Will dipping corals for pests eventually lead to superbugs?
Real world example: Antibiotics are currently over-used in our world, and are leading to antibiotic resistant bugs. Antibacterial soap is being banned in parts of the world due to the development of resistant strains of bacteria. Doctors have had to crack down on the usage of antibiotics.
I've noticed on threads that some bugs are getting harder to get rid of. Could we be the cause of these super bugs developing? It seems that people have been having a harder time treating some bugs on newer threads (last 3 years) vs the older threads (5 years+).
I'm worried that corals could eventually go extinct in the oceans, and reefers might be the last chance of keeping corals from disappearing completely. We'd be stricken if superbugs eventually lead to the end of the reefing hobby. This is bigger then just us.
Things I'm curious about:
Real world example: Antibiotics are currently over-used in our world, and are leading to antibiotic resistant bugs. Antibacterial soap is being banned in parts of the world due to the development of resistant strains of bacteria. Doctors have had to crack down on the usage of antibiotics.
I've noticed on threads that some bugs are getting harder to get rid of. Could we be the cause of these super bugs developing? It seems that people have been having a harder time treating some bugs on newer threads (last 3 years) vs the older threads (5 years+).
I'm worried that corals could eventually go extinct in the oceans, and reefers might be the last chance of keeping corals from disappearing completely. We'd be stricken if superbugs eventually lead to the end of the reefing hobby. This is bigger then just us.
Things I'm curious about:
- Should we drastically increase the 30 day qt window?
- Could bugs/bacteria/pests form immunity to coral dips?
- Alternatives to dipping
- Avoiding buying from reefers/companies without strong qt practices
- Current bugs that are not treatable by dipping (like black bugs)
- Should we use multiple types of dips *at the same time* to catch any bugs that are immune to one type of dip and not the other?
- Is there a chance that ocean reefs get contaminated by hobby created superbugs?