Will interceptor kill my pods?
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Yep. Although not necessarily all of them. The post treatment water change will help cope with die-off; I've never seen nutrients spike to crazy levels, and the pod population reproduces quickly.
ngvu1
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Then I would move the mandarin or any fish counting on the pods population. Pods will come back after sometimes. I don't know how but they always do ;-)
erinmegan85
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Not to hijack this post, but where the heck does everyone get Interceptor from? I used to work for an animal hospital and giving out prescription meds for off label use was a big no-no, so I'm just curious.
Interceptor can be used to treat heart worms in dogs, treating heart worms in dogs too aggressively initially can lead to death therefore vets within the US require a prescription. Since most vets want to avoid any liability issues they are reluctant to provide a scrip for the drug.
I have gone to a vet and described the intended use of the medication for the treatment of RB and still been turned down.
Some Vets are more easy going and will give a script.
Interceptor targets Arthropods, anything that has an exoskeleton, pods, RB, crabs, shrimp........
Having used the drug twice for treatment for RB I find the drug to be benign to the tank in general except for those Arthropods listed above. Bristle worms and brittle stars looked stunned but recovered.
A secondary effect is pristine water clarity and absence of film algae for a couple weeks after treatment.
To avoid the death of crabs and shrimp you need to remove them prior to treatment or treat with lessor dose.
I have gone to a vet and described the intended use of the medication for the treatment of RB and still been turned down.
Some Vets are more easy going and will give a script.
Interceptor targets Arthropods, anything that has an exoskeleton, pods, RB, crabs, shrimp........
Having used the drug twice for treatment for RB I find the drug to be benign to the tank in general except for those Arthropods listed above. Bristle worms and brittle stars looked stunned but recovered.
A secondary effect is pristine water clarity and absence of film algae for a couple weeks after treatment.
To avoid the death of crabs and shrimp you need to remove them prior to treatment or treat with lessor dose.
-Logzor
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I've gotten it from Australia.
erinmegan85
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Thanks for letting me know! I have heard of people doing this with other meds for animals. I don't know why it didn't occur to me that Interceptor is probably available there as well. I just know that vets that give it out here in US for off label use are taking a hefty risk because if someone were to say they were using it for a tank and then turn around and end up killing their heartworm positive dog with it it could be trouble. I'll keep this in mind should I ever need some in the future for my tank
