True, except for Dr G's which has Milbemycin Oxime. Interceptor is specific to crustaceans so it's not a cure all. Personally I do a 24 our Inceptor bath, then a 7 minute Potassium Chloride dip. Bayer also will not kill AEFW. Potassium Chloride will.
Can you provide some insight on kcl dipping?
Potassium chloride is alright, I find it's super harsh on the acropora. It also kills red bugs near instantly
I use a dip of 2 Tbsp per gallon of tank water. Mix it well and dip for 7 minute. It is a fairly harsh dip and you corals will slime, but I have not lost anything due to dipping. I've also used pond Melafix as a dip and that has worked well, but Potassium Chloride does the best job of anything I've used. Do not leave frags in it too long though as there is not much room for error with it.
Kind of my thoughts. I have a buddy who is in vet school. And a localish vet was once upon a time the vet for our aquarium here. I’ll probably try to source some either way.
I've never had them knock on wood, but do a search here and you'll find some threads about them.
I had the same issue. We have 3 dogs that costs us at least 1k year for normal vet care. 1 of these dogs is receiving chemo therapy and radiation for single cell carcinoma. This treatment costs us a couple Sunday driver frags a month (frags available soon btw) and both vets said they couldn’t prescribe me interceptor for corals. I was telling this story to a customer of mine that happens to be a vet and she went irritate. She said corals are animals and should be given the same care as any other animal. She gave me authorization right then.
@UnderseaOddities Didn't you tell me something about red bugs?
get your hands on some intercetpor and nuke the tank , or Dr.g which is 35 plus 15 dollers shippingOk guys so here’s the deal. I did a 15 minute dip in Bioadvanced. 1.6 cups to 1 gallon of SW. Basted while in solution and again in the first rinse container. I then inspected the frags using a flash light and a lense while in the second rinse container. Then emptied that and rinsed them in fresh tank water. Within FIVE minutes of going back into the tank, I literally watched two red bugs crawl out of corallites on the most infected frag. The other ones look clean thus far. So anyway, unless I did something wrong, here’s your proof that Bayer/Bioadvanced is not 100%
These are pictures of the screen on my cam. Sorry:
does it mean 25 ml (rodi water) and 2 grams of interceptor?,100% agree with @SawCJack00
All of my corals now get interceptor bath for 24 hours a couple hours after they arrive.
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@Jilly92 yup why I got my little 120x loupe to inspect pieces after dip(tissue,irregularities,blemishes,discoloration,tears,bulging tissue I usually dip in coral rx an iodine(redbugs usually are endemic to smooth skin acropora sp from Australia for red bugs interceptor or (milbemycin oxime) works best crush one pill one pill equals 6 sailfert spoons(add one spoonful per cup of tank water)put coral in solution and wait an hour to an hour and 20 mins for bigger pieces.then inspect piece with 120x and blast slime and redbug remains off the piece with a turkey baster,then have a separate cup ready and re dip the piece in fresh tank water add 1ml lugol iodine then redrip and re add piece to display or coral qt tank if u have one,keep inspecting daily if infestation happens get a pipefish(some people treat whole display but I wouldn't try this or buy into your better off dipping individual pieces you'll never know how finicky a certain piece or piece will react to interceptor, then keep inspecting piece and dosing iodine weekly if piece starts to bleach or peel dip in revive before it's too late
