Those are not pods, I would suggest bayer insecticide
Right. I never thought they were. Isn’t Bayer just for AEFW?
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Those are not pods, I would suggest bayer insecticide
I know. No not for AEFW for those I would use potassium chlorideRight. I never thought they were. Isn’t Bayer just for AEFW?
Being "careful" with Bayer in a concentrated dip, works for red and grey bugs and allot of other hitch hikers. It may take multiple dips sometimes these bugs close up in a polyp or are just phased (by some dips like revive and coralrx), so multiple dips and an observation tank is the way to go, if the coral can't be removed its tricky but it sounds like you can.I know. No not for AEFW for those I would use potassium chloride
What is the dosage for lufenuron?There are many different types of parasitic copepods from the order harpacticoida that affect Acropora other than tegastes acroporanus (red bugs), yes they are "pods" just not the good kind of pods.
alteuthellopsis, tegastes and parategastes to name a few genuses
From what I have seen some of these translucent pods can be more destructive than the familiar red bugs, which are usually associated with loss of color and inhibited growth, but I have witnessed a translucent variety cause destruction of polyps and invoking tissue recession, some varieties seen to actually "live" in the corallites / their cavities.
In addition to milbemycin oxime (interceptor) lufenuron can be quite effective well as exposure to it interferes with their ability to produce chitin/ exoskeleton, it can be safely dosed into the aquarium as well, it can also be a bit easier to obtain without a vet Rx.
Hope this helps
That concentration of KCl is low. I use 10 g/L seawater for 5 minutes based on the Reef Primer dip. BTW, you can use Brightwell Potassion-P at this dose as a much cheaper alternative to Reef Primer with equivalent results.Dipped the affected coral in Potassium Chloride at 3g per liter for 15 minutes last weekend. Looking at it today they seem totally unaffected. Not sure if I should dip longer or stronger.
This microscope image suggest ostracods which are flea like also called seed shrimps and would be resistant to dips. They are suspension feeders and some Wrasses such as yellow coris and lunare MAY eat themKCl dips are effective at killing 95% of them. As an example, here are red bugs and white bugs off of a plagued coral dipped in Reef Primer for 5 minutes:
That concentration of KCl is low. I use 10 g/L seawater for 5 minutes based on the Reef Primer dip. BTW, you can use Brightwell Potassion-P at this dose as a much cheaper alternative to Reef Primer with equivalent results.