red bug treatment question

[cobra9]

I am getting ready to treat for redbugs. I decided to take my fuge off the main system to hold my cleaner shrimp and if I can get my pistol shrimp out.

My question is how long does the fuge need to be off the main system for any redbugs that have gotten in it to die off? No corals will be in it just macro sand and rock. 1month/2/3?

 

[preef]

Not sure if anybody knows that answer to that. Keep in mind that the recommended treatment is 3 doses a week apart. So add that to the isolation time. I would think that taking the fuge off line might do more harm than good to your system.

I just did my system over the weekend and my fireshrimp lived. He never even looked stressed. Came out to eat at dinner time like nothing was wrong. That was the first dose. I delayed treating for a year because I was concerned about losing the shrimp. Pods in my fuge look good too.

Most of the red bugs were dead in an hour but still clinging to the coral. After 9 hours there were none to be seen. I think if you do the recommended dosage they will probably be fine. It just depends on how much risk you want to take.

Good luck.

 

[skinny sam]

This is just my thoughts after my battle with red bugs once the fuge is offline any red bugs that are in there will die from starvation in a week or two. If you treat your tank for the full 3 treatments once the third treatment has been done you should be able to put the fuge back online and not worry about any of them coming back to the main system. I only treated for red bugs for two treatments and haven't seen any since that was 3 months ago.

 

[mike810]

i treated my tank once. probably dosed more than recommended but my shrimp, snail and copepods all survived... No red bugs to be seen since and this was a few months ago

 

[flyin2jz]

so you guys dose the whole tank. How do you do this and what do you use... i am fighting something i dont know what. HOw can i tell if i have redbugs? all my sps are attached to rocks so i cant yank them out. is it safe to do with sps in the tank?

 

[sslak]

I did 1/4 large pill on my 58g, single treatment. Couldn't remove shrimp or crabs and they survived, never looked stressed.

Red bugs gone after 6 hours, no sign of them since. It's been 2 weeks.

 

[danel]

so you guys dose the whole tank. How do you do this and what do you use... i am fighting something i dont know what. HOw can i tell if i have redbugs? all my sps are attached to rocks so i cant yank them out. is it safe to do with sps in the tank?

I just treated my full reef tank last week and today I'm doing the last 3rd treatment. Mine is a 150g total system and I'm using half a tablet(interceptor 51-100lbs). I have SPS in the tank(main reason why I'm treating) and everything else besides crabs, shrimp and pods will be safe. I lost my blood and cleaner shrimp after the second treatment since I couldn't get them out.


These are red bugs on acros(every little red dot that you see is a bug) And the second pic is the after. You can see how there's no bugs and the acro looks much better

 

[mike810]

so you guys dose the whole tank. How do you do this and what do you use... i am fighting something i dont know what. HOw can i tell if i have redbugs? all my sps are attached to rocks so i cant yank them out. is it safe to do with sps in the tank?

Here is a link on how to perfrom the treatment. I suggest you read it carefully http://www.reefs.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=439155 You can always look at your sps and check for red bugs. How I found mines was looking into my tank at night with a flash light and seeing a bunch of red bugs on my sps. Yes its safe to do with sps in the tank considering this treatment is meant to kill the red bugs and that live on the sps itself.

 

[flyin2jz]

Wel thanks for those pics. I don't have those for sure. I've been fighting a bleaching issue so I'm looking in all directions. Thanks again. I guess now I
lookin for aefw.

 

[preef]

Wel thanks for those pics. I don't have those for sure. I've been fighting a bleaching issue so I'm looking in all directions. Thanks again. I guess now I
lookin for aefw.

IME red bugs don't cause bleaching. They are really small though and best spotted by taking a picture with a good macro lens. If the coral is close to the glass you can see them with the naked eye. You can actually see them crawling around.

I hope you don't have AEFWs. Good luck.