Dip Your Corals!!! Picked up some Monti eating nudis at a LFS (1 Viewer)

[AquaNerd]

I just wanted to pop in a tell everyone to inspect, dip, repeat every new coral purchase. I picked up a coral very recently from a local fish store that I found out was infested with Montipora Eating Nudibranchs. After dipping the coral, which is part of my usual routine, about six very large nudis came wriggling off from the underside of the coral. Fortunately, it's one of only two Monti frags in the entire aquarium, so if any of the eggs or nudis got by, I'll easily be able to remedy the situation (no room for a coral QT setup unfortunately).

I won't reveal which fish store this was from, as I'm not into public flaming of a store and I haven't had a chance to talk to them about it, but take this as a warning. DIP YOUR CORALS!

 

[below radar]

What do you dip them in?

 

[fishcraze_1]

Brandon.

Did you take pics.

Would like to see them if you have any.

Especially, since you are very good at taking pics.

 

[Pure Magic]

This is interesting. I dip my coral with Coral RX but still had a paly eating snail get through. One snail really put a hurting on my palys. I caught him at night.

Since I've had various pest over the years. I have a habit of going in the room with my tank after the lights are out with my flash light. That is when the little devils come out.

I would say dipping is the 90% answer to killing pest. Dipping and QT is the 99.9% solution to killing pest.

 

[inigomontoya]

Coral RX is my preferred dip, Revive is also popular. Always dip, so hard to get pests out but simple to not let them in.

 

[AquaNerd]

here's a picture:

 

[AquaNerd]

i dipped the coral in lugol's solution...it's a liquid with high concentrations of iodine. i think it's 12-13%.

 

[Ostentum]

And some flatworms in there also that look suspiciously familiar to the ones that ate my pearl berry earlier this year. I love revive stopped using the lugols because smooth skinned acros do horrible in lugols. They don't do well in any dips and worst on them is iodine

 

[RR-MAN]

I just wanted to pop in a tell everyone to inspect, dip, repeat every new coral purchase. I picked up a coral very recently from a local fish store that I found out was infested with Montipora Eating Nudibranchs. After dipping the coral, which is part of my usual routine, about six very large nudis came wriggling off from the underside of the coral. Fortunately, it's one of only two Monti frags in the entire aquarium, so if any of the eggs or nudis got by, I'll easily be able to remedy the situation (no room for a coral QT setup unfortunately).

I won't reveal which fish store this was from, as I'm not into public flaming of a store and I haven't had a chance to talk to them about it, but take this as a warning. DIP YOUR CORALS!

Good info...very common for LFS to have tanks infested with bad bugs since they move/sale so much corals on weekly/monthly basis. I have seen flatworm infestation all over tanks in a couple of different LFS. IMO, the LFS should at least inform the buyer about the parasites BUT you know they don't do that unless you ask.

 

[mwilliams62]

Well after reading this I know what one of my 2 little 10 gallon tanks will be turning into. A QT for corals & my 20 gallon will be a QT for the fish before they go into my new tank.

 

[Tnconcept]

They get their stuff from nature, you can't expect perfect coral every time...

 

[RR-MAN]

They get their stuff from nature, you can't expect perfect coral every time...

True that...

 

[maconbits]

i dont think anyone said they expect a perfect coral everytime, just passing along friendly advise is all i see here. thanks for the heads up

 

[dave00gt]

Yes but they go into tanks that we much love and care for and spend lots of money on. Some people have beautiful tanks that are well mature and pests can destroy alot

 

[Naka]

I'm using Bayer's insecticide. Was the monti mounted frag? I always remove the encrusted plug/disks by flathead screwdriver. I've seen waaaaay too many nudis and eggs between the coral and the disk. Even it's 100% encrusted, I don't take a chance. I brought nuisance algae via plugs/disks into my DT before, I don't take a chance.

QT is the best way to observe your new corals.

• James

 

[Mark L.]

Yep always dip everything. I like to scrub the plug with a toothbrush while its in the dip also. I'm trying hard to keep my tank pest free. You just have to expect a LFS, online retailer, or even a fellow reefer to have pests. It's just part of being in the hobby.

 

[TiAg]

I ended up with a ton of pests in my old 70. I'm dipping everything that goes in my new tank in hopes to keep it to a minimum. It's too big to fight a war CoralRX is my dip.