Best coral dip before placing coral in tank?

pmrossetti · 04/03/2011, 08:01 AM

to prevent introducing pests. fw, redbugs, nudi, etc.
thanks

tkeracer619 · 04/03/2011, 08:21 AM

Revive for hard corals.

Ritten · 04/03/2011, 09:30 AM

I also use Revive.

solitude127 · 04/03/2011, 10:05 AM

Another Revive user. But I dip with interceptor and FW exit for 4 - 6 hrs before the 5 minute dip of revive.

jwoyshnar · 04/03/2011, 10:15 AM

Revive for any corals. I swear by this stuff now.

DallasSVT · 04/03/2011, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solitude127

Another Revive user. But I dip with interceptor and FW exit for 4 - 6 hrs before the 5 minute dip of revive.

Do you dip all of your corals interceptor and FW Exit or just SPS? Do you add Interceptor and FW exit to tank water and let corals sit in solution for 4-6 hours, then plop them in Revive for 5- 10 min before adding to tank?

Dallas

scottwhitson · 04/03/2011, 11:40 AM

Revive is good stuff but a few things: it won't kill AEFW eggs or MEN eggs and also most alot of people myself included have lost certain Acros to it. Hawkins Echinata is one that more than likely won't survive a revive dip.

Lynnmw1208 · 04/03/2011, 11:43 AM

do you guys dip your soft corals as well? and what about zoas?

jwoyshnar · 04/03/2011, 12:32 PM

I just dipped a leather that wouldnt polyp up for about a month. With 1/2 hour the polyps started coming out.

Algaenot · 04/03/2011, 05:58 PM

I dip all corals prior to introducing them into my tank. That includes SPSs, leathers, mushrooms, forgspawn, zoas, colts, and flower pots and on and on. As mentioned above, revive is for coral cleansing, there are several types of tiny livestock who will not be affected and then you just have clean bugs. My typical sequence is 10 – 15 minutes in Pro-coral (iodine) followed by 5 minutes in Revive. Both are prepared using tank water. Following the revive bath, check the underside of the coral for any egg casings and scrape them off. Give the coral a through rinse with tank water and introduce them to their new home. Take a look at the bottom of the container that was used for the iodine dip and see all the bugs that would have been in your tank.

cilyjr · 04/03/2011, 06:21 PM

Revive will not kill most pests. I switched to coral r/x and I add I bit of interceptor if I am treating an acro. I usually add a few drops of iodine as well. I keep them in there for 10 to 20 minutes.

scottwhitson · 04/03/2011, 07:15 PM

I don't know what pests you say that revive won't kill but it does kill AEFW, red bugs, and MEN.

Archreefer · 04/03/2011, 07:25 PM

I use a 50/50 mix of H2O2/tank water for zoas for 5 min.

Bamm Bamm · 04/03/2011, 07:28 PM

You know I've been using Revive for over a year now and couldn't be happier.... for my zoas I usually just do a Iodine dip for 15minutes though..

pmrossetti · 04/04/2011, 06:39 AM

seems like redbugs and flatworms need different dips?

04/03/2011, 08:01 AM	#1
pmrossetti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cali. Posts: 3,199	Best coral dip before placing coral in tank? to prevent introducing pests. fw, redbugs, nudi, etc. thanks

04/03/2011, 08:21 AM	#2
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Revive for hard corals. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

04/03/2011, 10:05 AM	#4
solitude127 Proud user of IO Salt! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 9,136	Another Revive user. But I dip with interceptor and FW exit for 4 - 6 hrs before the 5 minute dip of revive. __________________ Mike <)))>{ <)))>{ <)))>{ <)))>{ ReefKeeping.com TOTM Nov 2012 Socalireefs Featured Reef Oct 2011 Current Tank Info: 603020, 8x54 ATI Powermodule, ReefBrite XHO, ATB Elegance 200, Aquamaxx CTech CaRx, Ecotech Vortechs, Apex Controls, WM Ecobak powered. RedSea Reefer 170, MP10, Apex Jr, Ecotech Radion XR15, Aquamaxx WS-1

04/03/2011, 11:43 AM	#8
Lynnmw1208 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 3,306	do you guys dip your soft corals as well? and what about zoas? __________________ equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon

04/03/2011, 06:21 PM	#11
cilyjr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,683	Revive will not kill most pests. I switched to coral r/x and I add I bit of interceptor if I am treating an acro. I usually add a few drops of iodine as well. I keep them in there for 10 to 20 minutes. __________________ Cls Current Tank Info: 180 inwall, 75 sump, 20lfrag, 3x lumen max elite w/250w radium 20k, recirc modded asm g-3, aqua controller apex,2x rw-20, 350lbs LR

04/03/2011, 09:30 AM	#3
Ritten Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,164	I also use Revive.

04/03/2011, 10:15 AM	#5
jwoyshnar Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: 18441 Posts: 1,531	Revive for any corals. I swear by this stuff now.

04/03/2011, 11:40 AM	#7
scottwhitson Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lewiston, Idaho Posts: 1,395	Revive is good stuff but a few things: it won't kill AEFW eggs or MEN eggs and also most alot of people myself included have lost certain Acros to it. Hawkins Echinata is one that more than likely won't survive a revive dip.

04/03/2011, 12:32 PM	#9
jwoyshnar Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: 18441 Posts: 1,531	I just dipped a leather that wouldnt polyp up for about a month. With 1/2 hour the polyps started coming out.

04/03/2011, 05:58 PM	#10
Algaenot Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Highlands Ranch, Co Posts: 174	I dip all corals prior to introducing them into my tank. That includes SPSs, leathers, mushrooms, forgspawn, zoas, colts, and flower pots and on and on. As mentioned above, revive is for coral cleansing, there are several types of tiny livestock who will not be affected and then you just have clean bugs. My typical sequence is 10 – 15 minutes in Pro-coral (iodine) followed by 5 minutes in Revive. Both are prepared using tank water. Following the revive bath, check the underside of the coral for any egg casings and scrape them off. Give the coral a through rinse with tank water and introduce them to their new home. Take a look at the bottom of the container that was used for the iodine dip and see all the bugs that would have been in your tank.

04/03/2011, 07:15 PM	#12
scottwhitson Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lewiston, Idaho Posts: 1,395	I don't know what pests you say that revive won't kill but it does kill AEFW, red bugs, and MEN.

04/03/2011, 07:25 PM	#13
Archreefer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 71	I use a 50/50 mix of H2O2/tank water for zoas for 5 min.

04/03/2011, 07:28 PM	#14
Bamm Bamm Saltwater Guru Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Brentwood, NOR CAL Posts: 9,309	You know I've been using Revive for over a year now and couldn't be happier.... for my zoas I usually just do a Iodine dip for 15minutes though.. __________________ 25g rimless cube in the works Current Tank Info: 60g cube

04/04/2011, 06:39 AM	#15
pmrossetti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cali. Posts: 3,199	seems like redbugs and flatworms need different dips?

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