Wallace11
Community Member
I have a PC rainbow colony that has been struggling for over 8 months (has actually never been happy). I am concerned it has pests, but have not been able to visually see any. The other sps in the tank seem happy and don't have any issues. I did make a few frags of it a month ago when I thought it may have been STN. The frags also have the same lesions/loss of color.
1. Does this look like red bugs, white bugs, AEFW? Should I do a microscopic exam after a dip?
2. Should I just empirically treat the tank with interceptor (would rather avoid this if I can as it would be hard to catch all the other invertebrates)?
3. Should I just ditch this one coral and monitor the rest of the corals in the tank which seem to be fine?
Paramaters are as follows:
dKH 8.5
Ca++ 450
Mg++ 1470
NO3 25
PO4 0.18
PAR is around 250 at the PC Rainbow
Any suggestions and insights would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
1. Does this look like red bugs, white bugs, AEFW? Should I do a microscopic exam after a dip?
2. Should I just empirically treat the tank with interceptor (would rather avoid this if I can as it would be hard to catch all the other invertebrates)?
3. Should I just ditch this one coral and monitor the rest of the corals in the tank which seem to be fine?
Paramaters are as follows:
dKH 8.5
Ca++ 450
Mg++ 1470
NO3 25
PO4 0.18
PAR is around 250 at the PC Rainbow
Any suggestions and insights would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
