New corals?

[ClownFishGuy6]

When I get new corals what should I be dipping them in l... Freshwater??

 

[Deinonych]

Definitely NOT fresh water. Pick up something like CoralRX or similar and follow the instructions on the bottle.

 

[Spar]

No freshwater. There are a couple products such as Revive or Coral RX you can dip them in. I use Revive for 10 minutes usually, have had good luck with coral surviving afterwards.

 

[Spar]

...Chris the ninja poster... i win though since I specifically named two products

 

[ThRoewer]

Actually, freshwater dips work for corals, especially LPS with thicker tissue, but also for SPS.
I did once an accidental (mixed up the rinsing and the recovery container) and way too long FW dip with some corals and 3 out of 5 made it through and are still with me months later: an Acan, a kind of Montipora with thicker tissue and another SPS that looks a bit like an Acropora but isn't one. A bonsai Acropora and a scrolling Montipora didn't make it.

I also know that many German reefer do FW dips against coral pests. You just need to keep it short and not soak them for half an hour like I did

 

[ClownFishGuy6]

Actually, freshwater dips work for corals, especially LPS with thicker tissue, but also for SPS.
I did once an accidental (mixed up the rinsing and the recovery container) and way too long FW dip with some corals and 3 out of 5 made it through and are still with me months later: an Acan, a kind of Montipora with thicker tissue and another SPS that looks a bit like an Acropora but isn't one. A bonsai Acropora and a scrolling Montipora didn't make it.

I also know that many German reefer do FW dips against coral pests. You just need to keep it short and not soak them for half an hour like I did

Would it be ok for zoanthids? Because I have seen so many things crawling on my zoanthids... Could anything crawling on it helping?

 

[Deinonych]

...Chris the ninja poster... i win though since I specifically named two products

:thumbsup:

 

[Unanonymous]

2 minute FW dip worked well for me! only tried it on softies and LPS, so cant speak for sps

 

[ThRoewer]

Would it be ok for zoanthids? Because I have seen so many things crawling on my zoanthids... Could anything crawling on it helping?

Freshwater dips work especially well for zoas. Depending on how leathery the closed polyps are I would go up to 10 minutes.