How do you transfer coral out of a Dino infested tank?

[EricTheRed]

I use Coral RX for my coral dip and I don't see anything mentioned on the label about it killing dino's. I have a bunch of nice coral in one of my tanks but there are toxic dino's (diagnosed with a microscope) that are slowly killing everything. I'd like to move some of the coral into another tank and start fresh as a FO tank. I know that copper will kill these dino's but I can't use it until the coral is safely re-homed. I won't take the risk of moving (or selling) the coral unless I can be certain that a dip...Coral RX, Bayer, fresh-water, etc. will kill the dino's.

Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[Brew12]

I would think H2O2 would give you the best chance at success. I know I have used this successfully for algae and cyano but I've never tried it on dino's.

 

[EricTheRed]

I would think H2O2 would give you the best chance at success. I know I have used this successfully for algae and cyano but I've never tried it on dino's.

Thanks, I was wondering about that since I know some folks use it to kill algae. When you used it for algae, did you dilute it?

 

[Brew12]

Thanks, I was wondering about that since I know some folks use it to kill algae. When you used it for algae, did you dilute it?

I used 30% of the 3%H2O2 with 70% tank water. I do know some people use it 50-50

 

[bblumberg]

I agree with H2O2, but be careful with the dose. Tolerance varies lot depending on the type of coral. Have a look at post 8 in this thread.
https://www.manhattanreefs.com/foru...-questions-about-peroxide-dosing-dipping.html

Good luck,

Bruce

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I would think H2O2 would give you the best chance at success. I know I have used this successfully for algae and cyano but I've never tried it on dino's.

Thanks, I was wondering about that since I know some folks use it to kill algae. When you used it for algae, did you dilute it?

Use both dips esp if you have them. I would consider the new tank a QT or Set up a QT between the two and repeat the dip. .Revive would be a better choice than RX or a larger dose of rx..