Antibiotic Dipping Routine

[dangalang]

I've been dipping using Bayer and Coral RX, but with all the Euphyllia I've lost due to bacterial infection, I want to try something different.

I want to incorporate some sort of anti-bacterial into my dipping regimine and oxolinic acid seems to be a good candidate. Chummingham's reef mentions using it in this video (

) and there is this coral dip article from Michael Paletta (https://reefbuilders.com/2023/06/08/how-to-properly-treat-and-dip-newly-acquired-corals/) that uses oxolinic acid (potassium nitrate, Lugol's iodine, Melafix, Revive, and oxolinic acid).

Anyone incorporate oxolinic acid or another type of antibiotic into their dipping regimine?

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Cipro for brown jelly.

 

[Darkxerox]

I just use Reef Primer. I'd rather not kill off and the beneficial bacteria that live in around the corals when I get them in.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

I just use Reef Primer. I'd rather not kill off and the beneficial bacteria that live in around the corals when I get them in.

Your tank has plenty to replace them with.

 

[IOnceWasLegend]

Cipro for brown jelly.

Given how much of a heavy hitter is, I'd be very leery about the potential long-term effects of using a broad-spectrum antibiotic re: antibiotic resistance, especially in a closed system like a reef tank.

 

[Darkxerox]

Your tank has plenty to replace them with.

That's assuming your tank has a healthy microbiome and isn't full of pathogenic bacteria. You could just as likely trigger dysbiosis on a perfectly healthy coral and its holobiont. Definitely read a lot of the new articles being posted in the last couple years.

How aquarium microbiomes differ

Microbiome testing for aquariums and aquaculture

aquabiomics.com

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

That's assuming your tank has a healthy microbiome and isn't full of pathogenic bacteria. You could just as likely trigger dysbiosis on a perfectly healthy coral and its holobiont. Definitely read a lot of the new articles being posted in the last couple years.

How aquarium microbiomes differ

Microbiome testing for aquariums and aquaculture

aquabiomics.com

Awesome. Thank you.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Given how much of a heavy hitter is, I'd be very leery about the potential long-term effects of using a broad-spectrum antibiotic re: antibiotic resistance, especially in a closed system like a reef tank.

I was not suggesting using it in the DT.