QT and coral dips - been out a while...

[dreaminmel]

Hi all,

I've battled AEFW and red bugs years ago so am well versed in Interceptor QT tank treatments and Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure dips. Considering I've been out of the loop a few years, I want to check a couple things with you all if I may?

1) Have any other disturbing pests come on the scene that I should also be proactive about?

2) Is there a better AEFW dip than TMPCC?

Thanks in advance for any & all wisdom! :beer:

 

[rjjr1963]

Hi all,

I've battled AEFW and red bugs years ago so am well versed in Interceptor QT tank treatments and Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure dips. Considering I've been out of the loop a few years, I want to check a couple things with you all if I may?

1) Have any other disturbing pests come on the scene that I should also be proactive about?

2) Is there a better AEFW dip than TMPCC?

Thanks in advance for any & all wisdom! :beer:

Watch out for Montipora eating nudibranch. They are virtually impossible to get rid of once in the system.

 

[dreaminmel]

Thank you! I'll search out some preventative info for those.

 

[wrott]

Bayer insecticide then QT for eggs to hatch, repeat. google dose, its everywhere

 

[2wheelsonly]

Do not buy ANY "reef" "hobby" branded dips. ALL TRASH

These companies that make them need to go out of business. I lost my will to care about a montipora frag and left it sitting in a bath of coralrx overnight (double strength) and the nudibranches are alive and well. Coral died but I am going to nuke the remaining healthy 75+ SPS frags/colonies in my tank intentionally to start over. Once you have pests in a large reef, you DO NOT GET RID OF THEM....ever. You pretty much have to start from scratch!

Use Bayer and if you're not using a QT tank then you have might as well give up!

I am speaking from heart breaking experience, trust me.

 

[salty joe]

Bayer insecticide then QT for eggs to hatch, repeat. google dose, its everywhere

How long do you wait for the eggs to hatch?

 

[dreaminmel]

Bayer insecticide then QT for eggs to hatch, repeat. google dose, its everywhere

I've got some links bookmarked now for future reference. Thank you!

 

[dreaminmel]

Do not buy ANY "reef" "hobby" branded dips. ALL TRASH

These companies that make them need to go out of business. I lost my will to care about a montipora frag and left it sitting in a bath of coralrx overnight (double strength) and the nudibranches are alive and well. Coral died but I am going to nuke the remaining healthy 75+ SPS frags/colonies in my tank intentionally to start over. Once you have pests in a large reef, you DO NOT GET RID OF THEM....ever. You pretty much have to start from scratch!

Use Bayer and if you're not using a QT tank then you have might as well give up!

I am speaking from heart breaking experience, trust me.

Thanks for the feedback. I almost hit that point with AEFW years ago and am now pretty firm on dips and QT as pulling everything out of a display into QT after the fact is a headache I NEVER want to deal with again. I hope things turn around for you. I'd never heard of Bayer being used before but am finding a lot of praise for it so will be grabbing some.