need to nuke ! possible problem...

[gwaco]

redbugs have made a return so i was gonna intercept the tank but here is the potential problem . i have but two shrimp in the tank but one is commensial living inside my large squamy clam . what i fear is if i nuke the tank and the shrimp dies inside the clam i am worried about the reprocoutions . if the shrimp dies in the clam then if the clam can;t or won't expell the carcass i worry the clam will perish and start a real bad turn of events . the first thought i'm sure that will be suggested is to remove the clam but that can't happen as i hate to risk any damage to it while dislodging it . so any thoughts ? do i nuke it at a reduced dosage , wait and do nothing , or just take my chances on dislodging the clam .

[coralcat]

If ya gota Nuke, then you want to get it all. Doing a reduced dose, what lived, would be stronger. i would get the shrimp out. If you have to get the clam out to, use a razer blade gently to cut the base,... Have you tried a trap for the shrimp, first.?

[Sara7814]

what are redbugs?

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by coralcat

If ya gota Nuke, then you want to get it all. Doing a reduced dose, what lived, would be stronger. i would get the shrimp out. If you have to get the clam out to, use a razer blade gently to cut the base,... Have you tried a trap for the shrimp, first.?

the shrimp has never left the confines of the clam , so a trap would not do any good . also i don't believe that the redbugs build up a tolerence to the medication based on dosing amount . if they ingest any of the medication they are done . the problem is getting the meds to each and everyone of them !

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by Sara7814

what are redbugs?

pest that reside on the tissue of certain acro corals . they make sps keepers cringe ! think of them as fleas on a dog and unless you kill them they just muliply like crazy until your dog scratches himself raw and is really mad at you for not nuking them .

[coralcat]

Originally Posted by gwaco

pest that reside on the tissue of certain acro corals . they make sps keepers cringe ! think of them as fleas on a dog and unless you kill them they just muliply like crazy until your dog scratches himself raw and is really mad at you for not nuking them .

Ya know, I like that answer. Well, you will loose those shrimp, but you already know that.

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by coralcat

Ya know, I like that answer. Well, you will loose those shrimp, but you already know that.

i have done interceptor in the past and not lost the cleaners . its just one of those things, your @_amed if ya do and ^-amed if ya don't !

[Wiskey]

Why can't the squammy be removed? If you can remove him, then nuke the tank, just leave the squammy in Q for a few weeks until any bugs on it have died off due to lack of food.

Whiskey