Coral dips

[DmitryB]

I'll be getting a number of frags in a couple of days and looking at dips. Do you do, for example, a Brightwell MD dip and then an iodine dip. Or is it one or the other? (Considering Brightwell MD and Lugol's iodine, although iodine is the same as in the regular pharmacy?)

 

[slingfox]

I mostly use KCl to dip everything nowadays. I also have CoralRx, Revive, Iodine, and hydrogen peroxide around but mostly just default to KCl since it is easy to prepare, seems to kill coral pests more or at least as effectively as other dips, is gentle on coral while not toxic to humans.

 

[Odenac]

I use professor polyps bubble bath, and just that, so far that's worked lol

 

[DmitryB]

Do these methods kill the pests and disinfect? For KCI, is it any potassium chloride I can get on Amazon?

 

[slingfox]

Do these methods kill the pests and disinfect? For KCI, is it any potassium chloride I can get on Amazon?

Yes I use the KCl sold by Alpha Chemicals on Amazon. Typical method is 2 tablespoons per gallon of saltwater (you can scale the recipe for a lower volume) and dip for 10 minutes. If you want an off the shelf product then PolypLab Reef Primer is a potassium salts-based dip. I also have that product laying around

 

[Subsea]

Do these methods kill the pests and disinfect? For KCI, is it any potassium chloride I can get on Amazon?

I got food grade potassium chloride from Amazon

 

[slingfox]

I got food grade potassium chloride from Amazon

Seems like a better idea to purchase food grade. I will do so after I run out of my current KCl supply!

 

[DmitryB]

This looks food grade I think?

 

[jsanbor1]

I used this because that’s what the LFS recommended. Corals seem happy 8 days in. Edit - Smells like tea tree oil.