Death....Interceptor?

[bluetmax]

Today has been sh*tty to say the least. I need some advice from anyone with experience, because I am at my wits end. I purchased a few nwe Acroporas the day before yesterday and noticed they were infected with "red bugs." After spending hours on this board and other parts of the net looking for a solution, I went out and finally convinced a vet to sell me Interceptor. I took half of a 23mg tablet and put it in 2.5 gallons of saltwater with a Rio 600 and a heater to maintain temperature. Before I put the corals in, they were fully acclimated to the tank water, and expanding BEAUTIFULLY. I was told six hours was the alotted time for the treatment, and at four hours I looked in and the damn things were bleached.....I literally feel sick to my stomach over this. Where did I o wrong??? Can anybody please help me figure out what I did/didn't do? I know thatg the "bugs" are almost inevitable, especially with someone as obsessed with the Acropora as I am. What do I do next time?

 

[DrBDC]

I go for the 10X dosage on my dips which is 1 tab for every 38 gallons of saltwater. In a bucket like that I would have used abotu 1/10 but probably would have had a hard time getting a piece that small but lets say 1/8. That would make you at about 100X the recommended dosage by Dorton. Maybe that's the problem. I also usually go for 12 hours though and add flatworm exit and lugols all in the mix.

 

[bluetmax]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=9742210

Read that for the original post.

 

[DrBDC]

Here is a good read and then click on the treatment link in the upper left as well.

http://www.ericborneman.com/Tegastes-content/Research.html

 

[bluetmax]

I used the Interceptor that is in the white box - 32mg. The corals were put in bags full of my tank water after being acclimated. Every four hours (even during the middle of the night) the water was replaced in almost its entirety. Basically I have concluded that I OD'd in an amount that was so extreme that it caused the corals to bleach. I can come to no other logical conclusion, because the corals looked fantastic and were wide open before being put into the dip. This was my first go round at this, and unfortunately for these living creatures moere than me, I blew it. From what I gather I should have ground the pill and used .025mg if I were dosing a ten gallon tank. I blame no one but myself, and obviously there is something to this treatment because of its popularity and success. I just pray for the sake of my livestock that I can get it right next time. Here are several links to different threads if anyone would like to read them. I posted this in sveral areas, so if anyone wants to follow it up to the fullest extenet, here ya go:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=9743324#post9743324

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=9743354#post9743354

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=9743482#post9743482

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=9743324#post9743324

This is what Borneman has to say, with an internal link that I assume was originated by one of the first to try this:

http://www.ericborneman.com/Tegastes-content/Treatment.html

FWIW: Temp. remained constant throughout tratment.

 

[bluetmax]

Just realized a mistake!!!!! It was the 23mg tab. I hit the numbers wrong....Sorry.

 

[zoozimmy]

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