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SPS pests and treatment options
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Just dosed 1st treatment of interceptor
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Can someone give me the concise info for the bayer dip (strength, exact product name, time, what it kills)?
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
bugs on glass = not a threat
Swirlygig
Active member
17 SPS's are severely affected. I removed them from the 135g to the 40B because I will be able to better observe and care for them. These 17 may be lost as that's how bad they are. No or very little polyp extension, white coloration, brown out and tissue loss. Makes me sick as 3/4ths are high dollar sticks:headwalls:
I did a test of the ORA and YZ Red Planets...Lugul's for 5 minutes and then blasted them. I didn't find any flatworms, nudi's or eggs. That's good and I didn't see any signs on the other 15 SPS's. I didn't realize that RB's could reek so much havoc on them!
Stick keepers are great! :bounce1: I have been keeping them for about 5 years. I really like Milli's because of the polyps...I like movement in the tanks!I had just received in late September 13 new SPS's. Many of the 17 are those
I will Google AEFW's. Thanks again!
Is there a reason why you didn't just treat your tank? Sentinel doesn't hurt anything but your typical crustaceans. i.e. hermits, crabs, maybe urchin
Clams, anemones, corals, fish, cucumbers, snails, starfish will all be just fine. If anything I would have moved the inverts to the 40breeder instead. Pulling coral off rocks sounds like a pain.
SPS pests and treatment options
Seems like borneman came up with the bright idea that using Interceptor(what we used then) on the whole tank harmed it in some way, the disruption of micro fauna from what I can remember, this typically recovers well in a few weeks. I never had An issue with pods etc... comming back. Removing crabs is a great idea. Also wait several weeks before reintroduction because the active ingredient takes a while to be fully eliminated from the tank.
Hth, Chris
Seems like borneman came up with the bright idea that using Interceptor(what we used then) on the whole tank harmed it in some way, the disruption of micro fauna from what I can remember, this typically recovers well in a few weeks. I never had An issue with pods etc... comming back. Removing crabs is a great idea. Also wait several weeks before reintroduction because the active ingredient takes a while to be fully eliminated from the tank.
Hth, Chris
SPS eating starfish
SPS eating starfish
Harliquin shrimp will solve the issue & manual removal is pretty easy if you can spot them.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22599767&postcount=111
SPS eating starfish
Harliquin shrimp will solve the issue & manual removal is pretty easy if you can spot them.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22599767&postcount=111
trueblackpercula
New member
I have a question. I have been toying with the idea of nuking my tank with interceptor. I have a couple of smooth slimed Sps that have either a copapods that iterate them or black bugs. My question is I have a beautiful large blue maxima and don't want to kill it. Is interceptor clam safe?
Thanks
Michael
Thanks
Michael
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Interceptor will not harm clams.
trueblackpercula
New member
Thanks dosed and all pest are gone this stuff is amazing and my clam did t even blink during treatment.
Thanks everyone
Michael
StaghornE
New member
I know at the beginning of this thread a few people mentioned a temperature drop wiping out red bug infestations. Is there anymore info on this posted anywhere? On a side note I am not endorsing anything, but, I had a major MEN infestation which wiped out quiet a few montis in my tank. I threw away all infested colonies, except for two colonies that I really like. I started dosing flat worm stop about 2-3 months ago. I now have not seen a nudi in my tank for over a month. I can't be sure it was the FWS, but coincidentally my montis are reencrusting dead skeleton and coloring up. I will be sure to post if they do happen to come back.
alex gonzales
New member
Is it possible to dip a large rock that has multiple sps corals on it? I worry about not getting all the pesticide out and it leaches into my tank, and harms my fish. I'm talking about the bayer dip.
ajcanale
New member
Completed 3 week Sentinel treatment for red bugs about a month ago with amazing success. I ran dosage higher than recommended, 1 largest sized tablet for 110g total water volume, each time.
No losses other than red bugs and pods.
No issues with wrasses or other livestock which could have consumed dead pods.
All 20+ acros/montis ranging from well develped frags to colonies are fine (if not better than ever) as well as 3 bubble tip anemones.
Orange linckia starfish is fine as well.
No losses other than red bugs and pods.
No issues with wrasses or other livestock which could have consumed dead pods.
All 20+ acros/montis ranging from well develped frags to colonies are fine (if not better than ever) as well as 3 bubble tip anemones.
Orange linckia starfish is fine as well.
trueblackpercula
New member
I just wanted to follow up and say I treated as well no issues at all. All fish Sps and clam are doing fantastic. No more bugs at all and I have some great PE, do t know what they were but they are all gone.
Michael
Michael
StaghornE
New member
Just to follow up on this I did find a couple more Nudis in the tank with very little damage to the coral. I'm going ahead with potassium permanganate dips for the montis. I'll let you guys know what happens.
Moser
Active member
Any chance you added a wrasse during this time?.
If not, MEN stand no chance against a silver belly or a banana wrasse.
All SPS tanks should have these"¦. but you might need the tank to be covered as they jump!.
Mo
