FarmerTy Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Dip everything!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yep I do a peroxide dip as a minimum for all my stuff lol from reading it don't look like a dip will prevent these guys tho so hopefully we can figure out where they comin from before more ppl get them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Just a heed of warning, peroxide dips will kill most SPS pretty quickly. I mainly do them only on zoas and palys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct67stang Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Have you bought from Austin aqua farms? Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I would be REAL surprised if the eggs can survive both a coral dip and a Bayer dip back to back. Plus when you dip, you see what falls off, so it gives you a heads up on what might be riding in, as opposed to blindly putting things in the tank and hoping there's nothing riding along. Coral Rx and Bayer do NOT kill the eggs. There is nothing currently available that will. In order to keep things like this out of a tank, you must QT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Just a heed of warning, peroxide dips will kill most SPS pretty quickly. I mainly do them only on zoas and palys. Oh yeah I use coral rx for sps but it cost more than peroxide so I use peroxide on everything else lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 We'll be giving away samples of Seachem Reef Dip at the club meeting this Saturday. Always dip your corals people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post esacjack Posted May 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2013 why does this suddenly feel like sex ed? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Not dipping your corals is like playing Russian roulette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SChrisEV Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Sorry just now seeing this. The most recent Zoa/Paly that I added was some Green Galactus Paly from AquaSD on 4/3.... (I did not DIP) Before that I got some unknown Paly from esacjack, that was back at the end of December (12/29). Then before that, at almost the start of my tank (once cycled) I added some Green Dragon Eye Zoa from RUSH, and some Fairy Dust Palys from KIMP, both back on 11/19. So I suspect it was from AquaSD. Grr, I shuda dipped!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SChrisEV Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Oh wait, I also picked up Fire and Ice Zoa/Purple Death Paly combo and Nuclear Green Zoa that I picked up from RCA at the end of the world sale. on 12/8... Still I look at my tank ALL the time, probably too much, and given that i added the Green Galactus Paly just a little over a month ago, that's probably where I picked them up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoric Eulogy Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I suspect from what you wrote, you must have gotten the pests from aquasd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct67stang Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Bio dipped and removed a nudi from his frag. From aquasd. Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Big mike did you ever order from aquasd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AquaSD Posted May 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2013 Mike brought my attention to this thread recently. We are very careful when new zoas and palys arrive in our facility. We use Revive and Coral Rx on the new pieces that arrive, however, as a member mentioned, these will kill the adult/hatched Nudis but not the eggs that it might have left. We do routine dips on all our frags once a week on the dot, due to the fact that these coral dips do not take care of the eggs. For coral colonies, we observe each piece daily. If we spot anything out of the ordinary, we treat it right away. We have 3 guys here that do our maintence and husbandry for our systems and making sure that pests are not on our corals is their top priority. Lastly, I want to add that prior to our ship out, we do a quick revive rinse on every piece (not the full 5 - 10 mins that they recommend, just a quick rinse and a blast from the turkey baster). I do agree with everyone though, no matter where the corals come from, definitely dip and inspect it closely before epoxying it into your reef Thank you. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Well said, I must agree that to be honest, it doesn't matter who/where it came from, you should dip no matter what. In the end, we only have ourselves to blame if a pest gets into the system. I've been through every disaster and pest through my 10 years of reefing and some have shut down my tanks and others have only been a minor nuisance. I was to blame for all of them entering my system though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Well if those things can survive that many dips I'm screwed lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosFyre Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Those are zoa eating nudibranches. I had some of those once. They came in on some live rock, and made themselves home in my (at the time) one colony of zoas. I used a turkey baster to blow the zoa off and suck up and nudis that got dislodged. I did that every day and sucked up all of them. After that, for a long while, there was nothing. then I noticed my zoa starting to close again in spots for no reason, like something was irritating it. I blew it off and sure enough, baby nudis. I caught every single one over a period of days, but you have to have a good eye when they're that small. I found two adult ones shortly after, and then no more. Its been a few weeks and I haven't seen a single one. My zoas aren't being irritated by anything, but I blow them off regularly just to keep an eye out for the nudis. Manual removal IS possible but difficult. You have to catch them to extinction, wait for any eggs to hatch and then catch those too. If you had the money for it, you could buy a Coral Rx and dip your zoas, kill the live nudis, then keep dipping the zoas every week until you're sure the eggs or any stray zoas in the tank have hatched and made their way onto the polyps and then gotten killed by one of the dips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Flatworm Exit kills nudi's dead! It's part of my dipping/qt routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I've been using CoralRX and/or Lugol's on zoa/paly pieces I get in. Asking the group here.... Is that enough? Will it kill eggs and critters? Should I be doing more? No pests yet, knock on wood, but wondering if I have just been lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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