Double dip worth the trouble?

[tchat]

Im getting in my first “large for me” shipment of corals. 2 hammers, one frogspawn, and 5 Zoa frags from Coral Stop. I plan to dip all in a peroxide based solution upon arrival. I have a newly cycled 3 gal pico tank I could place them in to settle for a couple days and then re dip, and place in my main 75 gal display. My thoughts on the second dip is that it may remove any freshly hatched creatures that the first dip didn’t cover.

My question is, is it worthwhile to do that? I’m sure that does not exclude all pests and I’m not sure if the pico tank is a suitable environment for a long term QT with repeated dips and observation. Any advice? Flow in the pico tank is only one HOB filter FWIW. Thanks

 

[fishguy242]

Better safe than sorry, double dip,scrub gently ,rinse in SW ,repeat,watch ammonia in pico

 

[tchat]

Better safe than sorry, double dip,scrub gently ,rinse in SW ,repeat,watch ammonia in pico

If ammonia spikes water change or let it ride? I’ve heard ammonia isn’t harmful to corals im not sure that’s considered a consensus view

 

[fishguy242]

IMO , yes water change ,WIWD...

 

[Fish Fan]

If ammonia spikes water change or let it ride? I’ve heard ammonia isn’t harmful to corals im not sure that’s considered a consensus view

If you're adding only corals to a new tank, I would typically say that you don't have to worry about ammonia. The corals produce far less ammonia than a fish or two would, and you're right that corals can uptake and use ammonia directly, so a low level of ammonia is actually beneficial to corals.

That said, you're talking about a very small tank, so keep an eye on ammonia. If it gets to about 1.00 ppm or higher I would indeed take action and lower it with water changes. Don't trust things like Seachem Prime, these products do not mitigate ammonia as advertised.

 

[Jimbo327]

For corals, I would use a coral dip. I prefer melafix and potassium chloride mix, very gentle on corals, but deadly for pests. I usually let it "soak" for 15 mins in the solution. I would not dip corals in peroxide, it's too harsh...peroxide just the frag plug for algae. But if you have good clean up crew, don't even need peroxide.