Best dipping meathod with Lugols for new SPS?

[SunnyX]

Wanted to know how many drops per gallon you guys usually use when dipping new SPS to kill any red bug that may be there?

 

[Highlander]

Lugol's does not kill red bugs.

 

[SunnyX]

Not even a super concentrated dose?

 

[Znut Reefer]

Nope, just interceptor kills the redbugs.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Hi Sunny -

I know Eric B. had luck with killing Red Bugs with very concentrated Lugols dips. He claimed success with it, figured he can tell.

But, it seems like an effective dose is also very concentrated, and thus would be very stressful on the coral as well. I know there's older threads which he speaks about it, but I found this:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6141807#post6141807 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EricHugo
Tangwang, I would absolutely suggest the Ivermectin as a treatment for infested corals because it is cheaper and more easy to acquire (than say chitin inibitors or even doramectin) and also much more "coral-friendly" than high dose Lugol's or some of the other products we tried with variable successes. We are working on an LD50 for the drug in both host and parasite now, but I had a long post in this forum showing our work with various antiparsitics and things like Lugol's. Lugol's, at the concentration needed to kill the bugs quickly as a dip, is very rough on the corals. We had good survival despite pretty severe coral stress, but corals seem very insensitive to milbemycin...

I'm pretty sure there's more discussions, but that's a recent reference I remember.

A friend of mine who tried his regimen lost a few of the corals he dipped [hard to tell what's too much IMO] ... and for incoming frags, it's more stress than I'd like to inflict. Comparatively, IMO it's easy enough to get a bucket with heater and powerhead and do the interceptor treatment ... but that's me. When weighing the options, I guess I quit reading about lugols dips after a while due to my situation/laziness.

Your tank, your life, your practices ... I can't say.
You likely have more lugols experience than I do, better luck too.

If you have issues finding any more references to Lugols RB dips, LMK

 

[clkwrk]

TMCC does kill red bugs .I noticed it when I was dipping for AEFW.

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6751772#post6751772 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clkwrk
TMCC does kill red bugs .I noticed it when I was dipping for AEFW.

I got some of this stuff the other day and plan to use it to dip every new coral.

What dose did you find effectave at killing red bugs? Just the reccomended dose? For how much time did you dip?

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[clkwrk]

recomended dose for 15 mins. Take caution with smooth bodied corals and watch them more closely during the dip .

I lost my shourisho ( sorry bad spelling ) during a dip I left it in for 20 mins . It was the last few mins when I saw damage.

 

[Wiskey]

Good advice, Thank-you. Have you noted the dip to kill all redbuggs on a perticular coral? Or just saw some come off? Something is better than nothing, but I want to judge how carefull I should be even with the dip.

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[clkwrk]

I saw them come off every colony treated. For an incoming dip it will work great IMO

 

[Wiskey]

Exelent, thanks.

Whiskey

 

[johnvu713]

what tmcc? i suppose tropic marine something ...something

 

[Chrisrush]

Tropic Marin Coral Cure.

Chris

 

[kevensquint]

Tmcc is n/a around here, does seachem coral dip work?

 

[clkwrk]

Fragfarmer carries it or last time I checked.

 

[NoSchwag]

I got mine from fragfarmer today.

clkwrk have dipped all of your sps in it or just your acros?

I assume because it's called "pro-coral cure" that it would be safe for everything, no?

 

[clkwrk]

I have dipped all my sps. I haven't tried it on any non sps corals though

 

[prodman]

When I picked up my tmcc from Frank from tropical reef oasis he told me not to trust it as a preventative for red bugs. That it was not 100% effective in his experience.

 

[clkwrk]

Did he also give you doseage amounts and timeframes?

 

[johnvu713]

why cant we dip all sps in freshwater? i know it stress coral but a 10 seconds dip wouldnt be that much stress IMHO