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[Werbo]

So what is the answer? Are others finding that Revive is not efficient? How about on RC?

I bought Betadine yesterday when at the drug store but was hoping for more information.
Does anyone know of a RC thread that details people success/failures with Betadine? How much does Betadine stress out the corals?

[my2rotties]

I found that Revive did not help one bit. Any corals that are now on their way out, are probably too far gone to save in the first place. Mine have had flat worms for quite some time, and I did not know any better. I thought it was my water or my new halides... I just had no clue until I saw this thread.

I dip all corals in revive and it was not strong enough to do the job, either prior to putting them in my tank, or treating the flatworms once I knew I had them. Right now, I believe my corals are beyond dipping and I will have to get Interceptor from the vet... my dogs need deworming for the season anyways.

My lack of knowledge and diagnosis and solely relying on a dip cost me hundreds of dollars. I will be doing things differently from now on. I do have some stronger pieces that are doing very well, but I don't think they had flatworms just yet. The ones I bought that had them, are all pretty much history.

Too little too late. I did not find the Betadine had too much ill effect on the corals, most coloured up right away. I was worried about the colour of the Betadine staying on the corals but it didn't.

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

So what is the answer? Are others finding that Revive is not efficient? How about on RC?

I bought Betadine yesterday when at the drug store but was hoping for more information.
Does anyone know of a RC thread that details people success/failures with Betadine? How much does Betadine stress out the corals?

[Ephraim]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

I bought Betadine yesterday when at the drug store but was hoping for more information.
Does anyone know of a RC thread that details people success/failures with Betadine? How much does Betadine stress out the corals?

There was mention in the massive Melev thread on RC about AEFW that the betadine stressed the corals out alot and caused significant browning. But I did not experience that when I did my dip. Stress was noticable yes and they did drop some color. But a day after, they looked happy as ever, although color was not 100%. I did not loose a single thing due to the dip.

[Ephraim]

inspected the affected corals when i got home after work today and things are looking good. Many of the bite marks have filled in quite quickly. Will be doing a followup dip early next week, to see what i can knock off then.