Anyone who has received SPS frags from me.....

[Kubi]

I am sorry to inform you that I have RED BUGS. :eek1: I have completed 1 of 3 treatments and I suggest that you inspect your sps. I do not know when and where the little buggers came from. I will answer any questions that you may have

Paul

 

[bulfraw215]

That really s^&ks
Let me know when you are clean Would love to trade
In the meantime I will mount the eflo frag on a piece of rock for you
Good luck
Chris

 

[CMcNeil]

well i got that green cap from you(i dont see anything in my tank).have you added any new corals into the tank?how hard are they to spot with our eyes?.

 

[Kubi]

I found them swarminmg on the purple tip green stag....you have a frag. They do not like Monti's just acros

 

[ReefArtist]

Man Hawk'ster that's to bad. I don't have acros and know nothing about red bugs - We might have to try to get a good pic sometime just for information. Good luck with the eradication process.

 

[ReefArtist]

Hawk'ster - I have to hand it to you - notifying everyone, I'll purchase a coral off you anytime!
I just looked up a few web sites - they are very hard to see and apparently treat. "Treatment: Controlling outbreaks of these pests is difficult, and several different techniques are being experimented with. Removal of these pest is often performed manually with tweezers."



http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1988&articleid=3354

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2003/feature.htm

 

[Kubi]

This is the method that I use to nuke the little:uzi: buggers

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=45859

and this link has pics of all kinds of pest to SPS's

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=903839&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

bulfraw215..I will let you know...thxs Chris



Thank You ReefArtist, it is only fair. I would want the same if the situation was reversed. The q's is how many other local reefers have them and are not aware of it :hmm1: