Dipping corals Help please!

[SNEAKFTW]

Hey Guys i've made the mistake of not dipping 6 corals in my new tank. 2 Zoanthids, 2 Montipora, a torch coral, and a Frammer. I've not seen any sign of pests besides some vermatids which I clipped off of the frammer. Now i'm noticing tissue damage and little white things on my montipora i'm suspecting nudibranches.

I'm thinking of trying bayer dip for everything and i've read quite a bit but i'm nervous about trying to remove my zoanthids from their plugs, one is actually on a small chunk of rock. I don't know how I'm going to remove it. Am i wasting my time by dipping these corals aside from the montipora and just take my chances? I'm ordering new plugs for everything else but i'm really stumped on what to do with this zoa that's on the rock.

Can I RO dip the zoas especially the one that i'm not sure about removing from the rock and Bayer everything else? Thoughts or reccomendations would be really helpful as i'm a bit apprehensive at trying my first hand at this!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Consider that many people don't dip corals, I don't. Coral dips IMO are more for getting rid of pests, and honestly, the only pests they removes are copepods, amphipods, brittle worms, etc.. all the good stuff basically, but it does nothing against algae's, aptaisia cloves, hydroids, all the bad stuff gets through the dip.

What makes you want to dip now? Pulling a coral out of a tank to dip it is very stressful to a coral, for me its a last resort. And if the pest is in your tank already, then pulling it out and dipping now will be pointless because the pests are in the tank already.

If you can share pictures, and more info about your tank... tank age, parameters,lighting and flow info, etc..... then folks will have better idea what kind of suggestion to offer.

 

[SNEAKFTW]

Consider that many people don't dip corals, I don't. Coral dips IMO are more for getting rid of pests, and honestly, the only pests they removes are copepods, amphipods, brittle worms, etc.. all the good stuff basically, but it does nothing against algae's, aptaisia cloves, hydroids, all the bad stuff gets through the dip.

What makes you want to dip now? Pulling a coral out of a tank to dip it is very stressful to a coral, for me its a last resort. And if the pest is in your tank already, then pulling it out and dipping now will be pointless because the pests are in the tank already.

If you can share pictures, and more info about your tank... tank age, parameters,lighting and flow info, etc..... then folks will have better idea what kind of suggestion to offer.

Ok, I will get some pictures, I can see the nudibranches or some sort of pest on my montiporas. That's what i'm most concerned about. I guess I never considered that some don't consider coral dipping. I feel if I don't do anything I will lose my montis for sure.

I have a Penisunala 25 waterbox that's about 4 months old flow is a nero 3 with Sicce upgraded return, lighting is AB+ on a AI Prime. I will test today for parameters as well.