Coral Revive experiences?

[shelburn61]

I've heard this may be a gentler alternative to TMPCC as a preventative dip for SPS pests.

Anyone tried it?

 

[acrodave]

i have used it . I have not seen it knock any thing off.. but i get good frags from people i trust.. It smells good tho.. but deff not as harsh as tmpcc

 

[flyyyguy]

I switched about 6 months ago from tmpcc to revive. Its every bit as effective, if not more so and is way less harsh.

Im not just saying that...I have experimented with the real thing. Just a couple of times, and not in any scientific fashion, but enough to knwo the stuff does in fact kill the worms as to be honest I didnt really trust it until I saw it with my own eyes.

Im always looking for pests to play with so if anyone has the little bastards let me know. I will usually accept and pay fopr shipping of extremely infected corals.

You best defense is still knowing what you are looking for and close visual inspection with a bright light, magnifying glass and quality camera....followed by QT before anything gets anywhere near yoru display tank

 

[nicklepickle]

I have used Revive and I have had the same experience as above. I have never encountered pests on the frags I have received. However I have used it on some ill acan fragsand they recovered nicely. I have heard from someone that it does knock off AEFW, though I cannot be sure as I have no personal experience.

 

[shelburn61]

AEFW are my main concern with redbugs secondary...

Active ingredients are two plant extracts:

Citrus limon- plain old lemon
Oleum abietis - "oil of siberian fir"; Abies sibirica

 

[Wind]

Can I use this on LPS/SPS, how long did you guys dip it for?

 

[Yinger]

it works against aefw. i dipped a maricultured efflo colony and they all few off within a minute.

 

[A.T.T.R]

works great.

but i still say its basicaly pinesol :] ( ingrediants list and smell lol)
( AND NO im not saying pinesol is the same thing as im sure it has alot of other stuff in it that would be BAD for coral)


anyways back ontopic
it seemed to halt brown jelly on some LPS imports many a times and was all we used at the lfs i used to work at.

 

[kingsland]

I have used it on SPS, LPS, Zoos and other softies. It works great and does not appear to affect the corals negatively in any way.

 

[RokleM]

I've had pretty good luck with it as well, however haven't encountered any big nasties yet. It does wipe out standard flatworms VERY quickly (we're talking sub 60-90 seconds). I've actually had acans go into feeding mode (extension) while in the dip :eek1:

As well, it does indeed seem MUCH less harsh than TMPCC. With TMPCC I would loose roughly 10-25% of frags, probably 50-75% would bleach or severely brown out. Little to no issues, no color change, and decreased losses with Revive.

 

[cdness]

I have never used TMPCC but I know Revive works.

I actually do a 3-stage dip for all corals that go into my tank. First Flatworm Exit. Next is a coral cleaner I got from the LFS (looks like lugols as there is a high iodine content). Third is the revive. I have caught more stuff in the revive even after the other two dips.

Never lost a coral this way, ut it did make some zoas angry...

 

[roktsintst]

Is this the two little fishes product?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13746883#post13746883 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by roktsintst
Is this the two little fishes product?

Yes

 

[rigleautomotive]

i have used it and it deffinately kills aefw within 2 minutes and does the least harm to corals.the real thin skinned acros like echinatas and deep water acros did not like it much but they did survive

 

[mpoletti]

What time frame are you guys using it for? My experiences have shown that anything over 20 minutes with the directions on the bottle will cause the coral to be stressed and possibly peel.

 

[rigleautomotive]

not nearly that long.2 to 5 minutes max for me,longer will cause problem in some more sensitive acros.i thing the bottle says a few minutes.

 

[mpoletti]

I know, but I would rather dip longer than shorter. I just went through a full QT and dip process because of AEFW and there were still AEFW on the corals after 5-7 minutes