My experience with Interceptor dips for Red Bugs is that subsequent dips are very important. It is easy to get lulled into believing one dip did the trick because the corals respond so well to the initial dip. I recommend to do three dips over the course of 4-6 week just to finish off every last bug.
White Bugs on my lps
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jc-reef
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Well undertood. However, these are NOT Red Bugs (look at OP headline)...they are some kind of White Bug that are similar in size as the infamous Red Bugs. These White Bugs seem to afflict LPS only...specifcally Frogsporn. They must be some kind of 'pod' but are an obvious irritant and seem to be a predator to the polyps...causing retraction and fading of colors.
These White Bugs may not be as 'resistant' as the Red Bugs, as (for me) there is NO sign of return after a month and I have looked through my Macro lens to verify. There also seems like very little is known about these critters....so I am just reporting back what has worked to cure my infestation....and would love to hear back from the OP and others whom have experienced with these bugs.
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jmadden
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These small white "bugs" were on one of my frogspawn colonies. The coral would barely extend. I decided to do a fresh water dip, at the time I had never hear of these before. After about a week the coral was starting to inflate to about half it's normal size. Within a couple weeks all was well. It's been 3 months and haven't had an issue.
I think that the best option would be to remove the affected coral and treat it outside your DT. You never know what intercepter, and like treatments, will do to your systems pod population.
jc-reef
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...and that is exactly what I did for that reason alone. Didn't want to nuke my tank unless it was a last resort.
Ricardo_Jorge
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Nice to hear that some of you are successful treating this f****ing bugs. But i have a concern over here.
The treatment will kill the bug´s eggs too?? I´ve heard that the eggs still remaing in the coral and after some time, they hatch and the bugs come over again. Does it true?
The treatment will kill the bug´s eggs too?? I´ve heard that the eggs still remaing in the coral and after some time, they hatch and the bugs come over again. Does it true?
jc-reef
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My Update #2
My Update #2
My Update #2:
It has been over 3 months since I 'dip treated' my FS corals with interceptor and I am happy to report that there is still NO sign of white bugs on either pieces (cant even spot 1 single bug) and both continue to gain color back and completely inflate every day.
With this result I consider my treatment a cure as if there were any eggs that survived, they surley would have hatched by now.
@Reef Bass...these are "white bugs" not 'red bugs' which appear to be able to be treated differently such as I did. Im sure that they are a similar kind of 'pod' and were killed by the interceptor treatment in a lighted QT tank.
My Update #2
My Update #2:
It has been over 3 months since I 'dip treated' my FS corals with interceptor and I am happy to report that there is still NO sign of white bugs on either pieces (cant even spot 1 single bug) and both continue to gain color back and completely inflate every day.
With this result I consider my treatment a cure as if there were any eggs that survived, they surley would have hatched by now.
@Reef Bass...these are "white bugs" not 'red bugs' which appear to be able to be treated differently such as I did. Im sure that they are a similar kind of 'pod' and were killed by the interceptor treatment in a lighted QT tank.
The Necro to end all Necros
The Necro to end all Necros
I realize that this will be a legendary necro-thread.
I've tried to find credible sources on what these white bugs might be, so that I could combat them the best.
I decided to describe them myself and I can confirm that they are indeed copepods from the harpacticoida order, and as such pipefish and appropriate dip-solutions does the trick. I used CoralProtec and it killed all of them.
Best of luck to everybody in the future.
The Necro to end all Necros
I realize that this will be a legendary necro-thread.
I've tried to find credible sources on what these white bugs might be, so that I could combat them the best.
I decided to describe them myself and I can confirm that they are indeed copepods from the harpacticoida order, and as such pipefish and appropriate dip-solutions does the trick. I used CoralProtec and it killed all of them.
Best of luck to everybody in the future.
