Red Bugs?? Have you had them?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Well just wondering how many of you have had or do have red bugs on your sps. Be honest we need a true poll!

 

[Hypertek99]

Not yet but i only have 2 sps frags now. I gave all my other ones away as my tank is not setup for sps.

 

[3mm3]

I have had them come in on frags several times. They never made it into the display though.

 

[rocko918]

Had them and it was pretty easy to get rid of them. i was able to remove all the acros and put them in a q-tank and treated that tank with interceptor. Just have good flow in the tank as they slime. Works great. I have not had them in over a year now.

 

[raider77]

Just treated my tank this weekend for redbugs. I picked a maricultured millie from a local fish store that must have been loaded with them. I treated the tank with interceptor and everything looks good now.

 

[cobraz]

Not yet knock on wood, I helped another reefer with them though.. it took three treatments and they are finally gone. He takes photos using his macro lens - with the naked eye, you can not see them. I never knew what they looked like until he showed me.

I learned allot watching someone treat for them. Now I inspect every coral coming in and buy only from reefers that treat or have known good frag tanks from their own stock.

 

[SaraB]

I have had them as well in two separate tanks.

They are the easiest SPS pest to rid yourself of, that's for sure. AEFW is a whole other story and the same with Monti Nudi's.

 

[sdietz2469]

yep i will agree, and i did only 2 treatments, but the first one was 4 times the recommended amount, the second on was only 2 times the recommended amount..... i never did a water change after the first one, just added carbon, and the second one i did a 25% water change and added carbon.... this was a year ago, luckly it was when i was changing from a 55 to a 120, so i was abble to get out all of my shrimp and crabs.....

 

[JGoslee]

All sps get several dips before entering my tank so luckily I haven't had to deal with them yet.

 

[I-K@ndY]

Ill take RB anytime than FW .. I had them before but now they are all gone and QT is the best method for SPS entering your main tank

 

[surfn]

All sps get several dips before entering my tank so luckily I haven't had to deal with them yet.

what kind of dips do you put them in? for how long?

you don't find that this stresses them out after being shipped?

 

[SaraB]

what kind of dips do you put them in? for how long?

you don't find that this stresses them out after being shipped?

I have a complete treatment protocol that I created and follow and it includes several weeks of QT. I have been called OCD by some friends!

Yes, many new arrivals don't make it ... it's kind of survival of the fittest in my tanks! A friend has suggested that I gather my new arrivals in my QT tank and let them acclimate to the conditions for a week or so and then start in on the treatments. I plan on trying that to see if I experience less losses.

 

[J. Montgomery]

I've always dipped SPS corals in TMPCC before adding them to my tank. I've had a very high survival rate so far, though all my SPS frags have come from either LFS or locals, none that were shipped.

 

[sdietz2469]

TMPCC will not kill red bugs....fyi

 

[J. Montgomery]

I know, I was mainly responding to the concern that dipping newly arrived corals can stress them. Luckily, red bug are one pest I haven't gotten yet.

 

[ServantSoldier]

yep, i had them come in on a blue tip stag. Did a recommended treatment and that got rid of them all. SPS had sweepers and polyps out full stretch for 2 weeks.. tank loved it. Killed all my hermits, but my shrimp and pods managed.

 

[JGoslee]

what kind of dips do you put them in? for how long?

you don't find that this stresses them out after being shipped?

I do a 10 min tmpcc dip and a 2 hour interceptor dip. I also don't add any wild or maricultured stuff. I have one piece that I got wild and I gave that one a 12 hour interceptor dip and I also cut it away from the base.
I'm sure it stresses the corals out. I haven't lost any frags from the dipping in a long time. The first time I did an interceptor dip I used a whole pill in a 5 gallon bucket. I ended up losing those frags.

This thread has me worried. I've been staring at all my sps colonies looking for redbugs all day.

 

[msman825]

Any one ever use Levamisol

 

[SaraB]

Any one ever use Levamisol

Yes, I have used it. It can be somewhat harsh on corals, but it's very effective for AEFW's.

 

[reefboy]

TMPCC will not kill red bugs....fyi

FYI it doe's too eventdently you dindnt dip long enough it will kill pretty much any invert including acro crabs and teddy bear.