Interceptor and Panacur

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by JSTR

Just out of curiousity, what are you keeping, that has you afraid the hydroids will harm them. Most animals are not affected by them.

The hydroids have done a significant toll of damage on my SPS, my 75g is no longer an SPS tank as a result (partially, at least, there are other factors as well but this is one of them). The other thing is over years, they have proliferated to the point they are very unsightly. Manual removal is not an option; it's like trying to drain a lake using an eyedropper. I have nothing left in my 75g that couldn't be moved for a panacur treatment, it's more a case of trying to salvage some $500 worth of rock. I have some really nice pieces in there and it would be a shame to give up on it.

Thanks for the offers for interceptor; if I get nowhere I might take someone up on that, I'll give the vets a few more tries. I'm quite surprised at how reluctant the ones I spoke to today were. Sympathetic when I explained that these "Red bugs will irritate corals to death" but not enough to actually do something to help. I wonder what kind of legal ramifications they're afraid of.

Another option I'm considering is petmeds.com -- probably can't order from them to Canada but perhaps there is a way around that -- I'll look into it some more tomorrow.