Dipping Dendros corals in Bayer.

[Bao]

Hello Everyone,

I have a large colony of fathead Dendros, about 10 big heads and several small ones. Kept them for more than 10 years. Sometimes I get lazy and didn't feed them for a whole month and yet they survived for so many years. Few months ago, I noticed that they are dying, so I put in more effort and feed them every 2 days. But doesn't matter how much I feed them, they still slowly dying.

Now I noticed that they have those tiny worms crawling out of the skeleton and stealing foods.. Could it be that those worms are killing them?
Anyway, I want to dip them into Bayer to get rid of the worms but never done that before.
Will Dendros survive the Bayer dip?
Will Bayer kill those worms?

Thanks,
Bao

 

[KrisReef]

I have used Bayer, it is difficult for me to use because I can’t. See what is dead, or just suffering among he pests

I have switched to KCl because I can see if it’s killing (your worms) or just stunning them.

I would use KCL first to see if that doesn’t work, and if not then I would use the Bayer.

Both seem mild for coral impacts, and KCl is a shorter dip time and effective as long as I have been using it.