Coral Rx for Zoa's

[Bkoper]

I just recently was turned onto Coral Rx. My initial dip , 2 days ago, had many pods and 3 worms jumping from my frags for there life. Day 1 post dip, my Zoa's did not open, I figured they would stay shut. Day 2 has about half of them open.

Could you please share your experience with Coral Rx so that I know frequency, says 7-14 days between dips, and any other advice for using Coral Rx.

Thanks ahead.

Brian

 

[AdamSabina]

I have only ever dipped before they go in the tank. When I add zoa's (freshly dipped) to my tank they always react different.

The time I bought 3 completely different type; first never closed, second closed for 1-2 day, third was ****ed off and stay closed for 8-10 day. All are fine now but... And all we from the same tank to the same dip bucket and add to the display at the same time.

Final summation- none

 

[tdurr7]

I use it for all my zoas and its works pretty awesome. You can def see all the bad stuff I the water when you are done. Most take a few days to fully open, but I've had a couple take about a week. Never lost any yet

 

[extremehobbyist]

ive been using RPS all out recently... but have had good results with coralRx

 

[650-IS350]

Ive been using this for a year or so now

 

[A. Grandis]

Why do you want to dip again?

Any type of dipping needs a purpose.
You can't dip just because.
- When you buy a new frag or colony you'll need to dip to prevent any unwanted organism getting in your system.
- When you frag the colonies yourself, you need to dip to prevent infections.
- When you've got excess of algae around the polyps you should try to remove them, so they won't suffocate the colony. If possible an appropriate dip would help too.

Each type of dip has the proper way to be done and it's purposes.

Coral Rx was made to dip corals in order to kill most organisms around them, including some algae.

I've never heard bad things about Coral Rx yet.

The amount of chemical added to the water for any type of dip and time of exposure during dips will have the right or wrong affects on the zoanthids.
Normally zoas are pretty strong and will handle recommended dosages for the Coral Rx really well.

Here is what they recommend:

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Directions

Dosage per gallon of dip
- Coral Rx: 20ml or 4 capfuls
- Coral Rx Pro: 30 drops
- Coral Rx Industrial: 10 drops

Shake bottle of Coral Rx. Add dosage as stated above based on product purchased to 1 gallon (3.8 liters) of saltwater from aquarium. Mix well. Using a small power head, keep the water moving and place coral in the coral dip. If you do not have a power head, gently shake coral in the coral dip. Keep coral in the coral dip for 5 – 10 minutes. After 5 – 10 minutes, remove coral and discard the coral dip. Do not reuse the coral dip as parasite may release toxins. Rinse coral with clean saltwater and return to aquarium. Do not add Coral Rx directly into aquarium.
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From:http://www.coralrx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=12

Grandis.

 

[Bkoper]

I have a frag of Eagle eyes, one of 7 frags, that started to vanish. They would not open, as if they were irritated, and then be gone. I am new, within 2 months, to Zoa's. I had another post regarding this situation and it was recommended that I dip. When purchased the frags I did not perform a dip, as I am a newb. My first dip I had several worms come out of that frag, none of the others, so I associated them as the culprits.

My parameters are all good, except my tank was running at 84 deg F for about 2 weeks due to weather. This has been fixed and I am sitting at 80 now as I type this. My Alk is 7.1 at last test of yesterday, low side of normal.

Reason I used Coral Rx.

Thanks much

 

[ynot65]

I use Revive coral wash basically the same thing no more than 10 min. and keep the solution moving. I've done several of my corals more than once. Bristle worms hate that stuff unfortunately is kills pods.

 

[unchin]

I use CoralRx on my new Zoas as well. Never noticed a problem that I can attribute directly to the CoralRx.

 

[lhscouchmonster]

If you have left them alone and no snails or crabs have been bothering them then I would dip again in a day.

 

[popebosephus]

I'm religious with the Coral RX. I follow the directions. Occasionally I've encountered zoas that didn't open for a few days after I dipped, but generally patience won out.