It CAN Happen to you

[Ephraim]

As promised, here are some pictures, sorry for the poor quality.

picture of coral base with tons of eggs


Another base shot


In the bucket after a dip, penny for size reference


Look at all this stuff knocked off with the dip

[my2rotties]

When I did our dips, I did have an odd looking snail come off of one of the corals... now that I saw Snappy's post, I have an ID which is not a very good one. I have the 90g tank in the basement and will try the shrimp idea. We did dip everything in Revive prior to putting them into the tank, so I am not entirely sure what went wrong. I will be Qting corals from her eon in... I just think I will stop buying any coral for quite some time until I get this under control.

When we pulled the corals the other evening, we did find eggs hidden in one of the bases that probably were sheltered from the dip to a certain extent, like GSP had mentioned. I am glad I was able to learn from what happened, and if it was not for this post, I would still be struggling with this.

[Ephraim]

Also i think i pinned down who i got these from. I visited the suspected LFS yesterday and took a gander in thier sps tank, all the remaining acro peices are bit to shreds.

[my2rotties]

I have pinned down whom they came from as well. I just don't know if I should make mention of it. I also need a better dip for all corals at this point, since I used Revive at the beginning, and it did not help. This is a great store but I don't want them thinking I am making accusations but do want them to know.

Originally Posted by Ephraim

Also i think i pinned down who i got these from. I visited the suspected LFS yesterday and took a gander in thier sps tank, all the remaining acro peices are bit to shreds.

[Ephraim]

Originally Posted by my2rotties

I have pinned down whom they came from as well. I just don't know if I should make mention of it. I also need a better dip for all corals at this point, since I used Revive at the beginning, and it did not help. This is a great store but I don't want them thinking I am making accusations but do want them to know.

Naming names is communication better left for pms

[my2rotties]

Yup, that is why I never said a name.

Originally Posted by Ephraim

Naming names is communication better left for pms

[Ephraim]

Well i got my hands on some betadine and finished doing a 3mL per L dip for 25 min. Seems to work pretty well. The corals are stressed and are sliming up big time, but thier polyps are 50% out and looking strong. I dont think i will bother using the kent dip for treatment, maybe as preventative from now on. It didnt kill the worms last night, only knocked them off gently. The betadine gave the flat worms a chuck norris round house and killed them almost instantly also took off alot more than the kent did last night.

Now time will tell how the corals will cope with the stress from the dip.