Red bug id

[jbomar3771]

My sps haven't been looking good and noticed when i zoomed in with camera theses tiny things moving around on some of my sps but not all. Is this red bugs and if so how do i get rid of them without removing the rocks. I have too many sps on huge rock.

 

[oscar.millan]

I would recommend that you find a good picture of Redbugs on Google images, for example one taken with a macro lens and comparing it to what you have. You'll probably need some sort of magnification to be sure.

Red bugs usually have a tiny red dot around the head area that is pretty hard to miss. Good luck.

 

[jbomar3771]

Here a better picture. Pretty sure that what it is.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

It is red bugs. Interceptor is a tank treatment. Read up on it!

 

[spkennyva]

It is red bugs. Interceptor is a tank treatment. Read up on it!

100 percent that its red bugs. As mentioned, Interceptor is highly effective and easy.

 

[jbomar3771]

I picked up a intercepor pill today but it says interceptor plus. Is it the same thing?

 

[jbomar3771]

Here is the package. Anyone know if it will work?

 

[Scorpius]

Or use this

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=29697

 

[jbomar3771]

I got the interceptor treatment going and after a few hours i already see the red bugs dying. I also see some hermit crabs dying. My question is after all the treatments,how to i keep from getting red bugs again when i put in new crabs?

 

[Scorpius]

I got the interceptor treatment going and after a few hours i already see the red bugs dying. I also see some hermit crabs dying. My question is after all the treatments,how to i keep from getting red bugs again when i put in new crabs?

Poor hermit crabs. It's not that hard to remove them.

 

[jbomar3771]

Its not easy either. A lot of rock

 

[Piper27]

Why would you be worried about getting red bugs from adding new crabs? Did you mean coral?

There is no dip that's 100% effective on red bugs but Bayer is most effective by far. There is a dip made with the ingredients of Interceptor though. Not sure how well it works for short dips though, might need a long bath to kill them.

 

[jbomar3771]

I treated the tank. They were dead in 4 hours. I was worried about red bugs hitching a ride on crabs when i put new ones in.

 

[outssider]

they will hitch a ride on new frags not on new hermits.....read up on bayer dip

 

[jbomar3771]

After red bug treatment with interceptor everything looks good. Lost my blue hermits. My cleaner shrimp survived. My coral are starting to look a lot better. You can see in the pic the sps that was infested ,the polyps are starting to come out again. By the way,does anyone know what this sps is?