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I treated for red bugs the way Frank/Gipper mentioned.
It worked for me at the time because I was dealing with mostly frags.
This would not work in an established tank with larger coral.
There is just no way to get all the Acropora out, and if just one frag is sitting in the back and a red bug finds it, your whole treatment plan is wasted.
In Franks/frogmans case it would be better to spend time rounding up all the hermits you can. It's not too hard they like to eat at night a few hours with a flash light and you can get most of them.
set up a small tank for them and keep them in for the duration of the treatment. give them some new sand to play in, or some dead rocks, and don't forget to feed them. the bugs will die in five days with out a acropora to host in so don't worry about the bugs hitching a ride on the hermits or other crabs. it would be highly unlikely they would be on a crab anyway. the bugs spend their lives on acropora, and that is where they lay their eggs. |