HELP!! Red Bugs on my acros

[Circular potato]

Hey gang, my friend pointed out to me that I had red bugs on my sps and told me to reach out to a vet to get a prescription of interceptor. However, I don't have a dog and the vet will not write a script for me so I can't seem to get any interceptor!!!

Are there any alternatives or other treatments? Or if anyone is willing to spare some please lmk!!


Thanks everyone for the help! :)

 

[stephj03]

There's a few websites that sell.it from Canada and Aus.

If you can't get it locally, that's where most ppl do

 

[Coling]

Dr. G's SPS and LPS Coral Dip Solution has the same ingredient in it as interceptor. I treated for red bugs in my display and it worked wonderfully. I couldn't catch my cleaner shrimp though so he was collateral damage, RIP. Highly recommend if you are unable to acquire interceptor.

Dr G's Marine Aquaculture - SPS & PLS Coral Dip Solution

Dr. G's Marine Aquaculture. Iodide aquarium supplements lugol solution iodine.

www.drgsmarineaquaculture.com

 

[Ricksreeefs]

I’m pretty sure that I heard that some pipefish will eat them. Let me see if I can find that vid for you

 

[Ricksreeefs]

There you go

 

[Circular potato]

Dr. G's SPS and LPS Coral Dip Solution has the same ingredient in it as interceptor. I treated for red bugs in my display and it worked wonderfully. I couldn't catch my cleaner shrimp though so he was collateral damage, RIP. Highly recommend if you are unable to acquire interceptor.

Dr G's Marine Aquaculture - SPS & PLS Coral Dip Solution

Dr. G's Marine Aquaculture. Iodide aquarium supplements lugol solution iodine.

www.drgsmarineaquaculture.com

Thanks! So you used it in your display tank? What was the dosage and the procedure that you followed?

There you go

Wow that's super awesome!

 

[Circular potato]

There's a few websites that sell.it from Canada and Aus.

If you can't get it locally, that's where most ppl do

What were these websites?

 

[Coling]

I dosed 1 mL of Dr. G's per gallon of tank water. Everything looked happier and I didn't see bugs after the 1st treatment, but I treated the tank two more times just to be sure those devil bugs were gone for good. So three treatments in total one week apart. There are several Reef2Reef threads on Dr. G's and red bugs.

 

[stephj03]

I forget which one I used but if you Google pet meds Canada or something like that a bunch will come up.

It's a very gray market way to get it, so if you're a by the book person you should take print outs of the articles on use for red bugs to a couple of vets to see if they will prescribe.

Basically it's over the counter in Canada and prescription only in the states. BC you know.... It's more dangerous to use at lower latitudes hahahaha.

 

[stephj03]

I dosed 1 mL of Dr. G's per gallon of tank water. Everything looked happier and I didn't see bugs after the 1st treatment, but I treated the tank two more times just to be sure those devil bugs were gone for good. So three treatments in total one week apart. There are several Reef2Reef threads on Dr. G's and red bugs.

This too. I was actually going to reccomend this and got distracted.

There's was a thread earlier in the yr about the ingredients changing but I don't think anyone has reported that it no longer works.

 

[Circular potato]

This too. I was actually going to reccomend this and got distracted.

There's was a thread earlier in the yr about the ingredients changing but I don't think anyone has reported that it no longer works.

Oh I just bought the dr.g's hopefully it is still good to use in the tank even with the ingredient change.

 

[Ricksreeefs]

Thanks! So you used it in your display tank? What was the dosage and the procedure that you followed?

Wow that's super awesome!

I have a pipefish not because of the bugs but just because they are really neat!

 

[stephj03]

Oh I just bought the dr.g's hopefully it is still good to use in the tank even with the ingredient change.

I haven't ever heard of it ever failing for anyone. I think you're good.

 

[Bpb]

As mentioned, Dr G’s is interceptor.