Red Bugs...Uhoh

[Defect]

So....I found out why my PE on some of my acros are not what I would like. Looks like I have Red bugs! I just had a quick question about this subject. All of my acros I have in the tank are frags at the moment and none have jumped the plugs yet but a few are about to. I want to know if I take them all out and dip all of them in revive once a week for 2 weeks or so will this get rid of the red bugs? I do not want to do the whole interceptor thing if I do not need to. I have a small amount of frags so it wont be to much of a pain to take out and most of them are on a frag rack. The infestation is no where near as bad as I have seen other have. I only have seen a few here or there on a couple of acros but want to dip them all to be safe. Just looking for some input.

Thanks in advance,

Aaron

 

[mega]

I would try dipping indivually of what you can at first and if worse happens do the interceptor on the tank.

 

[TighTT]

Out of curiosity, why are you against interceptor?? IMO having red bugs instead of AEFW is a blessing BECAUSE you can use interceptor and not take all your frags/colonies out. Works like a charm. Only downside is the *possible* loss of a few crustaceans.

 

[Defect]

Well because I am not sure where to get it....lol. I also didnt know if it was necessary because of the little amount of red bugs

 

[footballdude2k3]

If you don't want to use it, do you have an extra light so you could setup a QT tank to make sure you get rid of them?

 

[Defect]

No QT at the moment and dont really have any space for one.

 

[labas39]

Check out Canada Pet Care.

 

[TighTT]

Plenty of places sell in online. Even the smallest amount of red bugs or AEFW is too many. If it were me, I'd find some interceptor and use it. =)

 

[jduck]

Interceptor is the easiest way to rid them. Why would you want to go through the hassle of pulling and dipping corals, when its one treatment every 7 days for 3 weeks.