I dipped my Euphylia in peroxide and it’s polyps bursted

[TheFrag]

I have used the same brand before to get rid of flatworms on the same coral and it worked fine with no adverse effects. This time I mixed the peroxide with saltwater and its polyps inflated and bursted. Every other time it was straight peroxide was it the saltwater mixed with it that did this?

 

[KrisReef]

I don't know but I have switched dips to potassium chloride (2 tablespoons/gallon) in tankwater because it ruins the worms and not the coral..

Sorry. I wonder if the bottle went bad somehow?

 

[Pistondog]

There's a protocol for dipping various corals in different peroxide concentrations in saltwater.
I just damaged some trumpet corals trying to use the same dip as the goni.

Peroxide dipping guidelines (for corals)

A while back Justin Credabel published this chart detailing the concentration of hydrogen peroxide appropriate for dipping various genera of corals. I've used these guidelines myself a few times to remove algae from coral frags and it's been quite effective. Justin Credabel's hydrogen...

humble.fish

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Peroxide is usually used for algae, not flatworms...

Are you sure you aren't thinking of iodine?

 

[TheFrag]

There's a protocol for dipping various corals in different peroxide concentrations in saltwater.
I just damaged some trumpet corals trying to use the same dip as the goni.

Peroxide dipping guidelines (for corals)

A while back Justin Credabel published this chart detailing the concentration of hydrogen peroxide appropriate for dipping various genera of corals. I've used these guidelines myself a few times to remove algae from coral frags and it's been quite effective. Justin Credabel's hydrogen...

humble.fish

 

[TheFrag]

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Peroxide is usually used for algae, not flatworms...

Are you sure you aren't thinking of iodine?

no I used it for flatworms successfully with same exact Euphylia they hopped right i off

 

[TheFrag]

I don't know but I have switched dips to potassium chloride (2 tablespoons/gallon) in tankwater because it ruins the worms and not the coral..

Sorry. I wonder if the bottle went bad somehow?

Can you send a picture of the potassium chloride you use please

 

[GlassMunky]

Can you send a picture of the potassium chloride you use please

Reef-Primer

Reef Primer is a premium dip for your corals and frags. Use in your acclimation routine before adding new corals to your system.

www.polyplab.com

this dip is potassium based i believe and works well according to lots of highly looked up to reefers including @Battlecorals

Im still a bayer user myself when it comes to dipping.

Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizer that will oxidize things on contact. the exact same reason it says not to use over large portions of your body, and the exact same reason it bubbles and stings when on a cut is what happened to your coral. you basically ate away at its tissues and dissolved it. personally i would never dip my corals in something thats caustic like that.

 

[NEcoral]

same thing happened to me dipping some hammer in peroxide. 30-45 seconds. It didn’t kill it, and its starting to come back but i am done with that trick.

 

[Afkomjorgen]

I used peroxide and saltwater to dip a fungia to treat algae on its exposed skeleton. It collected bubbles under its skin and looked terrible.
My partner suggested I turn it upside down for a couple of days to help it rid itself of the bubbles and it worked! Not sure if it would be effective for a torch but maybe?

 

[ナイトコア猫]

I don't know but I have switched dips to potassium chloride (2 tablespoons/gallon) in tankwater because it ruins the worms and not the coral..

Sorry. I wonder if the bottle went bad somehow?

Expired H2O2 will turn into clean water and oxygen, so if used to soak corals, there should be no special side effects. It sounds like maybe this type of coral is more sensitive to H2O2.

 

[Cell]

I'd never dip in full strength 3% H2O2, only diluted. I've had success evicting flatworms from a torch with H2O2 before.

 

[ナイトコア猫]

H2O2 removes green color in freshwater aquariums. But freshwater shrimp are sensitive to H2O2, some of my pets have died, please be careful. Other marine life may also be affected.