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Old 12/12/2007, 11:06 PM
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Please tell me it isn't so, RB?

Please, please tell me these aren't red bugs...... I got a new camera to track growth not more pests, ugg!

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Old 12/12/2007, 11:10 PM
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The truth hurts sometimes.

Interceptor time.
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Old 12/12/2007, 11:24 PM
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yep I had them too thats them
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Old 12/12/2007, 11:29 PM
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don't worry those are easy to fix
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Old 12/12/2007, 11:33 PM
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yeah then are I am sorry to say. But they are not as bad as people say. If they are not overtaking you tank you could just get some fish that eat them and everything will be alright.
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Old 12/12/2007, 11:34 PM
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LOL that is how I found out I had the bugs as well... I felt dirty for days
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Old 12/13/2007, 12:08 AM
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yup those are it I think I may have them too. it sucks.
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Old 12/13/2007, 12:32 AM
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Thanks for the confirmation, I'll have to deal with it. As a positive note I think my first macro pic looks good......
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Old 12/13/2007, 03:09 PM
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I refuse to buy a macro lens for this reason
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Old 12/13/2007, 07:34 PM
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good luck with yor treat ment, Yes you have the Bugs.........If you can take out the corals place them in a bucket with pepermint shrimp and they will pick them clean.

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Old 12/13/2007, 07:58 PM
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That is a nice macro pic... If the Acro were green it would look all Christmassy... Nothing like Red and Green for the holidays...
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Old 12/13/2007, 08:37 PM
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good luck with yor treat ment, Yes you have the Bugs.........If you can take out the corals place them in a bucket with pepermint shrimp and they will pick them clean.

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Old 12/13/2007, 09:39 PM
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Is there any way to positively ID these things with out a macro lens? After reading these posts I started to look at some of my SPS and noticed something that looked like a little brown speck walk across a branch.

I am going to have to treat the tank, but hate to since the Pod population would be wiped out and I have a very happy/chubby Mandarin.

Anyone know a good way to catch Emerald crabs?
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Old 12/13/2007, 10:01 PM
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I am sorry I gave bad info. I should have said camel shrimp....................... http://www.korallen-zucht.de/index.p..._id=52&clang=1
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Old 12/14/2007, 11:26 AM
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What other options are there other than camel shrimp? Just curious.
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Old 12/14/2007, 11:51 AM
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Don't camel shrimp bother corals?

Personally, I had great luck with the interceptor treatment. No losses, corals all looked/grew much better than with red bugs.


Also - unless you do a eradication-treatment [like interceptor] you really need to warn EVERYONE you trade or sell anything from your tank with. While you might be ok with them in your tank [if using wrasse/other `control'] ... you will likely infect everyone you trade with.

That is, unless you'd like to get a bad local reputation for dealing with pest-ridden corals.

If I got them again, I'd do the treatment without any concerns [except following the recommendations + not overdosing/under-w/c-ing].
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Old 12/14/2007, 12:07 PM
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Yep, I definitely tell everyone that wants frags from me that the tank has RB.
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Old 12/14/2007, 01:47 PM
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Kudos to you, Canarygirl
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Old 12/14/2007, 01:53 PM
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YOu place the coral frag in a small tank with a handfull of Camel Shrimp.. no longer than 20-30 mins or untill the RB's are gone.. or else they WILL strip that coral clean off....

But I would rather just interceptor the whole tank, just incase you missed some in the maintank...
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Old 12/14/2007, 02:54 PM
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The camel shrimp thing is like a last resort for treating for AEFW. If there was an intank treatment for AEFW, I dont think anyone would even consider messing with camels. IMO you should just do interceptor and get it over with. The stuff is a joke. Ive treated my tank 3 times and never done a WC after, nor run any carbon and my tank was just fine. Interceptor is harmless.....
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Old 12/14/2007, 03:03 PM
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Horace, what about your acro crabs and shrimps? Most people say that they lose these, at least by the 3rd treatment
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Old 12/14/2007, 03:27 PM
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I agree Kurt.

While Interceptor isn't free ... the cost of a qt + light + camel's is far more than carbon + interceptor. Nevermind I know interceptor will work 100% effectively.

The camels are interesting, but as the difference between them eating pest + moving onto eating corals doesn't appear to be a long time ... I'd worry about coral-health if I wanted to be positive that I had 100% eradication.

IMO, far easier to set up a QT for the Interceptor-threatened inverts for a week or two + just use interceptor, then re-introduce inverts. JMO, though.
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Old 12/14/2007, 04:15 PM
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IMO, far easier to set up a QT for the Interceptor-threatened inverts for a week or two + just use interceptor, then re-introduce inverts. JMO, though.
I've thought about this but wonder about getting an acro crab out of his home and then catching my cleaner shrimps in the big display, and catching my fast moving pompom crab and catching the almost-never-seen hitchhiker mythris crab....maybe I am just too much of a worrier or too softhearted about losing animals.
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Old 12/15/2007, 02:37 AM
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If I got them again, I'd do the treatment without any concerns [except following the recommendations + not overdosing/under-w/c-ing].
What do you mean by this? How did you do it before and how would you do it differently?
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Old 12/15/2007, 03:21 AM
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question for every body that used interceptor. do you guys do a water chage after 6 hrs. I've heard of peaple leaving it in the tank what do you guys think about that.
 

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