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

[em805]

Interceptor dosage instructions

Interceptor dosage instructions

First of all I'd like to say this is an awesome thread, thanks for the great info! I was wondering if there was a link or if anyone knows where I could find specific instructions on dosing Interceptor for red bugs? Also, a list of places you could purchase the rest of the mentioned chemicals for the various treatments, along with dosing instructions and what specific sps predator they target, i.e. levimasole, Anti-fluke med, Lugols (dosing for dips), etc.

Kind of a summary listing where it may be possible to refer to in a single post rather than searching every treatment separately. EX:

Chemical/Medication Name, Name of target pests or illness, link to vendors or purchase place, link to detailed dosage and treatment (maybe even a summary vs a link)

Again, great post, great pics, and great info, thanks guys!

 

[tatoofr]

HI,
Do red bugs only eat certain type of acro's or ALL acros?
Thanks

 

[highquality]

Just to make sure , these are fine like the white stars right?

 

[poknsnok]

those are harmless... but to my mystery wrasse they are dinner!!

 

[clkwrk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8634053#post8634053 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tatoofr
HI,
Do red bugs only eat certain type of acro's or ALL acros?
Thanks

I have observed them on all acropora even mille's . I have yet to see any on Stylo or pocci.

The old myth was the perfered Blue but really its they show on blue easier. They do gang up on a weakened coral but the coral can also comeback 100% usually other factors also contribute.

Validas seem to be a good indicator in a tank because of their amount of PE they have little to begin with and usually zilch with RB's howere a very healthy coral can prevail even with rb's present.

Also IMO they are eating the slime that sps corals produce at tissue level and the bacterioplankton , not the actual coral.

 

[Vili_Shark]

Anybody knows what is the active ingridient in fluke tabs?

 

[Stoney Mahony]

Fluke tabs active ingredients are Mebendazole and trichlorfon

 

[Vili_Shark]

Thanks Stoney.
Do you know how many Mg?
I cant get fluke tabs where I am , but I might be able to get those separately.

 

[1010]

those were some geat pics!

 

[Pam Little]

Are redbugs visable to the naked eye? Seems like all the pics are magnified.

 

[SaraB]

Pam - If you are not specifically looking to see them, you could easily overlook them as they look like little light brown specks. When you take a magnifying glass, you can really see them.

 

[Pam Little]

well I' going out to buy the best magnifing glass I can find cuz I don't want those things!!!

 

[poknsnok]

if you feed cyclopeeze they look a lot like that on your corals.. Ive had them.. they are no big deal and are easy to deal with

 

[H@rry]

I've got a tank that I haven't put anything in for a year and a half. I've got another one that has been up since May. I put frags from a frag swap and some from the first tank in the second. Now I find red bugs in the both tanks. How likely could I have transferred them (or their eggs/larvae) with equipment such as algae magnet, powerhead, siphon tube, etc.?

I wonder if I've had them in the first tank for over a year.

 

[Brisc0]

Freaking bugs... I am on my 2nd interceptor dose today, and now heartily believe that if you miss a single drop of water with the treatment, your likely to miss a couple bugs. Im going to sprinkle it on my salt creep this time to! =)

 

[zapata41]

for those that are interested, here is the link to my post on my fluke treatment

<URL>http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=899108&perpage=25&pagenumber=26</URL>

Tim

 

[TandN]

This is a great thread but like many others have said before there shouls be links on this sticky to the treatments of each of these predators.

Does the trop marin work on redbugs also ?

 

[Stoney Mahony]

There are so many different treatments that it would be difficult to post links to all of them. Here is a link to my treatment with fluke tabs that was posted in Melev's thread if it helps:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=899108&perpage=25&pagenumber=9

 

[Stoney Mahony]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8670561#post8670561 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Vili_Shark
Thanks Stoney.
Do you know how many Mg?
I cant get fluke tabs where I am , but I might be able to get those separately.

Sorry, I don't have a clue and I could not find it online.

 

[TandN]

What exactly does red bugs do to sps that is so bad ?