Red bugs or not?

wojo · #1 12/25/2007, 03:17 PM

I need some help now, i am at loss. All my params are great, but sumthing is going on. Some of my blue tip frags that i was gonna sell are bleaching out, i dont see any bugs on them. but i do see very small red bugs on the lower glass near the sand bed. they are all red and have no yellow on them. i did take a look at my spss and i dont see any of them on them. i think it started when my red monti started to bleach, and a film covered it, now its almost all gone.

the thing is i havent changed a thing, i did do a 20% water change last week just to be sure.

0 NO3, 0 Phos, 420 Ca, 8.0 Kdh, 1320 Mag, 1.026 sg, 8.1 ph

any help is appreciated, i just dont want to treat for red bugs if i dont have to.

thank you!

jay24k · #2 12/25/2007, 03:52 PM

Borrow a good camera and take some close ups. You could have red bugs or flatworms or something else.

chadfarmer · #3 12/25/2007, 04:01 PM

bleaching doesnt spound like red bugs to me

have you had any problems with the tank in the last month

wojo · #4 12/25/2007, 04:06 PM

no problems really, i do dose home made 2part and lately i have been skipping dosing it for a day or two, then dosed little more next time but nothing really aside from that. this caused my Ca to drop to 320 and Mg down to 1000 but i slowely brought it up...

chadfarmer · #5 12/25/2007, 09:33 PM

i would say that is your problem

some sps are not forgiving and some are

wojo · #6 12/25/2007, 09:50 PM

really? dropping only so little would cause this? its weird cuz i have 4 frags and master colony of this coral (blue tip) and only 2 frags are affected by it. is red monti so sensitive as well?

thanks.

wojo · #7 12/25/2007, 10:39 PM

chadfarmer, why do u say that bleaching is a good sign of red bugs?

chadfarmer · #8 12/26/2007, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wojo
chadfarmer, why do u say that bleaching is a good sign of red bugs?

I never said that, parameters straying is most likely the problem

i know people that have red bugs bad (counted 100 in my ogles without moving it)

wojo · #9 12/26/2007, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chadfarmer
I never said that, parameters straying is most likely the problem

i know people that have red bugs bad (counted 100 in my ogles without moving it)

sorry when i typed that i somehow skipped the word NOT in there "why do u say that bleaching is NOT a good sign of red bugs?", lol

should i assume this is not a problem then and try to keep my params perfect see if gets worst or i should treat with interceptor anyways?

thanks for your help man.

chadfarmer · #10 12/26/2007, 10:48 PM

if you cant see them i wouldnt worry about them and i would worry about my parameters first

Canarygirl · #11 12/27/2007, 11:48 AM

The little red bugs on the sand/bottom of glass, pure red, are not "red bugs." They are pods that happen to be red and are harmless.

wojo · #12 12/27/2007, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Canarygirl
The little red bugs on the sand/bottom of glass, pure red, are not "red bugs." They are pods that happen to be red and are harmless.

thank you Canarygirl, how sure are you of this? i have never seen red pods...

Canarygirl · #13 12/27/2007, 04:47 PM

well for one thing, the acro pest known as "red bugs" are actually yellow with a red spot on them. The single-color pods that I see in my tank are 100% rusty-colored red. No question on that point. I have previously seeded this tank with Tigger pods, I think those are a Reef Nutrition product...anyway I believe that what I'm seeing in my tank are tigger pods as they look the same size and color as the original ones I seeded my tank with.