Iodine dip to save coral

[ReeferTCG]

Hey all I am curios to see where the comunity lands here.

Iodine dip OR hydrogen peroxide dip are good for healthy coral to get rid of pests, cuts, algae.

I have heard a lot they also help when a stick has STN or a LPS has BJD/ loosing heads.

How many of you have successfully and repeatedly saved corals with STN or BJD in a dip when it starts going? I have like twice or 4 times, and I dont think that is enough to say the dips work for me to save corals… Maybe its a me issue who knos.

 

[fishguy242]

Iodine ,lugols for damaged, bayer for new corals 3 stage of bayer ,sw rinse,mild iodine 5th dip n rinse again

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

To be honest dips don't get rid of pests, they get rid of pods, amphipods, bristleworms etc.... but the truly nasty stuff like aptaisia, hydriods, vermatids, bubble alge etc..., will all get past the dip.

Peroxide is the only thing I think of for algae, and that only works with some corals, it will kill some other corals, I know from experience.

IMO once a coral has bjd or rtn its beyond any help that a dip can offer. These things happen due to the conditions in the tank, so you dip the coral and then you add it back into the same tank that caused the problem.

if I use a dip I use something similar as mentioned above, ones that claim to clean and soothe stressed corals, even then I am skeptical that they actually do anything,

 

[Fish Fan]

Take a look at potassium chloride dips (KCL), this has become popular and really helps with some of the stubborn pests.

 

[cilyjr]

On H2O2, it's a pretty strong antiseptic. Theory behind a coral that is pretty severely damaged is that the h202 will kill pretty much everything at the microbial level. Bear in mind it has been shown to kill healthy tissue as well. So if it's a last-ditch effort, why not? It's better than trying nothing.

Personally, I have found antibiotic treatments far more effective in treating girls with serious tissue loss. Removal of the dead tissue by cutting slightly into the healthy part of the coral and then 2 days worth of antibiotic treatments either via Cipro or OA. With a ladder being my preferred lately.

For regular dipping, I will vary my process depending on some general characteristics of the coral. But I'm mixing something similar to the kung fu dip protocol.

 

[ReeferTCG]

Thanks all, i wanted to see if I was doing something wrong because when something starts to STN I cant save it for the life of me. It sounds like most have similar experience saving corals going to the dark side.