interceptor dosing

[gasman059]

As i upgrade my system will be getting tons of sps soon and wanted to know the exact dosages for interceptor dips that u guys r using.
My dipping with TMPCC is not going to be enough, pls advice on your recipes ty:eek1:

 

[chrisaggie]

I was dipping at 100x the normal dosage for 1 to 2 hours.

 

[gasman059]

U still are

 

[jeffbrig]

The best advice I can give is to use A LOT. Dorton says that he tested dips at 100X normal (in-tank) treatment strength and they had no adverse affect on a coral colony. It's really a question of how fast you want to use up your pill supply.

I buy interceptor in the weakest dose (the one for small dogs). 1 pill should treat ~38 gallons. I use half a pill in a 5g bucket overnight with any sps I add. That's enough medicine to treat 19g of water (give or take), placed in a 5g bucket, so around 4x normal dosage.

 

[gasman059]

I can get any dosages-but most likely will b using large dogs, 51-100lbs. These tablets are just under 1 gram each and contain 23mg of Milbemycin Oxime. The dosage used in an aquarium to kill redbugs is 25mg (0.025 grams) per 10 gallons of actual tank water . That is 25mg of the entire tablet. Each tablet will treat about 380 gallons. Do u guys ground the tablets and then treat in a bucket for how long 6 hrs or so?
I don't want to reinvent the wheel I just want a relaible and previously used recipe to treat my new additions-as well as dipping them In TMPCC.
SAme bucket both dips?
There's tons of suggestions here in RC but I would appreciate your input locally meaning I want to pick ur brains regarding this issue and succes rate. TY

 

[chrisaggie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8752308#post8752308 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gasman059
U still are

No, I was. I am not getting any more coral right now and do not need to dip.

 

[chrisaggie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8752359#post8752359 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gasman059
I can get any dosages-but most likely will b using large dogs, 51-100lbs. These tablets are just under 1 gram each and contain 23mg of Milbemycin Oxime. The dosage used in an aquarium to kill redbugs is 25mg (0.025 grams) per 10 gallons of actual tank water . That is 25mg of the entire tablet. Each tablet will treat about 380 gallons. Do u guys ground the tablets and then treat in a bucket for how long 6 hrs or so?
I don't want to reinvent the wheel I just want a relaible and previously used recipe to treat my new additions-as well as dipping them In TMPCC.
SAme bucket both dips?
There's tons of suggestions here in RC but I would appreciate your input locally meaning I want to pick ur brains regarding this issue and succes rate. TY

My stategy was to cut a pill (large dog) into quarters. I would crush each quarter as needed and disolve in 1 gallon of tank water. I would then dip for 1-2 hours with an air stone in the bucket with the coral and dip. I would say the sucess with this dip is 90-95% effective. The rumor floating around RC that the medication in interseptor is not evenly distributes in a pill is just that, a rumor. It is not true.

 

[gasman059]

I will b dipping soon so need to dose maybe 3-5x normal
Perhaps small dogs and dipp them in a 5gal bucket with TMPCC seems like a good idea.