Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[marie]

Unfortunately, while moving rock around I discovered I once again have red bugs.
I'm in a dilemma, the last time I treated the whole tank with inteceptor, after the second treatment and during the third, I lost over half my acroporas and it took a good 6 months for my tank to recover. Right now my tank is doing great, colours are good, growth and polyp extension are good. I really don't want to treat in case it actually was the inteceptor that crashed my tank...I don't know what to do

[Chaloupa]

OH NO.....I have treated mine a couple of full treatments and never had the problems you had....I now Q each coral AND treat them all for red bugs before they go into my display as I would rather lose the colony that I'm treating than the display tank and experience what you did...I don't know what I would do in your position.....

[marie]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

OH NO.....I have treated mine a couple of full treatments and never had the problems you had....I now Q each coral AND treat them all for red bugs before they go into my display as I would rather lose the colony that I'm treating than the display tank and experience what you did...I don't know what I would do in your position.....

I did quarantine everything and inspected with magnifying glass but I made the mistake of not automatically treating everything.
I know for a fact there was no red bugs in the tank in July but I have added a lot of things since then and I would of bet a lot of money nothing I added had red bugs. Good thing I don't bet or I'd be broke

If the corals were stressed I wouldn't hesitate to treat but they look so good right now

[Lance]

Oh Oh! That's terrible, Marie!
If there's anything I can do to help, let me know. It's obviously a new infestation; any chance you can remove and treat just the new acros in hopes that they haven't spread yet?

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

Oh Oh! That's terrible, Marie!
If there's anything I can do to help, let me know. It's obviously a new infestation; any chance you can remove and treat just the new acros in hopes that they haven't spread yet?

No, once you spot a few it's too late they will be all over the tank I just can't see them. They're like fleas that way

[Red Deer Reptiles]

WoWWoW idont know what to say.amazing is a under statement. ok just wondering if you were to let that master piece go how much.dan ( i love bubbleking) too.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Red Deer Reptiles

WoWWoW idont know what to say.amazing is a under statement. ok just wondering if you were to let that master piece go how much.dan ( i love bubbleking) too.

Right now, if you were to come knocking at my door with $6000 cash in hand and ready to haul it away I would sell you the whole thing, bubbleking and all

[Keri]

Marie, how long do you have to treat sps in a QT tank with interceptor? (If you were to take all of yours out and during regular QT procedure)

[Delphinus]

Ok, I guess I'm going to expose my ignorance and stupidity with this but I'll ask it anyhow. Is living with red bugs completely off the table? I was looking at Ching Chai's incredible SPS tank in Thailand thread again this week and noticed right off the bat (among others who commented) that the closeup pictures clearly show red bugs. He just shrugged it off, basically saying "meh" (that's my own summarization mind you). I mean let's face it his tank looks like some kind of SPS bomb blew up in it.

PS/edit: For anyone who doesn't know what thread I mean: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1440642&perpage=25&page number=5

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Keri

Marie, how long do you have to treat sps in a QT tank with interceptor? (If you were to take all of yours out and during regular QT procedure)

I treat all my new corals for about 4 hours with a super dose of interceptor. Probably 50x what you'd use in a tank. I have a 5g tank with heater and ph, and use tank water, so they're aclimated as soon as the treatent is done.