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manderx
08/19/2004, 11:32 AM
so now that people are coming back into town, who all's here?

enough people/interest for a meeting?
CaptainDave
08/20/2004, 08:21 AM
I would be interested in getting involved.
dooleyb
08/20/2004, 10:26 AM
I am willing to host a September meeting at my house. It can be around September 22.
JNG567
08/20/2004, 11:40 AM
Ill come
JC VT
08/21/2004, 07:23 PM
I'm here :-P
mbort
08/24/2004, 09:45 AM
Word
rbattle
08/24/2004, 09:17 PM
Que?
Shivaji
08/25/2004, 10:06 AM
Back in circulation ...
hokiefish
08/26/2004, 08:49 PM
Hola mi amigos
JNG567
08/27/2004, 12:25 AM
hey matt you treated your tank for those red bugs yet?
manderx
08/27/2004, 09:14 AM
not yet, i hope to git'r'done this weekend.
JNG567
08/27/2004, 11:22 AM
ha ha GetRDone
Shivaji
08/28/2004, 12:08 PM
Hey Matt,

What red bugs are these ? BTW apologies to Nick and you for not being able to show up for Nick's move. My wife had painters coming in the next day, so I had to move stuff that night in preparation. Nick - got the tubs back. Hope they helped ...

Shivaji
manderx
08/28/2004, 03:26 PM
no problem, most of the time was trying to figure setting things up once it was moved. actual moving took no time at all.

red bugs are tiny parasitic copepods that live on acropora.
here's a good pic of them on a really stressed out acro:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43540&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500
they irritate corals, make them grow slow and lose color. they don't usually outright kill it but certainly can. though my acros don't look too bad even though they are just as covered as the one in the pic (so i'm a bit excited to see how they react once they are free of the bugs).

they *only* eat acro, and will starve in a few days if they don't have one to munch on. they also deliberately live on the acro, it's a very small chance that you'd get one from water or a frag of something else from an infected tank. they say they are excellent swimmers, and swim directly from one acro to another, they don't just hang out in the water column, even when babies.

people are treating their whole tanks with a dog medicine called interceptor that kills all crustaceans to get rid of them. i'm going to move my acros to another tank for a few days to treat so i don't kill all my good little critters.

-m