Agreed. I am more then willing to sign a waiver. I just want to be parpared and be able to quarentine my tank. I'm just trying to do what is right for my tank, and be a responsible reefkeeper.
I just received a call back from the Calgary Zoo, since they have no reef set ups or anyone with this kind of experience they forwarded me onto the Vancouver Aquarium. From there I spoke with three people, all of which who are aware of the problem of Red Bugs, but only one was a vet. The downside was that this particular vet is only licensed in B.C. and not Alberta. Sadly this person is also new to Canada, and says he currently has no connections in Alberta.
The recommendation was for me to keep assembling information, literature, pictures, etc. on the problem and continue to visit vets or contact them. I'm going to try and create a document or a binder of literature to present to my Calgary vet. At least he seems most willing to help in some way. I am going to try and speak with him again later today. Maybe I can drop off the literature and references and then he would be more willing to go forwards with this.
Short of this not working, I am probably going to try and buy red bug infected SPS and keep it in my QT cube tank. At least then I can show someone physical evidence, and I can avoid infesting my display system.
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