cleaning/disinfecting zoas/palys

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Hello, Nice new site!
How do you guys/gals clean/disinfect any new zoas/palys that one gets?
is seachem reef dip ok?


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I use reef dip if they look healthy.

If you are the SLIGHTEST bit suspect, as in they didnt look healthy at the LFS, you know it is a fresh wild colony, or you got them online, I would give them a 2 minute half a capsule of furan II / 1 cup of tank water dip. Wont hurt them at all and you will sleep better at night.
 

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I also use the Furan II, but add a few drops of FlatwormExit and let them sit for 10-15 minutes and haven't lost any yet. I do this with all the new corals I put in my tank. It will not kill any eggs on the corals, but it should get rid of any other pests.
 

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fresh water dip

Freshwaters bad, unless you can see some sort of nasty predator on the zoanthids. Otherwise you are just stressing the coral more.

A couple drops of FW exit wont hurt. I dont blame you for being paranoid if you have ever had those little eye sores!
 

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I made the mistake of putting zoas that I had gotten from a friend in one of my old tanks and with them came Nudis and it wipped out my entire colony of Bam Bam Oranges before I could get rid of all the little pests.
I also use the tropical marine pro coral cure on alot of my corals. After I run them in the Furan and FE dip I will put them in a bath of TMPCC for a few minutes, but I too have never used it on the zoas so I would be interested if anyone has. I know Kent's version says on the bottle not to use it on polyps.
 
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