Red bugs

[abruzzo62]

Hello reefers!
I recently purchased some coral from my LFS, I was all excited to get it in my tank so in my haste I didn't do as much research as I should have and learned nothing about coral dipping prior to drip acclimating and plunking it in my tank. I have since learned from this mistake the hard way... I am not infested with everyone's favorite red bug. After researching how to rid myself of these pests I learned about using interceptor to kill these Devils off. (Thank you mr. Saltwater tank). And to my surprise I already had some right at home thanks to having too many dogs. So i figured out my dose, (roughly 1/6 of a tab for 60ish gallons) and treated the tank. Only to wake up and discover nothing happened. So the next night i used roughly 1/3 of a tab only to find out nothing happened again. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I have removed all carbon and chemipure, filter socks are out. And my skimmer air line is shut off so it's not stripping. Please help as I am fairly new to this hobby.

 

[MondoBongo]

you might get a better response to this in the SPS sub forum.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=73

i'm afraid i can't be of much help directly though.

 

[billsreef]

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[71xlch]

Are you sure you have red bugs? They are really small and hard to see. How did you discover them?

 

[ezcompany]

if you are certain they are red bugs, then your interceptor tablets may have expired. otherwise, interceptor has a almost sure kill record for red bugs.

 

[KaRd]

Hi,

In my case, bugs came back 2 months from 3 treatments with interceptor..

But I think that it is logical! The copépodes and gammares also returns, then why not bugs?!!

This little parasites is one fck.. VIRUS!!!

I not in little more, I am afraid of losing some acros as speciosa rather quickly!! Once lived as a parasite fragile acros can expel their zooxantelles has any moment!!

 

[sahin]

Hello reefers!
I recently purchased some coral from my LFS, I was all excited to get it in my tank so in my haste I didn't do as much research as I should have and learned nothing about coral dipping prior to drip acclimating and plunking it in my tank. I have since learned from this mistake the hard way... I am not infested with everyone's favorite red bug. After researching how to rid myself of these pests I learned about using interceptor to kill these Devils off. (Thank you mr. Saltwater tank). And to my surprise I already had some right at home thanks to having too many dogs. So i figured out my dose, (roughly 1/6 of a tab for 60ish gallons) and treated the tank. Only to wake up and discover nothing happened. So the next night i used roughly 1/3 of a tab only to find out nothing happened again. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I have removed all carbon and chemipure, filter socks are out. And my skimmer air line is shut off so it's not stripping. Please help as I am fairly new to this hobby.

Hi,
In my case, bugs came back 2 months from 3 treatments with interceptor..
But I think that it is logical! The copépodes and gammares also returns, then why not bugs?!!
This little parasites is one fck.. VIRUS!!!
I not in little more, I am afraid of losing some acros as speciosa rather quickly!! Once lived as a parasite fragile acros can expel their zooxantelles has any moment!!

Are you guys sure that you have the regular Redbugs everyone else has?

abruzzo62: how old are the tablets? I am not sure but perhaps the if the tablets are old or been kept in a warm environment the active ingredient degrades? This might explain why there was no kill.

FWIW I've used the 1/4 of largest dog pill when I treated my tank (47G) more than a year ago. I have been bug free ever since. I treat all incoming corals SPS and LPS with 1/8 of the large tablet in a small 5G tank.

Interceptor for Redbugs works as there are MANY success reports. I'd be inclined to believe that either you have a different species of redbugs or the tablets are degraded.

I recall a couple of years ago one of my friends with a coral farm showing my redbugs that looked like redbugs, but they were slightly larger and they were all hanging around on the glass! So what you may have is a different species of pods.

Do you see them on the acropora? Have you noticed colour loss or loss of polyp extension or reduced health on your acropora?

 

[KaRd]

Hi sahin,

Yes of course there is a degradation of acros!

Polyps do not go out any more, and acros becomes dark!!

Before I deal has the interceptor, I saw black bugs walking on acros, but the I see nothing!! But I know that it is them!!!

Exactly even symptoms as before..

I am sure that tablets of milbemax was still good.

really i not understand why..

 

[abruzzo62]

Whoops. Never got back to this thread. But it wound up being flatworms.