BUGS! Look Here !!! UPDATE Look Again!!

[jhale]

these are shots of a piece of acropora from my tank.
if you have never seen them, the bugs do not look like this, to the naked eye they are much smaller. sorry for the poor photos, this is under pc lights with a point and shoot. still you get the idea.
check your acropora, if you see any let us know and we will tell you how to kill them. if left unchecked very bad things will happen to your prized coral

all my suspect frags waiting for the interceptor, it's I-Day bugs look out

 

[jhale]

If you are trading or buying arcropora please check to see if there are any bugs on it. having to treat for them is no fun. it's a good idea to treat any coral for bugs before they go in your tank, even if you do not see them. keeping them in a QT for a couple of weeks is good practice as well. there may be eggs that have not hatched, that could survive the interceptor dip. waiting to see what pops up on the coral is the best practice. a QT can be a cheap ten gallon tank with some power heads and enough light to keep the coral alive for the time it's in the tank.

 

[Josh]

Good pictures, it is very hard to capture them on film.

Did you locate a source for the pills yet? I know a vet in the east village that may be able to help.

 

[House of Laughter]

JH, did you get the mail yet?

House

 

[nanoreefer22]

John, those things look creepy. Hope the treatment goes over well for you. Would hate to see you lose all those pieces cause of these bugs.
-Kris

 

[jhale]

Jim, the mail came, no pill yet.

I have some from Shaun, I'll use his portion tonight, then use what you sent me
for the next two treatments.

Josh, I've not found a dealer for the interceptor yet.

bonus, I now have a frag tank in my bedroom I'll see how long it can stay.

 

[ctxmonitor]

That acro is totally infested. That must be like 100 redbugs on that single acro. Scary... Wondering how long did it take to get to that proportion in the redbug population..

 

[jhale]

kris the frags will be fine, so far there has been no damage, and the bugs are checking out tonight

Tom, Steve noticed a few a couple of weeks ago on that same coral, it took about ten days from a few bugs to what you see.

 

[ctxmonitor]

They must be feeding the hell out of your acro.. When I had the bugs, they weren't reproducing that as fast as yours, but they started to spread to my other sps...

 

[jhale]

I dosed the interceptor at 6 pm, I was not sure it was working until I saw the bodies of all the mysis shrimp floating through the water
they were unlucky enough to be on the rocks the frags are attached to.
at least it's not the whole pod population in my tank.

 

[jhale]

some better bug shots

 

[nanoreefer22]

Nice pics...bad bugs...What kinda camera are you using to get pics like that?

 

[jhale]

a canon powershot sd500 digital elph, it's a point and shoot. i wish i had a digital SLR to use with my medium format lenses, those would be much better pics.

 

[ctxmonitor]

A point and shoot pic and you still getting those nice close-up.. Great job noneless.

You don't have a digital slr yet?? Bad, Jon... You need to stop spending money on the tank and get a nice DSLR...

I just got one :shhh: :tongue1:.. Can't wait till it come..

 

[jhale]

A point and shoot pic and you still getting those nice close-up.. Great job noneless.

You don't have a digital slr yet?? Bad, Jon... You need to stop spending money on the tank and get a nice DSLR...

I just got one :shhh: :tongue1:.. Can't wait till it come..

yeah, it's kind of sad seeing that I'm a photographer and all, I'd probably have one by now if it was not for this hobby :arg:

 

[joseney21]

great pics J, maybe we should have a sticky of all bad things in a tank.this could be one of the firs pics.you should send them to melev to post on his items ID'd page.

 

[jhale]

bugs went by, by

there is a pest page being worked on Jose, good idea though.

after six hours the bugs are gone, check it out.

6 pm

12 am

6 pm

12 am

 

[jhale]

bugs are dead

R.I.P Red Bugs.

 

[jhale]

too bad they were kind of cute in the pictures :sgrin:

 

[Deanos]

Woohoo!!! Polyp extension!