transporting frag home from the swap safely

[zef004]

there is alote of newbies going to the swap this year. thoght this will help with your frags to make it home safely.
1. need a good styrofoam cooler can find these at wellgreens or CVS best is to use what vendors use to ship corals with. its always good to save those. i may have some laying around but i sure other out there have some to give away.
2. handwarmers can find these at wellgreens or CVS but dont get them wet i always tape them to the top of the cooler with a hole right behind it so it can get air. they dont work without o2.

i know theres more maybe someone can jump in.

as of right now the weather looks like be in the mid 30's and dry.

 

[Pickupman66]

I will have about 4 or 5 shipping coolers. as for my corals, I have historically done well by using a rolling igloo cooler with water in it. I then put a small 50 watt heater in there and place the corals in baggies in that. It has always worked very very well for me that way. if you are getting fish livestock, make sure you have a large enough insulated container and have the ability to provide air. I use a small battery operated air pump.


last but not least, for everyone buying corals,

PLEASE DIP YOUR CORALS BEFORE PUTTING THEM INTO YOUR SYSTEM. WE NEED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF PESTS LIKE FLATWORMS, NUDIBRANCHES AND REDBUGS!

 

[poolkeeper1]

The Weather report for the swap is not good as usual. Thursday there will be more snow and Friday the High will be in the Mid Twenty's and about the same on Saturday. Nightime temps in the Teens, And I for one hate this cold weather for myself and my livestock! I will ask the New Board To take a vote on changing the swap date to warmer weather come next year so this is not an issue any longer.
Bill

 

[poolkeeper1]

Dipping

Dipping

I will have about 4 or 5 shipping coolers. as for my corals, I have historically done well by using a rolling igloo cooler with water in it. I then put a small 50 watt heater in there and place the corals in baggies in that. It has always worked very very well for me that way. if you are getting fish livestock, make sure you have a large enough insulated container and have the ability to provide air. I use a small battery operated air pump.


last but not least, for everyone buying corals,

PLEASE DIP YOUR CORALS BEFORE PUTTING THEM INTO YOUR SYSTEM. WE NEED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF PESTS LIKE FLATWORMS, NUDIBRANCHES AND REDBUGS!

Yes Indeed I will Actually Dip everything I Bring to the swap Before Bagging any Coral that i have/will sell at the Swap and suggest everyone do the same. This will do no harm to the corals and keep any pests from being transfeered from one system to another. I also think Unmounted Frags are easier to inspect for any trace of Eggs from Flatworms Too. JMHO
Bill

 

[sandra01]

thanks for the reminder for us newbies

 

[tkimmons85]

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[tkimmons85]

Im with bill I cannot stress how important it is to thoroughly dip your new frags. Just ask some of the club members how much fun redbugs, flatworms, and nudi's are. I can personally tell you they are a PITA!!!!!!

 

[zef004]

+1 on the dipping if you get a frag that's mounted on a rock just take the Frag off and then dip. To many lil hole for pest to hind.
I may also going to be dipping my coral before bagging and before new ones go in my tank.

 

[commodore]

Dip

Dip

Is "Revive Coral Cleaner" adequate for the job?

 

[fishdoc11]

AMEN to dipping! Right now they are calling for 38 on Saturday so that's a little better.

 

[gannmann9876]

what coral dip does everyone use?

 

[fishdoc11]

Is "Revive Coral Cleaner" adequate for the job?

Not IMO. I do a several hour Interceptor dip (for all corals, not just SPS since LPS can get mite type things) and then a dip in TMPCC, you could then dip in revive if you wanted. A levamisole dip would be great for SPS, particulary acros, if you have it (I don't).Then of course there is the nudi dip. When dipping SPS you want to be carefull to not to leave then in the TMPCC longer than 10 or 15 minutes. With SPS and zoas you also want to investigate the mounting surface for eggs, nudis etc. I personally will only thnk about adding fresh cut acros to my tank because I know there is no place for AEFW's to hide. It's easy to just remove the plug if they are on one. You may find it hard to get rid of a bunch of nice encrustation though.

Zoa pest/disease info:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=632970

SPS parasite info:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1730682&highlight=red+bugs+aefw+nudis+pests+sps
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=903839&highlight=red+bugs+aefw+nudis+pests+sps

Good how to dip thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1471986&highlight=how+to+dip+sps+corals

hth, Chris

 

[zef004]

Hey chris what's TMPCC.

 

[Pickupman66]

I use Coral RX pro for my dip. seems to work well from what I have read and experienced.

 

[poolkeeper1]

Tropic Marine Pro Coral Care, I Believe? But i could be wrong.
Bill

 

[zef004]

No I think your right bill

How good is this dip is it hard on sps.

 

[poolkeeper1]

No I think your right bill

How good is this dip is it hard on sps.

If Doc say's it's good then I'll take his word! JMO
Bill:dance:

 

[fishdoc11]

Tropic Marin Pro Coral Care, I Believe? But i could be wrong.
Bill

Yep that's it. When I had AEFW's it killed them after dipping 10 minutes or so, I wouldn't go over 20 minutes (Acros look pretty rough when dipped longer, you can dip zoas or LPS for a lot longer) and 15 is better. There might be better things out there by now but I don't know. My experience with AEFW's was 2.5 years ago now. It's basically just super strong expensive iodine but it seems to work. Fluke tabs are supposed to work as well. Unfortunately nothings 100% for AEFW, probably because of the eggs.

 

[orthokardia]

does anyone actually use the three month QT for frags? i see a lot of folks swear by QT.

 

[poolkeeper1]

Qt

Qt

does anyone actually use the three month QT for frags? i see a lot of folks swear by QT.

Unlees you set up a exact replica of your display you will not do justice to corals in QT that long. So due to the expense of that few do. JMO
Bill:dance: