Need some species ID's for interceptor

[DrBDC]

I have a couple corals that I need to make sure what species they are in so I can treat with interceptor. I'll number for an easy answer.

1-This one is a porites which is safe correct?

2-My tort should go in correct?

3-Humulis should go in too I think.

4-I have no idea what this is.

5-Does a mille fall into this species? It's always been a runt in growing. Others I have grow great but this one is runty.

6-Another I got from a frag prop club meeting I have no idea.

7-Stylophora I think is safe but it seems to have all it's life concentrated at the tips. Not in this pic but now it seems dead in the core.

8-My Larry Jackson went into tx and it was the first one my buddy saw them on. Also a couple others that I already know are in the acro species.

Thanks for the help I just don't want to leave a host in there for the next 5 days and keep the cycle going. I sure wish now I had a reference book. A recommendation on that would be appreciated too.

 

[VCoo71]

i would treat the whole tank with the reccomended 3 treatments or else they will back...

charlie

 

[ReeferKeith]

As Charlie said, I would treat the whole tank. If you do decide to treat the corals outside the display, I would treat all acros, millis included, and leave the acros out of the display for at least 5 full days. It is believed that after around 72 hours without a host they nasty little parasites are all but toast.

As far as your ID's go I am certainly not the best but I think 5 is a pavona, which should be safe. I also believe that stylos are safe as well since they are not in the acro's genus. If it were me I would treat the entire system, and if that wasn't feasible I would remove any stony that you have a question about. Here is a link from Borneman's website that is a pretty good read. Good luck!

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

 

[MiddletonMark]

Yup, I would say #1 [I'd guess Porites], #5 [guess Pavona] and #7 [Stylophora] would all be red bug free.

As stated above, either treating the whole tank or removing + treating [and leaving in another tank for a week or so] would be the course I'd follow.

 

[DrBDC]

I could catch my cleaner very easy by hand. But my pistol and peppermints no possiblility. I also have a m/f pair of very happy dragonettes that I'd be worried about a food source.

Last night I pulled the corals into a 20 long and used pvc, eggrate,etc to get them all seperated and threw in a mjmod I had around. Def. getting some flow! I'm going to do a water change in it and go back to read some more about the 2nd and 3rd treatment. I'm doing the 12 hour length but from what I read I need to keep them out for at least 3-5 days now.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Yup, IMO a week is nice and safe

Personally I did 6 hour or a little over treatments [x3] and had success.

If you don't have a whole heap of Acro's [and accidental frags broken during w/c growing inside the rocks] + with your livestock ... external treatment is the way to go IMO.

I might consider taking a piece of rock with them too, perhaps adding water quality/stability [just tossing out an idea] as they'll be in that small tank for multiple days. Interceptor would affect micro-fauna on the rock ... but perhaps having an active bacterial colony might be good on the 20. Probably don't need a huge piece of rock or much ... but something to consider I guess.

Good luck with it!

 

[DrBDC]

I let them go about 10 hours in the 20L then I did a 50% water change. As I had written before that 2000 gph mjmod should keep a little bit of flow. Although that sounds like a lot for a 20 (100X) I do run about 90X in my display anyway. I have only a couple smaller rocks in there to help with eggrate and keeping the corals from moving and hitting each other. Makes me nervous though there was a little bit of cloudiness to the water this morning. I stuck a temp gauge in there and it was 77 this morning so that should be still ok although I run my tank about 79 usually.