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

jhale · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

JH, did you get the mail yet?

House

nanoreefer22 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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

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jhale · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

some better bug shots

nanoreefer22 · Jul 27, 2005

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

jhale · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 27, 2005

ctxmonitor said:
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 · Jul 27, 2005

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 · Jul 28, 2005

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 · Jul 28, 2005

bugs are dead

R.I.P Red Bugs.

jhale · Jul 28, 2005

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

Deanos · Jul 28, 2005

Woohoo!!! Polyp extension!

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