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12/06/2007, 09:38 PM
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IMO I would not Fresh water dip any LPS coral! FW dips are usually for parasites and/or pest. LPS have niether. Just temp acclimate it and you can always drip acclimate just to be safe.
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12/07/2007, 12:00 AM
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I wouldn't think you need to fw dip them but I have dipped candy canes in fw with lugols before with no ill effects, there's some creepy crab living inside the tissue of mine that I wanted out but it still didn't work anyways. So I can say with some comfidence that fw won't kill them. Can't say for other lps though.
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12/07/2007, 12:16 AM
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I wouldn't do a freshwater dip. Candy canes wouldn't usually carry parasites.
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12/08/2007, 07:41 PM
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So lps don't carry any critters? how about flatworms, red bugs, etc.? If not then thats another reason to go lps only!
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12/08/2007, 08:37 PM
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No parasites that eat them. Any coral can have the normal photosynthetic Flat worms on them
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12/09/2007, 12:49 AM
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nothing like AEFW, monti eating nudis or redbugs or anything like that. i definitely like LPS much better because of that reason.
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12/09/2007, 12:58 AM
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Caulastrea is generally pretty hardy. It is worth noting ,however, that they can as most lps be eaten by the protozoan that forms a brown jelly infection which mayspread to other corals. the coral canalso carry in any number of parasites on it's skeleton or the rock it's on.
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