Preferred coral dipping procedures?

[d3rryc]

Hey, there!

I'd love to hear what everyone's procedures are for dipping new corals. TMPCC? Lugol's? FW dip? What do you use for SPS, and what do you use for softies? I want to be more diligent with some new acquisitions I have coming soon.

Thanks for sharing!
Derry

[kkiel02]

I recently picked up some kent dip. I can't remember the exact name but it's tech something. I haven't used it yet though. I'm kinda like you. Where I want to start beefing up my biosecurity. I've always qt fish but most my corals I just put in there.

[devonian]

i dip my corals for like 10-15 minutes with like 10 drops of Lugols soln

[JoshOdphi]

i do a FW dip....got lazy on occasion and suffered the consequences...but everything good now..dip everything now...knocks off the hitchhikers

[stoneroller]

For Zs and Ps I use a little iodine with RO water; soak them for a few minutes and inspect carefully; scrub and pull off anything I don't like (e.g. sponges). I have found sundials, spiders and nudis and their egg cases. All of them wicked in their own right.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r10/stoneroller/9630026d.jpg

For stonies I use Revive Coral Cleaner in tank water. Dip and swirl for a few minutes. I also use this treatment after fragging.

[BIGBIRD123]

For SPS, I use a mixture of Lugols, Interceptor, and Levasol (pig and sheep wormer). I dip everything for 10 minutes. In a gallon of RO water, I add Lugols until it looks like strong apple juice, 1/4 tab of interceptor and 1/2 tablet of Levasol.

[BIGBIRD123]

I know it sounds harsh but I have never lost a coral to the dip. I would rather loose a colony than a tankfull.

[stoneroller]

Wow, that's some powerful stuff. Huey Lewis wasn't it?