Red Bug Questions

i appreciate you letting me chime in, does you husband think they look red, to me they look like little white bugs running on the coral, i see no red behind, i can't find my magnifying glass to zoom my eyes in. i just started dipping thim in revive last night,
thank you for all your help
 
Found it. You want to use the Large dog pills(51-100lbs). The dosage is 25mg of a pill per 10 gallons. They come in a pack of 6 and each tablet will treat 380 gallons. You will use a little less that one and half pills for 500 gallons. Make sure you remove all carbon and GFO and any UV and ozone. After you water change following the treatment run plenty of activated carbon.
 
didimcginty said:
i appreciate you letting me chime in, does you husband think they look red, to me they look like little white bugs running on the coral, i see no red behind, i can't find my magnifying glass to zoom my eyes in. i just started dipping thim in revive last night,
thank you for all your help
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No, he said I never saw red, just a white bug, one of our reef club members was here and we saw the EXACT bug he saw a white bug with a red dot for the head.
When I dipped the coral in revive we did see small red bugs. go figure right????
We are dipping as many corals as we can, but it is difficult, like I said some are huge and some are so encrusted we can not take out the LR.
 
aquaph8 said:
Found it. You want to use the Large dog pills(51-100lbs). The dosage is 25mg of a pill per 10 gallons. They come in a pack of 6 and each tablet will treat 380 gallons. You will use a little less that one and half pills for 500 gallons. Make sure you remove all carbon and GFO and any UV and ozone. After you water change following the treatment run plenty of activated carbon.
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Thanks for update!

How long after we treat the tank do we perform a water change out?
 
You have a big window for an exact dose. I did I lot of research before dumpin that into my tank.

I have a 40g w/ a 20g sump so I rounded my displacement after rock and what not to about 40 45g. I used a smaller dose of the interceptor for small dogs. The amount of the active ingredient In the pill for the smaller dogs was the amount needed
For 40g. So being paranoid I only dosed that much to my surprise did not kill all of them. So I got ****ed and doubled my dose and wiped them out. Just after under a week now and my corals look much better. More pe and color already. The only thing I lost was pen porcelain crab and one hermit crab. Nothing else with be effected.

I ran my treatment for twelve ours the first time and did a 25% water change that morning. But when I seen a few more redbugs I dosed double and let that dose run for 12 hours and did no water change. I just reinstalled my carbon reactor and things have been great since. I'm doing another dose this Saturday and doing the same double dosage for 12 hours and just running carbon afterwards.

You'll be fine. The longer you wait the worse it gets
 
You have a big window for an exact dose. I did I lot of research before dumpin that into my tank.

I have a 40g w/ a 20g sump so I rounded my displacement after rock and what not to about 40 45g. I used a smaller dose of the interceptor for small dogs. The amount of the active ingredient In the pill for the smaller dogs was the amount needed
For 40g. So being paranoid I only dosed that much to my surprise did not kill all of them. So I got ****ed and doubled my dose and wiped them out. Just after under a week now and my corals look much better. More pe and color already. The only thing I lost was pen porcelain crab and one hermit crab. Nothing else with be effected.

I ran my treatment for twelve ours the first time and did a 25% water change that morning. But when I seen a few more redbugs I dosed double and let that dose run for 12 hours and did no water change. I just reinstalled my carbon reactor and things have been great since. I'm doing another dose this Saturday and doing the same double dosage for 12 hours and just running carbon afterwards.

You'll be fine. The longer you wait the worse it gets
 
what about sand sifting starfish, i am going to dose my tank this weekend and want to make sure, nassarius snails also, i am already starting to take out my hermits, emeralds will have to fend for themselves, i can't find them
 
ice2fire11 said:
You have a big window for an exact dose. I did I lot of research before dumpin that into my tank.

I have a 40g w/ a 20g sump so I rounded my displacement after rock and what not to about 40 45g. I used a smaller dose of the interceptor for small dogs. The amount of the active ingredient In the pill for the smaller dogs was the amount needed
For 40g. So being paranoid I only dosed that much to my surprise did not kill all of them. So I got ****ed and doubled my dose and wiped them out. Just after under a week now and my corals look much better. More pe and color already. The only thing I lost was pen porcelain crab and one hermit crab. Nothing else with be effected.

I ran my treatment for twelve ours the first time and did a 25% water change that morning. But when I seen a few more redbugs I dosed double and let that dose run for 12 hours and did no water change. I just reinstalled my carbon reactor and things have been great since. I'm doing another dose this Saturday and doing the same double dosage for 12 hours and just running carbon afterwards.

You'll be fine. The longer you wait the worse it gets
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Thanks for all you advise, I know we are being over cautious right, but you are right the longer we wait the worse it is GETTING! Now that I know what they look like, I see them on several colonies now. We are headed to MACNA tomorrow, our daughter will be house/tank sitting for us. We are in the process of finding a vet for the RX. Next week we will start the process of removing as many critters as possible. I will keep you updated.
 
didimcginty said:
what about sand sifting starfish, i am going to dose my tank this weekend and want to make sure, nassarius snails also, i am already starting to take out my hermits, emeralds will have to fend for themselves, i can't find them
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Best of luck to you with your treatment. Please keep us posted on your progress.
I haven't read any where about star fish being affected sorry, I think the snails will be fine, I think....... maybe some one will chime in soon on your star fish & snail.
 
the interceptor only effects pods. the starfish will be fine. I think it actually paralyzes the pod or what ever is effected. one of the crabs i thought it killed, randomly started moving around again.

you guys will be fine. i didnt even have a single coral slime over. I even took a turkey baster with the interceptor in a cup of water and shot it all over the coral and the little bastards.
 
i found old interceptor pills in my house that was for my dog, it expired in 04/09, does that matter do you think? could save me time and money , my vet wants $130 for a six pack of pills
thank you all for your help
greatly appreciated
 
wow! 130 dollars is insane. 60 is pushing it imo. youve got the dog it appears go somewhere else.

if anything else get them to write you a prescription and order it online. im unsure if the active ingredient wears off over time.

what size tank?
 
I found this site, it is very useful, however they are saying:

Remove any shrimp or crabs that you want to save. They will have to stay out of the system for the duration of the treatment. Remember, that when you add them back to your tank, there is a slight chance that you will re-introduce the red bugs to your tank.

http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=14402
 
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