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Hey all!
I'm a reefer returning after many years out of the game and I'm trying to take a real hard approach to preventative QT and observation of livestock entering my display tanks. To this end, I currently have three 10 gallon tanks running; a medicated fish QT, a coral observation tank, and a third tank just for motile inverts. Again, I'm trying to be very dedicated to greatly minimizing unwanted pests, as best I can.
I recently purchased my first two batches of corals, mostly LPS and Zoas. I got like 5 pieces from a local reefer, which I'm pretty happy with. Then, I got another five or so pieces from an R2R member in the livestock for sale forum shipped to me. I should mention, this was the very first time I have ever purchased corals by mail, in the past it was always from my LFS or other local reefers. At first, I was thrilled with the coral I received from the R2R seller, his service (answering my many, many questions) was great, the shipment was well packaged, pricing and size of the frags was awesome. When the frags arrived I noticed that the bags they were in were quit dirty. A lot of detritus and what not was floating around in the bag with the frags. I figured that's what happens when you ship coral frags, they must get "dirty" in shipping, somehow.
I drip acclimated the corals I received from the R2R member and noticed a lot of detritus and who knows what in the bottom of the drip bucket. I found bristle worms for sure, as well as at least three little brittle stars (which I rescued and tossed, gently, in my motile invert holding tank). The frags also had A LOT of algae including a bubble or two of bubble algae and also a lot hair algae.
I dipped everything in Coral RX, followed by Revive, followed by a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dip for the Zoas and other corals that it was recommended for, then they went into my coral observation tank. That was 2 or 3 weeks ago. Now, I am seeing obvious hair algae growing amongst my Zoas, and I have a hammer whose frag plug is so engulfed in hair algae it's ridiculous and spreading to the bases of torches I purchased from my local reefer. Grrrr!!!!
When I dipped the Zoas in hydrogen peroxide, I had found an R2R post that listed what corals can and can't be dipped in H2O2, and at what concentration and for how long. I cannot find that post now. I'm now finding other posts listing a range of both the concentration and/or time a Zoa should be kept in an H2O2 dip.
Please, what is the recommended hydrogen peroxide concentration and time in the dip to get rid of hair algae on Zoa colonies? Any help to get rid of this stuff would be very much appreciated! Thank you in advance!
I'm a reefer returning after many years out of the game and I'm trying to take a real hard approach to preventative QT and observation of livestock entering my display tanks. To this end, I currently have three 10 gallon tanks running; a medicated fish QT, a coral observation tank, and a third tank just for motile inverts. Again, I'm trying to be very dedicated to greatly minimizing unwanted pests, as best I can.
I recently purchased my first two batches of corals, mostly LPS and Zoas. I got like 5 pieces from a local reefer, which I'm pretty happy with. Then, I got another five or so pieces from an R2R member in the livestock for sale forum shipped to me. I should mention, this was the very first time I have ever purchased corals by mail, in the past it was always from my LFS or other local reefers. At first, I was thrilled with the coral I received from the R2R seller, his service (answering my many, many questions) was great, the shipment was well packaged, pricing and size of the frags was awesome. When the frags arrived I noticed that the bags they were in were quit dirty. A lot of detritus and what not was floating around in the bag with the frags. I figured that's what happens when you ship coral frags, they must get "dirty" in shipping, somehow.
I drip acclimated the corals I received from the R2R member and noticed a lot of detritus and who knows what in the bottom of the drip bucket. I found bristle worms for sure, as well as at least three little brittle stars (which I rescued and tossed, gently, in my motile invert holding tank). The frags also had A LOT of algae including a bubble or two of bubble algae and also a lot hair algae.
I dipped everything in Coral RX, followed by Revive, followed by a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dip for the Zoas and other corals that it was recommended for, then they went into my coral observation tank. That was 2 or 3 weeks ago. Now, I am seeing obvious hair algae growing amongst my Zoas, and I have a hammer whose frag plug is so engulfed in hair algae it's ridiculous and spreading to the bases of torches I purchased from my local reefer. Grrrr!!!!
When I dipped the Zoas in hydrogen peroxide, I had found an R2R post that listed what corals can and can't be dipped in H2O2, and at what concentration and for how long. I cannot find that post now. I'm now finding other posts listing a range of both the concentration and/or time a Zoa should be kept in an H2O2 dip.
Please, what is the recommended hydrogen peroxide concentration and time in the dip to get rid of hair algae on Zoa colonies? Any help to get rid of this stuff would be very much appreciated! Thank you in advance!