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07-07-2006, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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How do I identify red bugs?
Got a couple of frags of monti caps from my LFS yesterday, acclimated them and then removed them from their plugs. They were stuck into the rubber stopper of a long plastic tube filled with sand. I placed the frags into a dish and then poured all of the water from the bag over ito the container to wash them. The frag container was in a large shallow bowl. After mounting the frags, I went to clean up and found tiny red/brown bugs (maybe a couple millimeters in size) inside the larger bowl but none inside the frag conatiner. I don't have any pics, but how can I tell if they were red bugs? I looked at the frags in the tank and they don't appear to have anything on them, but they're so small I don't think I would be able to see them. What should I do?
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07-07-2006, 10:51 AM
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OK, I've read some more and it seems like they are actually "yellow" in color and only infest acropora species. Does this sound right? If I only have monti species, they will starve and die or do I need to treat my tank?
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07-07-2006, 01:45 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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If you have nothing from the acropora speices in your tank Red Bugs will starve.
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07-07-2006, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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No acropora rihgt now. So how long will it take for the red bugs to starve to death?
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07-07-2006, 08:40 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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I would start treating all new arrivals with Interceptor to play it safe ,they are yellow with red heads.
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07-07-2006, 08:43 PM
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I loves me a water change
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Casey...Interceptor?
Edit: Nevermind...this is the stuff that Dustin Dorton tested...I recall it now.
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07-07-2006, 08:50 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Location: Florida Panhandle
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Originally Posted by ChrisPrusha
Casey...Interceptor?
Edit: Nevermind...this is the stuff that Dustin Dorton tested...I recall it now.
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07-08-2006, 10:46 AM
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From what I understand, Intereceptor can only be gotten from a vet with a prescription. I don't think I wanna go through that much trouble. Is there another product I could use, like some coral dips with iodine?
The bugs that I saw weren't yellow - hopefully, they weren't red bugs. That's weird how red bugs are actually yellow.
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07-08-2006, 01:24 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Originally Posted by hng
From what I understand, Intereceptor can only be gotten from a vet with a prescription. I don't think I wanna go through that much trouble. Is there another product I could use, like some coral dips with iodine?
The bugs that I saw weren't yellow - hopefully, they weren't red bugs. That's weird how red bugs are actually yellow.
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You can buy it online fron canada no prescription.
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07-08-2006, 01:59 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Alpharretta, Georgia
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do red bugs get as big as coepods?
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07-08-2006, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fishtank88
do red bugs get as big as coepods?
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LRB's ARE copepods. You can plan on the majority of your pods dying with the interceptor treatment. It is not difficult to get from your vet without a prescription, just be up front with them and tell them what you want it for. It wouldnt hurt to already have a short and sweet disclaimer written in their favor before you ask for it either. I didnt but my vet made me sign one before she would give it to me for a reef tank application.
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07-08-2006, 04:18 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Alpharretta, Georgia
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ight cause i got what looks like a red bug crawling all over my polyps, would they affect them causing them to be closed all the time because that is what is happening to me(i think) |
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07-08-2006, 05:53 PM
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Location: bend, oregon
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poor polyp extension can be a symptom of LRB's.
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