Proflactivly running interceptor

[Reef Management]

'Im looking to proflactivly treat my 180ish gallon system with interceptor with the chewable tablets spectrum.

How much do u recommend and what's processing?

Water changes after needed? I have 3 gal a night auto water changes now

One tank plumbed into system has lps, torches, hammers frogspawn and some zoas

Other tank all sps

Thanks

 

[SeaDweller]

*prophylactically

 

[Dburr1014]

'Im looking to proflactivly treat my 180ish gallon system with interceptor with the chewable tablets spectrum.

How much do u recommend and what's processing?

Water changes after needed? I have 3 gal a night auto water changes now

One tank plumbed into system has lps, torches, hammers frogspawn and some zoas

Other tank all sps

Thanks

Glenn, why do you want to run interceptor? Are you seeing something in the tank?

 

[Reef Management]

Glenn, why do you want to run interceptor? Are you seeing something in the tank?

No I'm not but many people who farm acros do this to insure no white or black or red bugs cause dips don't work well on these types of pests

 

[Jmp998]

In general widespread ‘prophylactic’ use of antibiotics is a great way to select for resistant organisms, and so I would argue against it on those grounds alone.

 

[ChiCity]

In general widespread ‘prophylactic’ use of antibiotics is a great way to select for resistant organisms, and so I would argue against it on those grounds alone.

well except, interceptor is not an antibiotic…
so there’s that

 

[Reef Management]

In general widespread ‘prophylactic’ use of antibiotics is a great way to select for resistant organisms, and so I would argue against it on those grounds alone.

Thanks for input but its a heart worm medication for dogs not an antibiotic for humans......

 

[Dburr1014]

No I'm not but many people who farm acros do this to insure no white or black or red bugs cause dips don't work well on these types of pests

Perfect, thanks.

TBH, I was worried cuz I just bought the Oregon tort from you @ the show. No worries.

 

[SeaDweller]

Perfect, thanks.

TBH, I was worried cuz I just bought the Oregon tort from you @ the show. No worries.

did you not dip any of your corals you bought?

 

[Dburr1014]

did you not dip any of your corals you bought?

I always dip.

 

[Jmp998]

Thanks for input but it’s a heart worm medication for dogs not an antibiotic for humans......

I did not say I was concerned about humans; Interceptor/Milbemycin is not prescribed to humans as far as I know, and I am not particularly concerned about crossover to mammalian pets where it is used for heartworm etc.

I would maintain that there is a risk that widespread prophylactic use of Interceptor will lead to resistant forms of the various acro ‘bugs’ that are the intended targets in this context.

I guess I should have been more explicit that on this reefing forum I was concerned about impacts on reefing rather than human health.

 

[Reef Management]

I always dip.

I actually qt all my acros and dip multiple times but I've heard red, black and white bugs can be resistant to dips.

 

[Yooper Reef]

I actually qt all my acros and dip multiple times but I've heard red, black and white bugs can be resistant to dips.

Just google the dosing. I just finished a regimen of it. Some post say it goes inactive in water after 12 hours. This is not true - it toasted my hermits 1 week after my last dose so be careful with that

 

[Biff0rz]

I dose it every 6mo, works great. It's pretty harmless to the tank from what I've experienced -- even my hermits are fine. Shrimp will get nuked so remove them if you can. I do a normal water change at the end of the 3 week treatment, not between. There's a website that has sizing info for how much to dose. I do 1 full large size pill for my 275 tg system

 

[Reef Management]

I dose it every 6mo, works great. It's pretty harmless to the tank from what I've experienced -- even my hermits are fine. Shrimp will get nuked so remove them if you can. I do a normal water change at the end of the 3 week treatment, not between. There's a website that has sizing info for how much to dose. I do 1 full large size pill for my 275 tg system

Thanks for input i appreciate it

 

[Reef Management]

I dose it every 6mo, works great. It's pretty harmless to the tank from what I've experienced -- even my hermits are fine. Shrimp will get nuked so remove them if you can. I do a normal water change at the end of the 3 week treatment, not between. There's a website that has sizing info for how much to dose. I do 1 full large size pill for my 275 tg system

So you do 1 pill 1 time aweek for 3 weeks?

 

[Biff0rz]

So you do 1 pill 1 time aweek for 3 weeks?

Yep

 

[BigAl07]

What specific dip are y'all doing when you get new SPS in order to remove pests prior to adding to the DT?

 

[Dburr1014]

I always use this, but to be honest, I inspect everything with a magnifying glass and a toothbrush afterwards. If I feel the frag needs to come off the plug it does.

 

[Ryan Souza]

The dosage largely varies depending on what types of bugs you are targeting, red bugs i believe can be wiped out with a small dose whereas grey/white bugs I've seen people do multiple 23 mg tablets for 100 gallon. Personally I just finished 5 23mg dose in roughly 250 gallons of water.