Reburn Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Ty, I'll dip you corals for $20 A piece . Colony's are $20 a branch or per square inch of plate. Please bring me your birdsnest Yowzers! You must think I'm the most successful agent ever! In my book your aces!!!! I'm glad to hear everything went well. Soooooo did you spot anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 I kept seeing these little white pods on some of my acros. Not sure if they were commensual or not but I nuked them nonetheless. Oddly, they were only on some acros but not all. They didn't seem to affect polyp extension or growth in the acros that had them. I want to run a few test acros on a combo dip, with all 3 dips in one solution and see if it'll work together and save some time. I'll be doing this one outside in a small cup just in case there is some weird chemical interaction that releases a poisonous gas or something. Yes, I'm paranoid. Look at the title of this thread if you had doubts. Jolt, since its standard Bayer insecticide that I would normally spray around my house anyways for bugs, I just dispose of it along the edges of my house. 2 for 1 I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 That makes perfect sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I kept seeing these little white pods on some of my acros. Not sure if they were commensual or not but I nuked them nonetheless. Oddly, they were only on some acros but not all. They didn't seem to affect polyp extension or growth in the acros that had them. I want to run a few test acros on a combo dip, with all 3 dips in one solution and see if it'll work together and save some time. I'll be doing this one outside in a small cup just in case there is some weird chemical interaction that releases a poisonous gas or something. Yes, I'm paranoid. Look at the title of this thread if you had doubts. Jolt, since its standard Bayer insecticide that I would normally spray around my house anyways for bugs, I just dispose of it along the edges of my house. 2 for 1 I say. And now no plants will grow because of all the salt in the ground. Man, 2 teaspoons per gallon? The thread I read was a spoonfull per liter! I'm surprised my corals survived my dip haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 I kept seeing these little white pods on some of my acros. Not sure if they were commensual or not but I nuked them nonetheless. Oddly, they were only on some acros but not all. They didn't seem to affect polyp extension or growth in the acros that had them. I want to run a few test acros on a combo dip, with all 3 dips in one solution and see if it'll work together and save some time. I'll be doing this one outside in a small cup just in case there is some weird chemical interaction that releases a poisonous gas or something. Yes, I'm paranoid. Look at the title of this thread if you had doubts. Jolt, since its standard Bayer insecticide that I would normally spray around my house anyways for bugs, I just dispose of it along the edges of my house. 2 for 1 I say. And now no plants will grow because of all the salt in the ground.Man, 2 teaspoons per gallon? The thread I read was a spoonfull per liter! I'm surprised my corals survived my dip haha We're talking St Augustine grass here. It doesn't mind the salt. Plus, I don't do water changes so it's not like this happens every two weeks.Jeez, didn't I tell you 1 teaspoon per half gallon? At least you found a higher tolerance level we can bank on. How long did you dip for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I kept seeing these little white pods on some of my acros. Not sure if they were commensual or not but I nuked them nonetheless. Oddly, they were only on some acros but not all. They didn't seem to affect polyp extension or growth in the acros that had them. I want to run a few test acros on a combo dip, with all 3 dips in one solution and see if it'll work together and save some time. I'll be doing this one outside in a small cup just in case there is some weird chemical interaction that releases a poisonous gas or something. Yes, I'm paranoid. Look at the title of this thread if you had doubts. Jolt, since its standard Bayer insecticide that I would normally spray around my house anyways for bugs, I just dispose of it along the edges of my house. 2 for 1 I say. And now no plants will grow because of all the salt in the ground.Man, 2 teaspoons per gallon? The thread I read was a spoonfull per liter! I'm surprised my corals survived my dip haha We're talking St Augustine grass here. It doesn't mind the salt. Plus, I don't do water changes so it's not like this happens every two weeks.Jeez, didn't I tell you 1 teaspoon per half gallon? At least you found a higher tolerance level we can bank on. How long did you dip for? About 30 minutes. Everything has survived except your echinata, which looks pretty much gone this morning Although I think it porbably died from the temperature dip when my heater died, or a combination of stressors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Not my echinata! You're banned for 3 months sir from all frags until I get a written letter from your current population of frags about how well you've been treating them! I'm half-tempted to anonymously report you to the APS (acropora protective services)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Not my echinata! You're banned for 3 months sir from all frags until I get a written letter from your current population of frags about how well you've been treating them! I'm half-tempted to anonymously report you to the APS (acropora protective services)! Psh, brotha please. You think I can escape a tank tear down, Bayer and KCl dips, changing of water chemistry, flow, light intensity, and an 8 degree temperature swing from a busted heater without a single casualty? I think the tips of the echinata bleaching is a pretty darn good survival rate all things considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 You still haven't been able to counteract the forces of your wife yet! [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I brought her back a lovely cold virus from Chicago. Maybe that'll teach her a lesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 She didn't QT her husband before letting him back into the display house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 If she qt's him to your house he is just gonna come back wanting a bigger tank and more coral. It's safer to chance the ich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Since when did my house become the house of reefing madness where all need to go for QT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Kitchen cabinets vs tank stand skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Since when did my house become the house of reefing madness where all need to go for QT?wait its not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Kitchen cabinets vs tank stand skin. Boom, progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Since when did my house become the house of reefing madness where all need to go for QT?wait its not?I think you'll just get it worst! There's always something going on here with the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'm starting to think if I'm doing these dips anyways, to have all my acros sitting in a QT tank after each dip. That way, if there is anything I'm missing and there are actually AEFW swimming around in my DT (it's been observed that they can/will swim the water column after just hatching), I can starve them out and eliminate any chances of the dreaded AEFW. I'm contemplating running a tub beside my tank, throwing all my acros in it, running tankwater into it and letting it drain back into my sump. On the drain back to my tub, have my overpowered UV on it so that it'll kill any waterborne AEFW larvae that may be going through there, as they only swim the water column when first born. This is helpful because the larvae will be small enough to be irradiated by the UV. That'll allow me to keep stable parameters for the last 2 dips and leave the tank "fallow" for up to 3 weeks to let any potential stragglers in the DT to starve to death as they will die with 5-7 days without a host. Now to get a tub, or maybe get my tub back. Ol' Aggie, I'm coming for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I thought I read a study where the worms live up to 34 days without food. Did you see that on R2R, it was the Lasers in-tank-treatment thread referring to what sounded like a somewhat scientific study? Am I confused? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I thought I read a study where the worms live up to 34 days without food. Did you see that on R2R, it was the Lasers in-tank-treatment thread referring to what sounded like a somewhat scientific study? Am I confused?Oh dang it, I'll have to do more research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It may be the adults that live that long but the larvae die faster. That would make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 It may be the adults that live that long but the larvae die faster. That would make sense?Potentially so. Either case, it's cause for more research and more planning! To the acromobile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I believe it was the Kate Rawlinson/Cat Dybala work I was remembering: https://experiment.com/projects/the-life-cycle-of-a-coral-killer-the-acropora-eating-flatworm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Well there goes the dipping betting line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 And looking at that data, I don't know where I came up with 34 days :/ This is their project summary: https://experiment.com/u/fnLgeQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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