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Old 12/30/2007, 01:09 PM
Faisal1976us Faisal1976us is offline
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fresh water dip acropora !
Hi ,,,

Is it work fresh water dip for not healthy acropora !

and how can i do it !
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Old 12/30/2007, 01:46 PM
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DON'T. When I first got into SPS I learned the hard way and lost two of three corals, with only one recovering. And this was from a 3-4 min dip...
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Old 12/30/2007, 08:37 PM
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I would agree do not fresh water dip.
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Old 12/30/2007, 09:42 PM
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WHat corals are okay to fresh water dip? If any?
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Old 12/30/2007, 10:02 PM
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Zoanthids, But thats about it.
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Old 12/30/2007, 10:05 PM
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Old 12/30/2007, 11:16 PM
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Yup F/W dips will severly bleach if not kill your corals.
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Old 12/30/2007, 11:29 PM
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What kind of ips are you guys using? I kow for SPS you should interceptor, but what about other corals, lps?
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Old 12/31/2007, 02:07 AM
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This has to be a joke, right?
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Old 12/31/2007, 07:30 AM
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I think its bad idea
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Old 12/31/2007, 08:08 AM
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Not only will it likely kill your acro, but it doesn't do a thing for redbugs or flatworms or any other pests you're trying to get rid of. I tried it out on a small frag with redbugs once. Not a single red bug died or left the host.
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Old 12/31/2007, 03:01 PM
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ok how can i kill redbugs ?
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Old 12/31/2007, 10:26 PM
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Quote:
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ok how can i kill redbugs ?

Interceptor...
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Old 12/31/2007, 11:17 PM
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Well I am sorry but has any tried it. I did it for flatworms, lost o acroporas. I read it on a website somewhere but I forget where. I would not recommend it unless you have tried everything else.
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Old 12/31/2007, 11:33 PM
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FW dips can work however it is very stressful and not recommended. Even a 60 second dip will brown out a coral VERY quickly.
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Old 01/01/2008, 03:12 AM
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Interceptor ! like who this guys !
 

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