Euphylia white bugs?

[seahuy]

I don’t think these are good guys. Seems too small to be pods, they seem to be infesting this frogspawn. I have a torch and hammer that seems to be resistant or it could be my yellowtail damsel are preventing the swimming bugs to migrate to my torch and hammer. I can see the damsel waiting for something or once nibbling at the frogspawn.

It’s really hard to see and I had to use a cheap magnifying glass


For comparison this FS used to be super extended but it’s been retracted for while now until recently I caught the small bumps on its skeleton

 

[moosevandyke]

I had them spread from an acro I received from a reputable vendor… they can infest torches as well and would imagine most LPs… I used milbmycin treatment protocols and noticed that a lot of corals improved rapidly. All corals now go through treatment before DT as I think most vendors are letting these slide by.

 

[seahuy]

I had them spread from an acro I received from a reputable vendor… they can infest torches as well and would imagine most LPs… I used milbmycin treatment protocols and noticed that a lot of corals improved rapidly. All corals now go through treatment before DT as I think most vendors are letting these slide by.

Is it the interceptor? I have them otw and have separated the frogspawn. Imma try to do a dip before treating the tank. Did u treat the tank?

Thanks for your input

 

[moosevandyke]

Is it the interceptor? I have them otw and have separated the frogspawn. Imma try to do a dip before treating the tank. Did u treat the tank?

Thanks for your input

If the coral has been in there for any amount of time you need to treat the tank. It will become a normal practice I think to treat once or twice a year for bugs… white, black, grey.

I treated my tank for 1 month with a dose every week. The pure milbamycin is what I used. My girlfriend is a veterinarian so we have access to powder form. I believe there is some good info on it out there on doses. I personally don’t want to give dosing advice but do believe a higher the normal dose once weekly is the best option. I know it was talked about on beyond the reef podcast a few times. Good luck and see if you can get a shot of one under a scope for identification

 

[seahuy]

If the coral has been in there for any amount of time you need to treat the tank. It will become a normal practice I think to treat once or twice a year for bugs… white, black, grey.

I treated my tank for 1 month with a dose every week. The pure milbamycin is what I used. My girlfriend is a veterinarian so we have access to powder form. I believe there is some good info on it out there on doses. I personally don’t want to give dosing advice but do believe a higher the normal dose once weekly is the best option. I know it was talked about on beyond the reef podcast a few times. Good luck and see if you can get a shot of one under a scope for identification

thanks for the info

I've been researching and theres this calculator to use :

https://reefs.com/acropora-red-bug-milbemycin-treatment/

I was able to get my hands on the prescription interceptor without beef flavor from my vet. The stock solution came out cloudy, not brown like some videos ive seen with the beef flavor variant.


I am going to plan to treat my tank, ive just experimented a bit today by dipping, looks like it takes about 3 hrs for them to start dropping dead but i can see that this will be a challenege since those buggers can hide, so i need my system to be stable enough for my FS to open up fully to expose those buggers while treating.

I have a question, after you treat, you probably need to replenish your pod population correct? is it a concern to you where you source your pods from? since you know -- they can contain those danm buggers we're trying to get rid of. THanks for sharing your experience moose

 

[moosevandyke]

thanks for the info

I've been researching and theres this calculator to use :

https://reefs.com/acropora-red-bug-milbemycin-treatment/

I was able to get my hands on the prescription interceptor without beef flavor from my vet. The stock solution came out cloudy, not brown like some videos ive seen with the beef flavor variant.


I am going to plan to treat my tank, ive just experimented a bit today by dipping, looks like it takes about 3 hrs for them to start dropping dead but i can see that this will be a challenege since those buggers can hide, so i need my system to be stable enough for my FS to open up fully to expose those buggers while treating.

I have a question, after you treat, you probably need to replenish your pod population correct? is it a concern to you where you source your pods from? since you know -- they can contain those danm buggers we're trying to get rid of. THanks for sharing your experience moose

Awesome yeah you just need to do multiple treatments to kill life stages

I did not replenish my pods and I found a bunch in my cheato the other day. I have raised the question in my head of pods can survive can the bugs? I do think it takes out some of the pod population. I noticed my starfish were very lethargic and didn’t move much during treatment. As soon as I ran carbon and did a few large water changes they were back to normal It will kill shrimp immediately: glad ya got your hands on some! Let me know how treatment goes!