skey44 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 my purple acro has small red moving dots on the surface near the polyp openings any suggestions on what this is and is there any concerns. Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Don't remember the name, but it IS a concern. I beleive they are a parasite of some sort - red bugs that are specific to acropora. I think they might just be called "red bugs". Do a search, see what comes up. Edit - found something on google for ya http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=3354 Link to comment
skey44 Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 thanks... i only see red no yellow but they don't sound good... guess i should try the dip they recommend on that site seeing as they haven't harmed my coral yet Link to comment
NanoClown Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 ive heard of many people trying to get a hold of a anticeptor(for dogs), i dont know what it does. maybe its a cure? Link to comment
Withers Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 ive heard of many people trying to get a hold of a anticeptor(for dogs), i dont know what it does. maybe its a cure? It is, but it will also kill all invertebrates in the tank, so only use it as a last resort. I would try the dip, especially if you only have a few acros (but make sure to dip them all). Link to comment
nUgZ Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 All the info you'll ever want here. http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay...&forumid=73 Link to comment
Helfrichs Chick Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Found some info for you... but the first link is saying to treat in the tank. Personally I would not. As much as it SUX I would set up a QT and do the dip in there and just leave the acros in for a couple weeks if possible. The problem I see here is the lifespan. I only found 1 site with lifespan info and they said 5 days, who knows how acurate that is. SO my advice would be to set up a qt tank put all your acros in it, add iterceptor, keep the corals in the qt for at least 7 days. Put back in main tank. Watch for the bugs and hope that they starved out. HTH "CURE": http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=439155 More Info: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2003/feature.htm Link to comment
ezcompany Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 It is, but it will also kill all invertebrates in the tank, so only use it as a last resort. I would try the dip, especially if you only have a few acros (but make sure to dip them all). interceptor do not harm all inverts. they will kill all crustaceans (hermits shrimps) Helfrich's Chick, as far as treating it goes, it is better to treat IN tank rather than setting up a qt to be thorough. (regarding the use of interceptor). the interceptor treatment is really no big deal. its intimidating at first, but in the end, i did not kill anything. i was treating for black bugs not red btw, they were harrassing some montis, i have not seen them since the treatment. after adding interceptor in your tank for 12 hours, i turned on the skimmer and let it run for 1 hour to get any bugs that might've made it in the skimmer. then i did a 30% water change the following day and added some extra carbon and my tank is fine. my pistol shrimp survived the treatment as well. clams were fine, snails were fine, fish fine, blastos acans fine, acros fine, montis bug free. Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 It would be best to simply remove any crustaceans to a QT tank and treat the display, in that case. In some tanks, you might not be able to keep track of and catch every single hermit crab, but I'll bet you could get nearly all. That would minimize the potential losses, and the interceptor doesn't have to kill the crabs for it to injure or harm them. Might as well separate them. You could probably keep them in a small bucket for a couple of days - no need for a full-on QT tank. If you're dealing with acros, you should already have a spare powerhead and heater for prepping your water change water. Link to comment
sandlot13 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 what about a freshwater dip? would that work? Link to comment
ezcompany Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 what about a freshwater dip? would that work? fw dip will kill the acro Link to comment
andykee Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 if you are serious about getting rid of red bugs, your best option is interceptor, but like previously stated, an interceptor treatment WILL kill crustaceans Link to comment
er1c_the_reefer Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 i just inherited red bugs from a local reefer. it seems like there's a lot of it going around lately. so far, my corals look fine, but i'm going to do interceptor this weekend anyways. i've heard they only do harm (irritate) sps with larger corallites. can anyone confirm this? also, keep this in mind: using interceptor is going to be like using flatworm exit: if you don't get them all, the ones left are going to be a pita to get rid of. therefore, try to do multiple treatments over the span of a few weeks. also, red bugs have been known to come back several months after treatment with interceptor. to be honest, i'm starting to think red bugs are like herpes for sps. Link to comment
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