Red Bug Questions
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edandsandy
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OK, we are back from MACNA and we found this really cool nanoscope from Deltec, so of course we purchased it. When we got home I set it up on the tank, and WOW did we see RED BUGS, the tiny "white" bugs are RED! UGH!!! anyway we are removing as many crabs as we can tonight and tomorrow I found a vet in our area (who's is in our reef club btw), he will sell us the interceptor. Then we will treat the tank. I'll keep you posted on the progress.
didimcginty, how's it going on your side?
didimcginty, how's it going on your side?
didimcginty
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hopefully ok, no vet will sell me interceptor over the counter without making an appointment for my dog, which will prob end up $130, so i took my infected acros and put them in my 10 gallon med tank and used my expired pills on them, they look like they lost there bugs, but have not fully regained there color and no pe, they look like they are peeking but not out, i put two peices of live rock in the 10 gallon tank i had left over from my sons tank and wow, you should have seen all the dead bristle worms coming out of them, any way i did the treatment for 10 hours on friday,then dipped them for 15 mins. in revive then put them back in my main display, just waiting to see what happens, haven't seen any bugs, so hopefully good things might happen, i know they are still in my tank if they where on my acro, but time will tell.
hope the best for you and i will keep on reading on your progress
good luck and thank you for your help
hope the best for you and i will keep on reading on your progress
good luck and thank you for your help
edandsandy
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We dosed the tank tonight at 8:00 pm. We saw a few more crabs I'm the tank and were able to pull the out. It was kinda funny the whole tank was acting like we were feeding!
Oh. We used (1) 23.0 mg and (1) 2.3 mg
Oh. We used (1) 23.0 mg and (1) 2.3 mg
edandsandy
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Glad to say all is well in the tank :celeb2:,
the shrimp we could not remove made it! :beer:
The polyps on the SPS about an hour into the treatment retracted, I was getting a little worried at that point. Around midnight we saw some of the polyps extending and were relieved. We guessed they retracted because the bugs were running around them?????
I was looking with my nanoscope at some of the colonies today and I couldn't see any bugs, and the polyps are all out and happy :inlove:
We will do a water change out in a few hours and run carbon and turn the skimmer back on!
Wheeewwwww, what a relief, the tank is FINE!
From now on NO CORAL GOES INTO THE DT WITHOUT BEING QT!
We don't want to go through this again!
the shrimp we could not remove made it! :beer:
The polyps on the SPS about an hour into the treatment retracted, I was getting a little worried at that point. Around midnight we saw some of the polyps extending and were relieved. We guessed they retracted because the bugs were running around them?????
I was looking with my nanoscope at some of the colonies today and I couldn't see any bugs, and the polyps are all out and happy :inlove:
We will do a water change out in a few hours and run carbon and turn the skimmer back on!
Wheeewwwww, what a relief, the tank is FINE!
From now on NO CORAL GOES INTO THE DT WITHOUT BEING QT!
We don't want to go through this again!
didimcginty
New member
great news, glad to hear all went well
edandsandy
Active member
Thanks
We did a water change out and loaded a small reactor with carbon.
The SOS are looking fine and all the critters left in the tank are doing
Well also.
How long do we wait to reintroduce the critters we took out back onto the system?
We did a water change out and loaded a small reactor with carbon.
The SOS are looking fine and all the critters left in the tank are doing
Well also.
How long do we wait to reintroduce the critters we took out back onto the system?
edandsandy
Active member
Thanks, and yes we purchased enough interceptor for 3 treatments.
edandsandy
Active member
We lost our deep water acro 
and we are noticing a cyano outbreak.
Has anyone else had the same problem cyano?
and we are noticing a cyano outbreak. Has anyone else had the same problem cyano?
edandsandy
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It has been 6 days since we first dosed the tank with interceptor , and we haven't seen a red bug :beer:
We lost a deep water acro, and we noticed some of the hairy mushrooms were not happy we didn't loose any mushrooms just a couple moved, but we were able to find them in the tank before they attached somewhere else and we are giving them away.
We have also noticed some of the sps's have increased polyp extension.
Our 2nd dose is scheduled for tomorrow night, so today we are on the crab and shrimp hunt again!
Wish us luck!
We lost a deep water acro, and we noticed some of the hairy mushrooms were not happy
we didn't loose any mushrooms just a couple moved, but we were able to find them in the tank before they attached somewhere else and we are giving them away.We have also noticed some of the sps's have increased polyp extension.
Our 2nd dose is scheduled for tomorrow night, so today we are on the crab and shrimp hunt again!
Wish us luck!
edandsandy
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To date we haven't seen any red bugs and Wednesday will be our 3rd and final treatment :celeb3:
We have noticed the SPS polyp expansion is getting bigger and better every time we dose.
The only problem we are having now is cyano bacteria and some sort of thick green algae on the LR.. Not GHA algae, thank goodness.....
We are blowing the rocks off about every other day to help with the cyano, but that thick green algae won't budge....
Any suggestion on what it could be :reading: :reading: :reading:
We have noticed the SPS polyp expansion is getting bigger and better every time we dose.
The only problem we are having now is cyano bacteria and some sort of thick green algae on the LR.. Not GHA algae, thank goodness.....
We are blowing the rocks off about every other day to help with the cyano, but that thick green algae won't budge....
Any suggestion on what it could be :reading: :reading: :reading:
edandsandy
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We have completed our 3rd and final treatment on the tank :bounce1:
I don't see any bugs :uzi:
Yesterday I spent almost 5 hours blowing off the rocks scrubbing the glass cleaning out the "sump" part of the refugium....
I was surprised at how much cyano the interceptor created.
A few members of our local reef club suggested to to use chemi-clean to help rid the tank of this nasty pest :wave: :wave:
I am a little afraid to add "another" chemical to the tank right now.
I will continue to clean out the socks every other day, and weekly 120g water change outs for a while to see if that helps.
Oh, I had to order another clean up crew yesterday.
Ed is not going to be a happy man when he see how much I had to spend! :worried: :worried: :worried:
I don't see any bugs :uzi:
Yesterday I spent almost 5 hours blowing off the rocks scrubbing the glass cleaning out the "sump" part of the refugium....
I was surprised at how much cyano the interceptor created.
A few members of our local reef club suggested to to use chemi-clean to help rid the tank of this nasty pest :wave: :wave:
I am a little afraid to add "another" chemical to the tank right now.
I will continue to clean out the socks every other day, and weekly 120g water change outs for a while to see if that helps.
Oh, I had to order another clean up crew yesterday.
Ed is not going to be a happy man when he see how much I had to spend! :worried: :worried: :worried:
edandsandy
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I was wondering how long should I wait after treating the tank with interceptor when we could safely introduce a new clean up crew? our last treatment was last week Wednesday.
We have completed a 150g water change out, and I have been blowing the LR off everyday. We are still running carbon too. Our protein skimmer is still foaming like crazy too :crazy1:
We have completed a 150g water change out, and I have been blowing the LR off everyday. We are still running carbon too. Our protein skimmer is still foaming like crazy too :crazy1:
