SPS & Peroxide

[CastAway]

Ive heard of dipping zoa frag plugs in peroxide to get rid of nuisance algae; typically a 50/50 ratio of 3% peroxide to salt water.

But, I want to know if this can be done for SPS frags as well, or, if there's anything that cannot be dipped in peroxide.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[KJ]

Jeff don't use peroxide on SPS corals.

 

[CastAway]

Jeff don't use peroxide on SPS corals.

Hey @KJ! I have some nicely encrusting JF Pink Lemonade & SSC.

Without un-mounting them, any clever way to clean the plugs up then?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Revive works for algae. A stronger concentration and a tooth brush will probably be fine.

 

[apex003]

I've done whole tank treatment with peroxide at 2ml per gallon with lots of SPS. Some don't like it and get sort of dim, but recover after a couple weeks. Assuming things are healthy going into the dip, it should be fine. I have tons of SPS and they all do pretty well. My candy cane (LPS) always has the worse reaction but quickly recover.

 

[bubbaque]

Here is an old thread where it was done. The thread is about dinos but in the first couple pages they talk about dipping frags, post #8 is where it starts. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-my-experience-h2o2-reefing-tool.52084/

 

[Mattrg02]

I've dipped many sps frags with peroxide. Most get ***** for a few weeks, then recover. Some don't, so don't try it on a rare coral.

 

[littlebangkok82]

Use a tooth brush. What kind of algae?

 

[joseserrano]

the coral will outgrow the algae usually, if the algae is not out of control. I get algae on my new plugs, but coral eventually encrust over it

 

[cracker]

How about removing algae on the coral it'self?

 

[brandon429]

there's a difference between using peroxide on corals like zo's vs sps

zos are listed in the peroxide thread as totally resistant, no pattern of loss, and the toughest among all kept corals actually to any harm from it

sps are tolerant, but not injury-free, so we don't dip those

indication and location of algae, post a pic

my sps never have algae on the skin....its on the edges of the hard frag, not the skin.

zo's are known to have substrate inclusions, anchor points, in the flesh and the flesh is thick enough to be an actual anchor point likely due to dermal thickness preventing immuno or chemo responses from preventing algae attachment like is done when other coral flesh resides in a spot some algae wants (nobody posts pics of algae in the mouth of their acan, for example, unless it was a recession point before the invasion)

I scrape those areas free with a knife tip, forcefully and surgically, then peroxide the cleaned former anchor points directly, where it doesn't touch the polyp, since no algae was on the polyp.

with zo's, you still use tweezers and debride the algae free, never skip the manual work step for having farmed it or bought it farmed

the manual removal is the change-maker, the peroxide is only for former bad spot cellular cleanup/ideal and this prevents flesh contact in all sensitive new frags. zo's are tough if they're not in current challenge/decline/tall hdr profile/not connected/lanky/those are subject to die at anytime. zoas are flat, colonial densely connected animals when in health.

 

[reefndude]

I've tried a couple of sps frags with a peroxide dip just to try. It was about a 50/50 concentration. Both did lose color but survived and are recovering.
Reason I tried it out because I received them with suspected aefw on them. Never saw bugs on them again

 

[SneaksMcdoogle]

Ive heard of dipping zoa frag plugs in peroxide to get rid of nuisance algae; typically a 50/50 ratio of 3% peroxide to salt water.

But, I want to know if this can be done for SPS frags as well, or, if there's anything that cannot be dipped in peroxide.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Justin Credabel's hydrogen peroxide dipping guidelines

Tolerance
Dip 5 minutes Milliliters of Hydrogen Peroxide 3% to 1 Liter of Seawater. Type of Cnidarian

Low 20-40ml
Acropora (tolerance varies widely among species), Montipora, Astreopora, Duncanopsammia, Turbinaria, Galaxia, Cyhpastrea, (*Alveopora)(**Hydnophora) Echinophyllia, Mycedium, Oxypora, Tubastrea,

Low/Med 50-70ml
Pocillopora, Seriatopora, Stylophora, Caulastrea, Clavularia, Pachyclavularia, Sympodium, Cespitularia, Yellow Leathers, Pachyceris, Echinpora, Leptoseris, Pectinia, Psammacora

Medium 80-120ml
Porites, Xenia, Brown Leathers, Pavona, Fungiids, Heliofungia,

Med/High 130-200ml
Goniopora, Favia, Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Leptastrea, Blastomussa, Cynarina, Physogyra, Plerogyra, Symphyllia, Sinularia, Corallimorpharian (Mushroom Anemone)

High 210-350ml
Zoanthids, Palythoa, Scolymia, Acansthstrea, Micromussa, Lobophyllia, Euphyllia, Catalaphyllia, Trachyphyllia,

Coral can be dipped longer in a lower concentrate solution. ? concentrate for up to 20 minutes for deep, persistent algae or bacterial infections, or necrotic areas.