all coral, or just something specific? (I assume its mainly for parasites).

I'm pretty sure I remember ricwilli posting a video on here where he used it as a dip - video showed all the pests that "fell" off after several minutes in there

 

[aoebombcat]

No, we are not joking, it kills red bugs and aefw, but not their eggs.

After the dip, the corals pe is better. So it mostly kills other parasites that we can't not see.

I think the title in RC is another option for red bugs.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1965880

 

[aoebombcat]

Hmm, my reply got deleted....
Mb because I added a link. But yes we are not kidding. I removed red bugs and aefw.

If you search rc for another option for red bugs, you will find it.

 

[dan_k]

I ran out of coral rx and both fish stores next to me dont carry it the one fish store told me i can use half gallon of tank water and 8 drops of lugols does that sound right. Is that ok for all corals sps lps

 

[redfishbluefish]

As the earlier posts stated, go to Home Depot and pick up a bottle of Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer and use it. Here's a video that explains the use of the stuff. It works!

 

[dan_k]

Is that 20ml to half gallon of tank water, that is so awesome that guy that found that out should of just poured that into a different bottle and sold it as something else and made millions
Thanks Paul for putting that in front of me

 

[redfishbluefish]

Is that 20ml to half gallon of tank water, that is so awesome that guy that found that out should of just poured that into a different bottle and sold it as something else and made millions
Thanks Paul for putting that in front of me

In the video he used 8 mls to 1 liter of tank water. Converting this to gallons:


8mls / 1 liter X 1 liter / 0.26417205236 gallons = 30.3 mls / gallon


So for half a gallon you would need 15 mls of bug juice.


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