Lets hope so but duno why u wouldnt try it if u have aefw worst case u loose the coral and thats probly not.to bad a thing rather than infesting ur tank haha
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Lets hope so but duno why u wouldnt try it if u have aefw worst case u loose the coral and thats probly not.to bad a thing rather than infesting ur tank haha
Hi, just purchased the Bayer, can someone post a picture of the bar code on the bottle? Just want to make sure I got the right one. Thanks
I've dipped hammers, candy canes, chalices, dendros, and duncans without issue.
I don't see how your acro survived the 10ml in 4oz of water. I did half that dosage for 5 minutes and nearly nuked every acro that i dipped, half might survive. I would recommend doing a 1/10th, or maybe even less, of what the OP recommends. Absolutely no reason to use 10ml / 4 oz ratio.
I have dipped a 100 plus frags and have had one wild colony frag not survive after a couple of hours but almost every other acro showed no sign of stress that I saw. There are a couple of versions of Bayer insecticide produced, I have only used the one pictured on the first page of this thread. There is a much longer thread on the other large forum for reefers and most people have seen little adverse events from the Bayer dip on that forum. Smooth skinned acros tend to be most sensitive to dipping. I have dipped my original red dragon, mr. Pacman, purple dragon eyes and lots of other named and unnamed deep waters without loss as well. I really don't know why you had such a terrible experience with the Bayer dip. Every single frag in my tank, sps or lps has been through the Bayer dip at the concentration of 10 ml's of Bayer insecticide to 4 ounces of saltwater ( frag or tank water ) for 5 to 15 minutes. And yes I place them in a clean tank water rinse for at least another 5 minutes to avoid contaminating the tank with insecticide.
Others have tried different concentrations for varying amounts of time. The best concentration would be the least amount that effectively killed AEFW and red bugs. Nobody has done the research to determine that amount, so this concentration is based upon empirical information. Using a lesser amount of Bayer may or may not work. What I presented is merely what others have shared and what has seemed to be effective preventatively for me.