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Hello everyone, I just joined the forum. Glad to see people are having success with my experiment. The method has a lot of wiggle room, meaning, there is a wide range of effective concentrations. Just don't use it pure and don't use it as an in-tank treatment. ---Whisperer
These are the steps I take before adding a frag. I picked this up from another forum from two reefers in particular, Whisperer and Flamron.
The first step is to start with a close visual inspection of your frag.
Here is the frag in the bag:
Darth Maul Porites
Wild Colony
Frag on original plug (possibly crawling with all kinds of pests (AEFW, red bugs, black bugs, nudi's of all kinds, etc)
Got to get the frag off the plug (I always do this or if I cannot remove the frag from plug I then cover the plug with zap gel)
Yes, some of the frag remains on old plug but less likely to bring in eggs by removing old plug
Frag sitting in 4ounces of either frag water or your tank water (with plug removed!!)
I then get out my "Bayer Advanced complete insect killer for Soil and Turf Concentrate" and a 10 ml syringe (This stuff is extremely hazardous, do not touch it with your skin, use in a well ventilated room and do not spill it.)
Then add 10 ml's of Bayer to the 4 ounces of water in the cup (make sure you use the exact same bottle as I have photographed, there are different versions of Bayer with different ingredients in similar looking containers). Regarding dosage, I use 10 mls of Bayer, but some people use as little as 1.25 mls of this Bayer to 4 ounces of frag or tank water.
This is what the cup looks like with the Bayer
A friend of mine recently turned me onto this Bauer dip for SPS. So forgive me if this already came up, I haven't read all 180 posts.
But what is everyone doing with the dip after your done with it?
Is everyone just dumping this stuff down the drains and into their local waterways???
It seems pretty irresponsible of all of us to just dump a bunch of insecticides into the water.... :-/
A friend of mine recently turned me onto this Bauer dip for SPS. So forgive me if this already came up, I haven't read all 180 posts.
But what is everyone doing with the dip after your done with it?
Is everyone just dumping this stuff down the drains and into their local waterways???
It seems pretty irresponsible of all of us to just dump a bunch of insecticides into the water.... :-/
Okay so seems like some great info here. I'm doing a new build and I am going to buy a few pieces of really great coralline covered rock from the lfs. So who thinks dipping the rock is the best idea? 5 gallon bucket power head and 15 min dip is my thoughts. Keep my new tank from pests? Is that enough?