Bayer insecticide as a coral dip

[jimmerpro]

Is this safe for softies? Zoes, Leathers, etc?
Sorry for a likely repeat question.....I know it's somewhere in this beast of a thread.......but I have to head out now and will check back later.
Thanks!!!!

 

[Eric B]

Is this safe for softies? Zoes, Leathers, etc?
Sorry for a likely repeat question.....I know it's somewhere in this beast of a thread.......but I have to head out now and will check back later.
Thanks!!!!

I would say yes since I dipped my zoa's but don't have any softies and have not lost any and all are over a year old. Maybe others have had different experiences but nothing I can say has died from this dip except for pest.

 

[ronnie]

Yes. Safe for all

 

[BetURWrasse]

I don't have much but what I do have sat in a bayer dip
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[wowkingjames]

Thank for the info!

 

[xtlosx]

I have always dipped religously, but earlier this year I somehow got Red Bugs.... After that disaster, and doing the interceptor treatments, etc I decided from then on everything will be Bayer dipped. I've been Bayer Dipping for the better part of six months now and can't imagine not doing it. I've dipped Hawkins, Red Planets, PearlBerry, and many other SPS with no problems... I do the 10ml in a large 4oz shot glass as well and have never lost anything.

 

[ronnie]

QT is a requirement. Dipping is frivolous without a QT so you can dip for a minimum of 60 days (ten dips - one every six days).

 

[that Reef Guy]

Bayer is Awesome!

 

[Djtonton]

QT is a requirement. Dipping is frivolous without a QT so you can dip for a minimum of 60 days (ten dips - one every six days).

ronnie your PM box is full im interested in learning more about QT shoot me a PM

 

[Shep]

I have done this with a few SPS and have had great results, saved a great monti I have. Can this dip be used on LPS (acans) and soft corals?

 

[Pete polyp]

I have done this with a few SPS and have had great results, saved a great monti I have. Can this dip be used on LPS (acans) and soft corals?

I have used it on acan and zoa/paly with good results

 

[Greg79]

I do same for all new arrival SPS
But after 5-10 minutes in bayer I do rinsing in tank water then 5 minutes in lugols(1-2 drops per 100 ml), again rinse in tank water and after that it's going to low light and low flow area for couple days I usually repid procedure after a week or so to make sure
Never lost any frag and system is pest free as far as I know

 

[ritter6788]

Found out Bayer does not kill Red Planaria. I dipped a frag with them for 15 minutes in 20ml/cup Bayer solution. After the rinse they were crawling around on the frag like no big deal.

 

[that Reef Guy]

Found out Bayer does not kill Red Planaria. I dipped a frag with them for 15 minutes in 20ml/cup Bayer solution. After the rinse they were crawling around on the frag like no big deal.

I find that very hard to believe.

Do you use a powerhead or stir the water to knock them off?

I always use a Turkey Baster and Blast Away.

I have been told that just changing the Salinity or Doing a Freshwater Dip will knock off Flatworms.

Flatworm Exit kills Flatworms and it does not affect other stuff in your tank.

I would never dose Bayer in my Tank though.

Bayer is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more potent than freshwater.

 

[ritter6788]

[video]https://youtu.be/1frxTWZH_ZE[/video]

15 minute Bayer dip, 20ml/cup. I use a round container and shake/swirl the Bayer around multiple times. After everything else falls off and dies the RP are still on the frag and alive.

 

[mic209]

[video]https://youtu.be/1frxTWZH_ZE[/video]

15 minute Bayer dip, 20ml/cup. I use a round container and shake/swirl the Bayer around multiple times. After everything else falls off and dies the RP are still on the frag and alive.

I have a springeri damsel that took care of all the red planeria in a couple weeks, he has been a model citizen since and not aggressive at all.

 

[Eric G]

My question is why doesn't anyone use bayer with germ killer? it mixes up clear so you can see what's coming off your frags. Is something in the germ killer toxic???

 

[las]

Following

 

[damon.strange.5]

Following as well

 

[GlassMunky]

My question is why doesn't anyone use bayer with germ killer? it mixes up clear so you can see what's coming off your frags. Is something in the germ killer toxic???

This is why:
Here's the ingredients from the beyer with germ killer



And also here is the ingredients for the regular bayer dip we all use:

The active ingredient that is doing what we want is the "Imidacloprid". The germ killer bayer does not have that, and that's why we don't use it.