DSM Fish Stores

I am not bashing on any of the local stores here in Des Moines, but I follow the same song and dance no matter what store I purchase from, no matter who I trade with or wherever I buy online. If I am just worried about parasites or disease, I use ReVive on all of my corals. If there is an algae issue with the coral, I use Coral Rx as my dip.

Basic practice for me: My primary dip I use is Revive, after using it, if there aren't any issues I can't resolve by using a tooth brush, I then dip it in Coral Rx after the coral is in normal saltwater for 24 hrs. I find that I resolve any issue with this method and am pest free.

Hope this helps!!!!

I also use ReVive on my colonies before I frag them if they can be removed from the tank. If they can't, I use it on the frag itself!!!

 

I QT every purchase I make as well. I manually remove algae (as much as possible) during the acclimation/dip process. Cyano- baste it off during dip. If needed, I will remove frag from disc and place on a new one. Besides using CoralRx and Revive, keeping the QT ultra-low fpr nitrates and phosphate will starve out remaining algae/cyano. If those fail, I will use AlgaeFix and/or red slime treatment.

I agree that algae is a problem (Aiptasia and majanos too) for MANY stores (not just DSM) and some more than others. There are many possible reasons for this but I don't worry about it as I find good husbandry works wonders! I will not move a purchase out of QT until I am comfortable that I have done everything possible to protect the DT ;=)

 

I havent had to deal with many frags for my tank since I moved to DSM, but i use 3% peroxide and a syringe to drip on to the frag plugs. I wacks the algae pretty quick.