Black Bugs - An Acro keepers worst nightmare?

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Both corals no longer have the white bugs but I now see more of the black bugs in todays photos.
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Yes that is exactly what I had. The 4x interceptor will knock them all out but it will kill shrimp and crabs too so remove those that you can. Snails and fish are perfectly fine and my acros LOVED it, I dont remember if I had urchins then or not.
 

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Yes that is exactly what I had. The 4x interceptor will knock them all out but it will kill shrimp and crabs too so remove those that you can. Snails and fish are perfectly fine and my acros LOVED it, I dont remember if I had urchins then or not.

I did 4 times dose and didn't lose anything. Makes me question if it really worked. I still see crabs, bristleworms, and amphipods roaming around. No sign of the white bugs but I still see the black bugs.
 

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I did 4 times dose and didn't lose anything. Makes me question if it really worked. I still see crabs, bristleworms, and amphipods roaming around. No sign of the white bugs but I still see the black bugs.

I lost all pods, crabs, and shrimp.
 

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We're moving in the right direction! The third treatment I mixed the Interceptor in boiling water which completely dissolved the medicine. This technique speaks for itself because the first two treatments only took out the white bugs but not the black bugs. I added two large dog chewable tablets (23 mg) each of Interceptor for the 120 gallon and 2 tablets for the 160 gallon.


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We're moving in the right direction! The third treatment I mixed the Interceptor in boiling water which completely dissolved the medicine. This technique speaks for itself because the first two treatments only took out the white bugs but not the black bugs. I added two large dog chewable tablets (23 mg) each of Interceptor for the 120 gallon and 2 tablets for the 160 gallon.


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Nice photos, and good luck!
 

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We're moving in the right direction! The third treatment I mixed the Interceptor in boiling water which completely dissolved the medicine. This technique speaks for itself because the first two treatments only took out the white bugs but not the black bugs. I added two large dog chewable tablets (23 mg) each of Interceptor for the 120 gallon and 2 tablets for the 160 gallon.


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After treatment
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Any more sign of black bugs after the last treatment?
 

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Any more sign of black bugs after the last treatment?

All gone thankfully, color is coming back on the acro's and the corals that had retracted polyps are showing more extension each day. The key for me was to mix the medication is boiling hot water so it completely dissolved.
 

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Albert use bayer dip from home depot it works wondeers
 

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All gone thankfully, color is coming back on the acro's and the corals that had retracted polyps are showing more extension each day. The key for me was to mix the medication is boiling hot water so it completely dissolved.
Thanks for sharing! I'm glad it worked out well for you. What was your dosage?
 

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Hey guys, I was looking through this post and I was wondering if anyone could I'd this for me?

Are these black bugs? It doesnt move and when I dip them with coralrx nothing comes off. I can't even blow it off or scrape it off with a knife
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