coral rx
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It's ingredients are secret, but I'd suggest it might harm the crab.
Steve Wright2
New member
I have used Coral RX to dip 30 or more SPS frags and colonies after purchase and prior to introduction to DT
I have only had 1 mini colony dipped that resulted in live crabs being seen in the treatment vessel ( they where still alive but had vacated the coral)
I have several colonies that have been treated, that I have seen live crabs in the coral, after the coral was placed in the tank which naturally includes a couple (small green furry types that seemed to be creating a bald area on the coral) that I have had to later remove using a toothpick and tweezer combination to extract
if you have a crab you want to keep, IMO better to remove from the coral using toothpick/ tweezers etc to pursue it out of the branches where you can eventually flick it into a waiting collection vessel
I have only had 1 mini colony dipped that resulted in live crabs being seen in the treatment vessel ( they where still alive but had vacated the coral)
I have several colonies that have been treated, that I have seen live crabs in the coral, after the coral was placed in the tank which naturally includes a couple (small green furry types that seemed to be creating a bald area on the coral) that I have had to later remove using a toothpick and tweezer combination to extract
if you have a crab you want to keep, IMO better to remove from the coral using toothpick/ tweezers etc to pursue it out of the branches where you can eventually flick it into a waiting collection vessel
JJIM
Member
I have always wondered the same thing. It puts one somewhat between a rock and hard place with attempting to rid the coral of nuisance pests and stressing out the coral more prior to acclimation.
Highlights the real need for a QT coral tank I suppose.
Corals need a week or so to settle in before being dipped. Any corals I purchased locally and dipped did ok btw. Just ones that were bagged and freighted for a longer period suffered too much.
Now I have undipped corals in my tank, so I'm really relying on my mandarin and 6-line wrasse...
