red bug damage?

Kill all your sps, thats the worst case. I had red bugs a while back. Its hard to do but taking out all the sps and QT with interceptor for a week to 2 is a must. I had to put all my sps in a 20 gallon for a week with a PC light and treated as recommended by my Vet. The interceptor stressed to corals out but they all recovered very nicely and I have not seen a red bug in about 2 years. Now every coral gets dipped in Reef Dip and I inspect very closely before I buy. I will dip in Interceptor if I am not sure or get frags online.
 
I would recomend just a intank treatment as removing corals is not realy that necessary with interceptor , just follow the treatments outlined in the SPS pest threads.
As for the worst they can do well yea they can kill if they get into infestation like proportions on a coral.
 
allsps40 said:
Its hard to do but taking out all the sps and QT with interceptor for a week to 2 is a must. I had to put all my sps in a 20 gallon for a week with a PC light and treated as recommended by my Vet.
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Why? You can do in tank treatment.


allsps40 said:
The interceptor stressed to corals out.
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Interceptor are pretty gentle to corals when dosing as recomended.


allsps40 said:
Now every coral gets dipped in Reef Dip and I inspect very closely before I buy. I will dip in Interceptor if I am not sure or get frags online.
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Interceptor dip is not enough to kill red bugs.


Cheers, Roman
 
^ ditto.

in fact my acros looked almost better when i dosed with interceptor, pe was more than ever. maybe they like the beef flavor. the only negative that i noticed was an algae outbreak afterward.
 
when you have red bugs the corals look like sh*t. they might as well be dead.
I just recently got rid of mine and my growth and color is very noticeable. I highly recommended it. get rid of them suckers, you and your corals will be happy.
 
i had redbugs for a long time and yes the sps lived but they were nothing spectacular to look at.
i was reluctant to use pesticides like interceptor in my tank.
one day took the chance and i cant believe the change. one week later looks like i have a new system.
 
I am one of those that had them bad and tried a 10X dose, and no stress to corals..


by treating the whole tank all you do is take out all activated cardon and stop the air intake to your skimmer( leave everything running just no air). the only down fall is that it MIGHT kill all your shrimp and crabs and pod popualtion(pods will come back easily), but my cleaners and my harliquin shrimp made it threw 2 doses to die about a month later( i think the intercepter shortened their life...


shane
 
Cool, thanks for all the info. I only have enough interceptor for 2 doses but I do have a different heart worm med called Sentinel which has the same active ingredient as Interceptor, but I have never herd of anybody using it so I am leery about it.
 
Hi I have imported interceptor just incase I have to deal with these pests ,when I recieved the interceptor tasty chews for large dogs it contains praziquantel as well is this still ok to use 23mg milbemycin oxime,228mg praziquantel please advise many thanks
 
Red bugs are a sps eating pest, yes they can and will kill sps if left untreated. Treating the whole tank wis do able but not recommended. Treating the tank will kill any inverts in the tank like clams, shrimp and pods. There for a QT tank is the best sollution. And yes interceptor does kill red bugs along with any other inverts. I speak from first hand experience.
 
allsps40 said:
Red bugs are a sps eating pest, yes they can and will kill sps if left untreated. Treating the whole tank wis do able but not recommended. Treating the tank will kill any inverts in the tank like clams, shrimp and pods. There for a QT tank is the best sollution. And yes interceptor does kill red bugs along with any other inverts. I speak from first hand experience.
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I treated my tank and did not loose any inverts other then pods. It seems hit or miss but I see many that have the same results as myself. For me, I have 22 different types of acros (over 30 various sps) and multiples of some of them. I would have had an extremely hard time qt'ing all my acros. To me it was worth the risk of having to replace any shrimps, snails, and crabs. I didn't have to though. I also have never heard of it affecting clams but I am not saying that it is not possible either. Proper dosing may be the key to not loosing inverts.
 
redbugs do not eat corals. your corals can live with redbugs. they just do not color up as well, redbugs eating corals is a myth.
 
reefinder said:
redbugs do not eat corals. your corals can live with redbugs. they just do not color up as well, redbugs eating corals is a myth.
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You are correct that they do not eat the coral to death but they sure as heck can irritate it enough to kill it. First effects will be shown by less polyp extension and colors fading but if left untreated they can stress the coral out big time.
 
reefinder said:
redbugs do not eat corals. your corals can live with redbugs. they just do not color up as well, redbugs eating corals is a myth.
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When I had red bugs I had to take a frag to the vet to get interceptor or the vet would not give it to me. I got to see the red bugs under a microscope and saw them eating the polyps. My small frag and red bugs were sent to the Monteray Bay Aquarium (most likely spelled wrong) for more reasearch into red bugs and how they effect corals in hopes of learning more about them. But yes they do eat polyps.
 
allsps40 said:
Red bugs are a sps eating pest, yes they can and will kill sps if left untreated. Treating the whole tank wis do able but not recommended. Treating the tank will kill any inverts in the tank like clams, shrimp and pods. There for a QT tank is the best sollution. And yes interceptor does kill red bugs along with any other inverts. I speak from first hand experience.
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Interceptor doesnt kill clams and in my experience doesnt kill all shrimp either. In tank is the way to go, less stress of moving the corals. Its an easy treatment just follow the recommended treatment and you'll be redbug free soon.
 
It killed my acro crabs. But just to clarify my vet gave me a liquid form called Vermectin as recommended by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Printed right on the label for dosing instruction there is a warning that says " MAY KILL ARTHROPODS AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES". This stuff worked very well and killed the red bugs crabs and any pods that where on the rocks. This stuff may be a lot stronger than Interceptor. Vermectin is the main ingredient in Interceptor so I would think it is stronger.
 
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