Dipping coral

[Alex’s Reef]

I did some research and I cannot find a definitive answer on how often to dip your coral. I have six different kinds of dips: tropic Marin coral pro cure, Bayer advanced insect killer, hydrogen peroxide for algae prevention, Coral RX, seachems reef dip (iodine) and RedSea’s DipX. I have a 25 gallon frag tank I’ll be using and I have extra power heads and heaters with tanks for the dip stations but I’m curious to know if any of you can help determining how often to dip my coral. I plan on having a mixed reef in my DT eventually but I’d like to take the extra measures for pest prevention. Any advice would be much appreciated. I know I still need to do research on which dips to use on which coral because they respond differently. Thank you

 

[T-J]

Dip when you get them home before you put them into your QT. I've never dipped corals another time after adding them to my systems. The only other time I would dip is if there is a bug issue and I need to dip and place back into QT.

 

[Alex’s Reef]

Gotcha. I read all my dip bottles so I know which ones to use on which coral but I think I’ll try dipping then once a week or every 8-14 days for nudi hatchlings.