Coral dips - Polyp Lab Reef Primer

[SubzeroLT]

For the past year, I’ve been using coral dips that smells like pine cleanser. Some work great. Some are known to be more diluted & work so-so (i.e. does not remove all pests effectively). Many are not effective against flatworms.

 

A senior reefer recommended potassium based cleaners. I tried to DIY some with potassium chloride powder but wasn't exactly sure of the dosage. 

Just sharing something I tried recently & was pretty impressed with it. This product is supposed be formulated of Potassium + other salts.

 

Potassium based cleaners work great

•  Very effective against worms, crabs, brittlestarfish or the dreaded zoa eating nudibranch and Acro Eating FlatWorm.

• One nice thing with potassium based dips - there is no need to rinse after dipping. Just place the coral straight into the display tank (free dosing of much needed potassium).

• Potassium dips are supposed to be less harsh on corals compared to insecticides but yet effective against pests. 

• With cleaner or insecticide based coral dips, one normally need to use 1 – 2 additional containers of tank water to ensure the dip is washed. We don’t want any of cleaning chemical/insecticide in the display tank.

Used it on a couple of SPS colonies & LPS so far. Corals opened up again after a few hours. 

Very potent compared to what I've used before. Its not cheap but figured a bottle should last a long time.

 

 

After 3 minutes. 

 

Flatworm?

 

Instructions call for 45g (8 caps) per 4 litres of water.

Graphically, it says:

-          - Take 4L of tank water. Place into a 5L container

-         -  Add 45g of Reef Primter intl the 5L container. Dissolve powder

-          - Dip your corals for max of 5 minutes. Agitate the water. (I use a pipette or turkey baster)

-          - Put the coral directly into the tank. No need to rinse

[Harlequinmania]

This is one of the more gentle coral dip I have tried so far as well, and is safe to overdose it. To be sure all pests are detach from the corals, you can use either a small wave maler or blower to blow the coral as well during the dipping process.

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[Jason Ng]

Great info. Thanks.

May I know how much this coral dip cause?

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[SubzeroLT]

Great info. Thanks.

May I know how much this coral dip cause?

 

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Not sure if its allowed to share prices openly so i'll just mention indicative prices.

Mod, please edit accordingly. In any case, 

 

The big bottle shown in the pic is $50+.

There is a smaller bottle. I recall its about $20+

 

[Jason Ng]

Thanks for the update.

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[weekdaywarrior]

where could i buy this?

[SubzeroLT]

You can get it at Madpetz.

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[weekdaywarrior]

thanks for the answer bro.