SPS red bug treatment and getting interceptor

aalhait · Aug 8, 2021

I live in Bay Area and a member of BAR. I’ve had an sps bleaching problem from the bottom up and noticed red bugs on some of them.
It’s a 150g tank with 20-30g sump. How do I treat it and get interceptor. Who can help me get it and how do I treat it exactly. I don’t want to shock my tank and it’s been a long journey to get to where I am keeping SPS.

Are there local folks that can also help ?

please help.
thank you
AJ

Nick Steele · Aug 8, 2021

It looks like this place has it.

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www.canadapetcare.com

I’m in the same predicament as you and tomorrow I am going to call some vets explaining my situation and see if I can get a pill or two locally before order from here.

Nick Steele · Aug 9, 2021

I just ordered from canadapetcare and shipping should take 7-14 days…. Hopefully my corals will survive that long.

C. Eymann · Aug 10, 2021

I have never seen redbugs kill an acropora, however they do add a layer of stress, which if combined with another stressor like alk swing, temp spike etc etc it can compound and lead to STN.

Mostly RBs alone just reduce growth and color.

Best of luck! were you able to order without q vets Rx? if so that's pretty awesome!
I have a feeling that Interceptor with milbemycin oxime as the only active ingredient maybe going away soon, I have been seeing ads for Interceptor plus, which is milbemycin oxime and praziquantel, while prazi is "somewhat" reef safe, its far from ideal.
Usually if a company releases an "improved" formulation. the old one doesn't stick around very long

Best of luck!

Joe462 · Aug 24, 2021

interceptor plus works, i was able to get it from my vet, but they don't keep regular interceptor in stock.

Nick Steele · Aug 24, 2021

I received my interceptor within a week from the UK. It is the beef flavor chew so a little different but it seems to be work. I did my second treatment last night and will do a water change when I get home.

PeterC99 · Aug 25, 2021

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cperry7467 · Apr 2, 2022

@Nick Steele Did the treatment work? Any issues? Considering using it on mine but concerned that it has prazi in it.

Nick Steele · Apr 3, 2022

cperry7467 said:
@Nick Steele Did the treatment work? Any issues? Considering using it on mine but concerned that it has prazi in it.

I had good success with the treatment no red bugs afterwards and sps were rebounding. Sadly I had a phosphate/alk issue when reintroducing sand and all my sps went downhill then and have since decided to go lps/softie tank.