SPS PREADATORS Red bugs, AEFW's ,Monti nudis and Sea spiders. Pictures Inside

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I have black bugs in my system, they seem to affect all my montiporas. First they were swarming my green monti cap, and now my other danaes aren't looking too hot. They are hard to spot, but they definitely aren't good for coral.
 
so how is one to rid aefw in a tank without tearing it apart, some corals or on two and three rocks and very large. will interceptor kll aefw.
 
man so in other words either live with them or demolish the whole tank. and i have noticed that when i make up the tmpcc mix it is a very dark color, when mpst pics on here show aefw in buckets with almost clear water. what are other people using.
 
the tmpcc is have does not turn clear. it stays brown. i am doing the dose at the 1 pump per 200ml of water. do i have the wrong stuff. i ordered it from premium

Tim
 
Leave it in the container for a few like 30 min or more it will go clear eventually.

Also alot of people have posted pics of them in freshwater dips on a expendable frag . Its always a sure fire way to see if any are on a coral. Coral dies but you get 100% confirmation.
 
TMPCC is Iodine. I have left it in a container for well over an hour and it hasnt turned clear. But I will experiment with a small amount to see if it does turn clear. Unless by clear you mean you can see through it. Like looking through tea.. The pics in the bucket with AEFW isnt TMPCC as far as I know. Its either Fluketabs or Levisamole. Or like you said , Freshwater dips
 
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Weird time and time again my TMPCC turns clear in my large pyrex measuring cups. As a matter of fact my pictures in the 2nd post with the seaspiders is after 30min before hand it was dark tea colored.
 
I usually do my dips in the evenings and by morning the water is clear. I obviously don't leave my corals in it that long, but overnight it goes from coffee brown to clearish with a tinge of yellow.

It also stays brown for several hours after my dips.
 
I dont let it sit that long... I think it may lose its effectiveness if it sits too long from what I have heard. I also dont think it is all it is cracked up to be. after 5 months of being red bug free I picked them up again most likely from frags from reputable online sources. all of my corals are dipped in 150% of reccomended TMPCC for bugs and flat worms for 15 minutes.. I then blast the frags for 10 mins to removed stunned critters. still got the bugs. I also had a monti nudi problem i used TMPCC for and I noticed it didnt kill them.. just stunned them.. I also have a millie that I have had for years that is looking a little odd. polyps have lost extension and more so at the base. i dont see any sign of bite marks or worms bit Im concerned. its encrusted pretty good so i cant just remove it. I will monitor it and other corals in the same area but Im on high alert.. even being careful and dipping and blasting and qting doesnt guarantee you being pest free.. Great thread clkwrk... very useful
 
I dont let it sit that long... I think it may lose its effectiveness if it sits too long from what I have heard. I also dont think it is all it is cracked up to be. after 5 months of being red bug free I picked them up again most likely from frags from reputable online sources. all of my corals are dipped in 150% of reccomended TMPCC for bugs and flat worms for 15 minutes.. I then blast the frags for 10 mins to removed stunned critters. still got the bugs. I also had a monti nudi problem i used TMPCC for and I noticed it didnt kill them.. just stunned them.. I also have a millie that I have had for years that is looking a little odd. polyps have lost extension and more so at the base. i dont see any sign of bite marks or worms bit Im concerned. its encrusted pretty good so i cant just remove it. I will monitor it and other corals in the same area but Im on high alert.. even being careful and dipping and blasting and qting doesnt guarantee you being pest free.. Great thread clkwrk... very useful
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8534623#post8534623 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zapata41
when mpst pics on here show aefw in buckets with almost clear water. what are other people using.
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I used Fluke Tabs but they actually turn the water whitish. I took my pictures after most of the tabs had settled and thats why it looks pretty clear :)
 
I don't let it sit either before the treatment but I don't always go rushing to dump my cup afterward either.

I have also had 100% sucess rate .However I use a beaker for measuring my water.
 
clkwrk... do you use the reccomended dose or do you increase it?.. I will use 150% of reccomended. IE 3 pumps per 400ml water..etc
 
Best thread ever!
Thanks clkwrk and RC.

So what do we have so far as far as cures goes?

1.AEFW
We know TMPCC works for shocking and making the worms fall off the acro and evetually die.
It does not affect the eggs though.

Stoney Mahoney had success with fluke tabs, Stoney can ya say exactly which brand, dose etc?

2.Red Bugs
Interceptor

3.Monti eating nudis
Anybody knows any cure for these?

Maybe the mods can make a sticky one treatment post for each of the problems?

Thanks again.
 
monti nudis supposedly succomd to TMPCC. but you need to treat and blast and qt for the bugs. the eggs are tougher though. you need to scrape them off..
 
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