Suspected red bugs on goniopora?

[cameron79]

Could these be red bugs on the top of goni, its been refusing to come out, notice a couple of these yesterday and this morning there seems to be more. Cant see the red colour on the picture .

 

[Miami Reef]

Aren’t red bugs supposed to be exceptionally small?

I suggest changing some water. It seems to help gonioporas when they close for an extended time.

 

[cameron79]

I did my weekly 10 percent yesterday, also gave the goni a dip, probably just out of panic, and about four very tiny red bugs came off so small you can barely see them, also a few normal pod looking coloured bugs, the polyps today are a little more open but not extending, i will just leave it alone now as ive read alot about them not taking well to being messed with. Thanks for the reply

 

[Miami Reef]

I did my weekly 10 percent yesterday, also gave the goni a dip, probably just out of panic, and about four very tiny red bugs came off so small you can barely see them, also a few normal pod looking coloured bugs, the polyps today are a little more open but not extending, i will just leave it alone now as ive read alot about them not taking well to being messed with. Thanks for the reply

I never dealt with red bugs, so hopefully someone else can chime in. Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[dedragon]

Ive had red bugs but they never bothered my gonis before. Interceptor is a good treatment though if you also see red bugs on your acropora

 

[cameron79]

I dont have any acros, im only just venturing into lps from soft as ive only recently developed a better grasp on water conditions. i do have high phos, the lfs said the goni is likely not to open with my phos being high, everything else with water is on par, today i added phosgaurd to the sump, and im not missing any water changes as i used to do, hopefully the phos levels will come down and give me better results overall. Thanks

 

[dedragon]

Just make sure not to bottom out your phosphates, ive had worse problems with too low than too high phosphates. Though, it matters how high your phosphates are.