How do you dip LPS?
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xdusty6920
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i do the same with lps as well. kents lugol dip for about 10 minutes
xdusty6920
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clams can be dipped but i use a freshwater dip for them. inverts usually arent a good idea. i dip alot of things and havent yet come across an lps or softy that didnt survive the dip so id say your pretty much safe with almost any lps. lugols is basically consentrated iodine and its only 10 minutes or so. enough to kill of bacteria and some infections but usually not enough to kill off a whole coral.
MiddletonMark
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I don't dip unless there's an obvious reason to. Unlike Acropora, which I dip for pests - I don't know of any `LPS pests' and figure that I'd like to minimize any stress on the coral - so no dip.
Eric Borneman just gave a talk at our reef club this weekend. As far as removing parasites etc. from corals, Swishing the corals around in cold saltwater ( just stick in the refrig for a while ) is more effective than dips at removing them.
He didn't really go into any exact detail on how to do it other than that.
This of course will not help a coral to heal. I'm not for sure just how effecti lugols and other commercailly available dips are in that regard.
He didn't really go into any exact detail on how to do it other than that.
This of course will not help a coral to heal. I'm not for sure just how effecti lugols and other commercailly available dips are in that regard.
I'm still pretty new to all of this, but it seems like people go to great lengths to acclimate their corals, slowly dripping in tank water over hours. I'd be a little bit nervous about suddenly exposing the coral to cold salt water, fresh water or iodine. Isn't that causing a good deal of stress to the coral? Obviously, you want to avoid bringing anything unwanted into your tank, but what are we talking about here? Pests like aptasia that I can kill off pretty easily as long as I don't let them get out of control, or is there significant potential for something worse that's not so easily erradicated?
Anyway, I'm certainly not criticising anyone's practices. I'm just genuinely curious about how stressful it is to the coral and what sort of risk I'm running by not taking any such preventative measures.
Anyway, I'm certainly not criticising anyone's practices. I'm just genuinely curious about how stressful it is to the coral and what sort of risk I'm running by not taking any such preventative measures.
There are lots of pests far worse than an aptasia.
Let's see ( this is just off the top of my head )
Got any zoanthids in your tank. Wild caught and even many cultured facilities are infested with nudibranches that will desimate your zoanthids and are not easy to erradicate.
Montiporas there are nudibranchs that eat them too.
There are some starfish that eat corals.
You have to infamous red bugs and flatworms for acros.
You have the regular flatworms that don't cause major harm but can multiply out of control.
I'm sure there are lots of others that are as well known. In some cases aquacultured in facilities can be worse than wild as there are likely no predators so populations grow out of control.
Tons of reasons to dip. Corals should be able to handle most dipping procedures for short amounts of time. If you not dipping or guarantine new corals ( preferable both ) your taking a gamble. Does dipping erradicate 100%, probably not but better option than doing nothing in most cases.
CeeGee
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I had a red flatworm infestation.
I left to go out of town leaving my dad in charge of my tank. The first day he accidentally unplugged my heater and I keep it very cold in the room. I got back into town 5 days later and the tank is at 64 degrees. I thought for sure everything was dead.
All the corals and my 1 fish survived. The flatworms were dead. I had a few babies that must have hatched there after but I added a lubbock wrasse and they have disappeared as well. Now I can't say for certain that the wrasse ate the baby flatworms but I haven't seen any more flatworms so I am led to believe that the cold water killed the adults and the wrasse polished off the young uns.
Now on the flip side it took my corals weeks to recover from that incident and I feared that I may lose some of them.
I left to go out of town leaving my dad in charge of my tank. The first day he accidentally unplugged my heater and I keep it very cold in the room. I got back into town 5 days later and the tank is at 64 degrees. I thought for sure everything was dead.
All the corals and my 1 fish survived. The flatworms were dead. I had a few babies that must have hatched there after but I added a lubbock wrasse and they have disappeared as well. Now I can't say for certain that the wrasse ate the baby flatworms but I haven't seen any more flatworms so I am led to believe that the cold water killed the adults and the wrasse polished off the young uns.
Now on the flip side it took my corals weeks to recover from that incident and I feared that I may lose some of them.
Iodine in tankwater, the recommend was 5ml in 1/2 gal for 15 minutes, but one of my goniopora has been in 10/15 ml in 3 pints for 20 minutes, he has also had freshwater dips, and he still has the dreaded brown jelly, each time he struggles to open up a bit within the hour.
This has been going on for over a month.
This has been going on for over a month.
psimitry
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In my experience, Kent Iodine does not work. Lugol's Solution (made or at least distributed by Kent) does work because it's a much more concentrated solution.
As far as using fresh or salt water, it all depends on what you're dipping. Most things can handle the fresh water for a time. Xenia and other soft corals can't. I had my Xenia in a FW iodine dip for about five minutes and managed to injure it enough for it to melt down over the next day.
It sucked - it was a nice xenia.
Saltwater can be used but the concentration of iodine needs to be higher and the dip needs to be longer.
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