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What brand of iodine do you use?I’ve had to deal with it several times and every time I managed to beat it without any losses with a 3 step dip. 1) You dip the coral in iodine for 15 minutes. 2) you dip the coral in hydrogen peroxide for 5-6 minutes 3) you dip the coral in revive. (Pour a little iodine over the affected areas too, before you’re dipping) this treatment usually works in a single go. Before that I tried using iodine alone and it never helped. Also increase the flow in your system. And do a water change. Bjd is sometimes caused by the fact that the coral is being under constant stress. GL
Thanks for the help, so when you say dip in iodine and hydrogen peroxide do you mean just both of these in solution, don't mean to sound stupid But I've never dipped a coral beforeI’ve had to deal with it several times and every time I managed to beat it without any losses with a 3 step dip. 1) You dip the coral in iodine for 15 minutes. 2) you dip the coral in hydrogen peroxide for 5-6 minutes 3) you dip the coral in revive. (Pour a little iodine over the affected areas too, before you’re dipping) this treatment usually works in a single go. Before that I tried using iodine alone and it never helped. Also increase the flow in your system. And do a water change. Bjd is sometimes caused by the fact that the coral is being under constant stress. GL
What brand of iodine do you use?
Thanks for the help, so when you say dip in iodine and hydrogen peroxide do you mean just both of these in solution, don't mean to sound stupid But I've never dipped a coral before
Ok thanks, how do you know what's the right amount to use of the peroxide?No I do one after another. So I had 3 buckets and a rinse bucket . Took it out of iodine into peroxide then last one was the revive. Just be gentle on peroxide dip. It’s nice in a way that oxygen bubbles attach to the brown jelly and it just floats up. So the coral ends up very clean after. However it could be very harsh on the coral itself if you add too much of it.
Thanks never thought on the pen idea, heard of it being used for aiptasia though.I agree with macdaddy. It is hard to stop brown jelly once it starts. One trick you can also do is get a pen torch and burn the areas with brown jelly. This is drastic but it does work. Peroxide has always made a big difference. Iodine, not so much but it helps.