Originally Posted by
vonodie1
http:///forum/post/2778154
Why would you want to freshwater dip a coral? Seems to me that it would be a sure way to kill it, but I am kind of new so not sure... If it is to make sure bad hitchhikers come off...I thought that was what a iodine dip is for.
I only temp acclimate for 15 minutes then into an iodine dip for 10 minutes and into my tank. I have done this with all of the corals I have received and all are thriving so far. (all 8 of them).
SOME (but not all) Corals will benefit from a FW dip with no harm. I think most folks would agree that Zoa's SHOULD be Freshwater dipped and . Like said Zoa's are tough. But there can be Nudi's, Pox and the such........ The Freshwater soak-rinse helps rid them of many unwanted parasites. Many of the treatments for Zoa's use freshwater. I have always done at least a 10 min. FW soak on all Zoa's.......... I add Furan-2 to the dip if I suspect any fungal infections are present.
After the FW dip I moved them to a 50% SW-50% FW solution for 5 additional minutes then to all Saltwater with matching temperature and PH before introduction......