fresh water dip for shrooms?

[george albert]

i bought 2 mushrooms today and come to find out they had spiders on them can i dip them to get rid of them? thanks george

 

[Malum Argenteum]

What's a spider? Just wondering -- I don't keep up with these new pests very well...

 

[Lance M.]

I read a huge article on them awhile back (I really should bookmark what I read...) about the spiders and they are very bad to have in the tank and come in on corals or lr sometimes though they seem to be rare but they will devastate corals. In tropical waters they are very small sometimes hard to even see and in deep, very cold water they are scary huge. I wish I remembered where that article was...

 

[Jeff]

It is a good practice to ALWAYS dip new corals in an iodine solution such as Lugols or Tropic Marin Coral Cure. I dont think freshwater will do much for coral pests.

 

[george albert]

ok thanks for the info guys
i have them in qt ill try the lugols never had to deal with these before thanks again

 

[Lance M.]

Don't overdose with the Lugol's or even use the recommended dose.... Well I did do the Lugol's dip exactly like it said on some new mushrooms I had before I put them in the tank. Some regular discosomas and some green fuzzy and lost both to the dip. I will never do a Lugol's dip ever again, but that's just my experience.