i have red bugs

[twinreef]

i'm ashamed too say but "i have red bugs" the thing is i can't seem to get any interceptor. please if any one has two pills, i will buy them from you.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully someone has some interceptor for you.
-Kris

 

[twinreef]

i hope so too. i don't want to lose any of my corals. off topic but here
is live video of my tank.

http://69.86.59.200:8080/

 

[nanoreefer22]

Nice!!! Those are some ACTIVE fish you got there. That hippo just wants to be a camera hog..lol..

 

[twinreef]

thanks. the fish like to ride the tunze streams. i've two more tunze in the other side of the tank.

 

[Doc]

hey twinreef. give me a call and i can call in a precription for you. I've met and read enough to know you guys are a bunch of good people. I've PMed you my number.

 

[ctxmonitor]

Good luck in fight them.. They aren't that hard to rid of once you get the cure..interceptor.. I had the same problem but didn't lose any of them to red bug..

 

[twinreef]

hey DOC i'll give you a call asap. thanks

 

[jhale]

getting rid of the red bugs is easy, saving all your hermits and crabs is the hard part.
also there's no shame in having red bugs, besides once you treat for them you can join the red bug free certified trading group

 

[twinreef]

"jhale" i have no hermits or crabs. can't wait to join the red bug free certified trading group. and even then i'm going to dip my corals.

 

[jhale]

that's good prevention, better yet set up a 10 or 15 gallon QT tank. a couple of weeks to make sure the frags are varmint free is worth it, just ask shaun who's had to treat for every nasty critter out there, what a nightmare.

 

[twinreef]

well i already treated the tank for flatworms about a year ago and lost almost all my corals. i didnt know i had so many. but the toxins kill almost every thing.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Flatworms...yuck...had those things in a tank that got completely shut down...funny thing is back then I didn't even know what a flatworm was, I just cool...more life...good luck with those bugs...

 

[ShaunW]

Wow, another one of us bites the dust. Sorry to hear it, but now you can get rid of them and your SPS will love you for it!!!

Once you got the interceptor pills make sure you follow the directions layed out by Dustin as close as possible. You can probably get away with only two treatments.

 

[alrha]

twinreef, look at the bright side, as a result of this thread you now have over 100 posts and have become a senior member.
wasnt that worth it now?

 

[Doc]

Well, he's going to get his interceptor. quick question though, I keep having them ordered as 12 packs, with only 2 pills needed for treatment, should I be prescibing the 6 packs instead?

Doc

100 Posts for senior member, that all? I've got to go post more.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Maybe 2 people could split a 12 pack if it would come out cheaper than everyone buying a 6 pack by themselves?? Just my nickel.

 

[jhale]

Well, he's going to get his interceptor. quick question though, I keep having them ordered as 12 packs, with only 2 pills needed for treatment, should I be prescibing the 6 packs instead?

Doc

100 Posts for senior member, that all? I've got to go post more.

with red bugs going around it's better to have 12 pills to share.
then not everyone needs to order a prescription.

 

[spykes]

seems like these pest are pretty easily to catch from another reefer, if so 12 pack is nothing LOL! sorry about the redbugs but hey at least you found them.

 

[House of Laughter]

Doc, the more the merrier - technically, you only need a 1/4 of one pill for one treatment on a 90g tank. Belielve me, though, I bought a 12 pack about 6 months ago and only have 1.5 left - just enough to treat my tank if I needed to. So, the more we have around to distribute, ther better off we'll be in eradicating this from the board.

Also, we need to keep some around to use to dip corals before they go into the tank as not to re-introduce them.

Ugh, bad bugs bad bugs - sing it JH

House