Interceptor dosing acropora white bugs

[shakacuz]

Not working for me sadly rn

yeah it’s broken for me too

 

[Orangutran]

I ordered from Canada pet care. Their website shows plain interceptor but I received the chews with Prazi. I used 5x the dose recommended here:

Acropora Red Bug Milbemycin Treatment Calculator

About the Treatment Acropora Red Bugs (Tegastes acroporanus) are a common pest in Small Polyp Scleractinian (SPS) reef aquariums. While they are nuisan

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Did not effect snails or giant clam. I have no crustaceans. 1 5x treatment knocked them out for me.

When you say one dose (and others mentioned also in this thread) is that one dose per week? There are other threads that mention 3x per day, and they repeat in 1 week. One dose would be easier of course.

Ironically "Canada" pet care dotcom doesn't ship to Canada! It's easier for us to get hard drugs than dog heart worm meds!

 

[SamMule]

One large dose, once per week, over the course of 3-4 weeks worked well for me.
I did 23mg doses in my 65g tank for reference.

 

[spsick]

When you say one dose (and others mentioned also in this thread) is that one dose per week? There are other threads that mention 3x per day, and they repeat in 1 week. One dose would be easier of course.

Ironically "Canada" pet care dotcom doesn't ship to Canada! It's easier for us to get hard drugs than dog heart worm meds!

I did the one 5x dose, one time. I believe the regular dose is recommended to do once a week for 3 weeks. I gave it a shot just doing it once since the dose was so heavy. Not a recommendation but that’s what worked for me.

 

[Orangutran]

One large dose, once per week, over the course of 3-4 weeks worked well for me.
I did 23mg doses in my 65g tank for reference.

Cool, that's roughly 4x (.35mg/gal) the recommended dose from reefs.com (.086mg/gal)

I did the one 5x dose, one time. I believe the regular dose is recommended to do once a week for 3 weeks. I gave it a shot just doing it once since the dose was so heavy. Not a recommendation but that’s what worked for me.

@spsick So no more white bugs just after one dose? That would be awesome!

Ok I ordered from bestvetcare.com since they ship to Canada. Will dose at roughly 5x, and see how it goes! Will repeat as per SamMule if I see more bugs afterwards.

Thank you both!

 

[spsick]

Cool, that's roughly 4x (.35mg/gal) the recommended dose from reefs.com (.086mg/gal)



@spsick So no more white bugs just after one dose? That would be awesome!

Ok I ordered from bestvetcare.com since they ship to Canada. Will dose at roughly 5x, and see how it goes! Will repeat as per SamMule if I see more bugs afterwards.

Thank you both!

Update:

I’ve just now noticed them on their favorite coral again so the single dose did not cut it. Or it wasn’t strong enough.