Red Bugs!

[LATINO]

Originally Posted by mseepman

I hear that ORG (Oakville Reef Gallery) sells individual tablets...that might be a resource for you.

I called Tom at ORG and he let me know that it cost $20 bucks for each pill. And yes he does sells them. I call a vet that deals with exotic animals before calling Tom. The vet let me know that he has to do a house call to my place and then he was going to prescribe me the pill total. And I mean total, that is housecall,prescribtion, and pills..... came upto 340 dollars. I told hung up on them after I told them they are crazy lol...

[Mrfish55]

I used Milbemax (basically the same as interceptor, but for cats) I got it from my local vet, was only $6.00 per pill (I used 1 pill per 60 gal and it worked like a charm) If you can't find anything locally let me know, I am sure I can get some more.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by LATINO

I told hung up on them after I told them they are crazy lol...

That is a silly thing to do. That may have been your only chance. It sounds like you have more than $340 in corals, so maybe it's not that bad of a deal. HOWEVER, I have been dealing with vets my entire life (for various animals), and have never heard of a vet that would cost $340 for a call fee, examination fee, and prescription for Interceptor. That seems a bit high, but not only by about $60-80. If I remember correctly, there are 12 pills in the box, and it costs about $80. I could be way off though.

[Jason McK]

I'm thinking Acro eating flat worms over Red bugs. I had red bugs for about 6 months before I did something about it. all my corals where fine. Like others have said Red bugs don't kill corals

J

[mark]

I'm with you Latino, a $340 grab for a $20 pill, I think I would have added an adverb, starting with an F to crazy.

As for the bugs, are they visible (have to look close but you can see them).

[LATINO]

Just the house call cost 150 bucks cause he has to check it him self to see if I do have red bugs. Then he said since he does not deal with fish, prescribtion is 20 some dollars, and then he said after all that is done the pills will cost and the difference is for 3 treatment of interceptor.

[LATINO]

I have checked to see if I have flat worms and nothing. I have done research and the ones that do kill corals are red flat worms. And I have gone through every single rock and corals and even checking the sides of the tank to see if I do see anything and nothing. All I go to see were those red buggers.

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by Myka

That is a silly thing to do. That may have been your only chance. It sounds like you have more than $340 in corals, so maybe it's not that bad of a deal. HOWEVER, I have been dealing with vets my entire life (for various animals), and have never heard of a vet that would cost $340 for a call fee, examination fee, and prescription for Interceptor. That seems a bit high, but not only by about $60-80. If I remember correctly, there are 12 pills in the box, and it costs about $80. I could be way off though.

I had to take my pointer with a sore knee to 3 different vets before I found one that wasn't just out to maximize their cash...
Some great vets out there, but some real losers too.

[Snappy]

I would do an iodine dip (Seachem & Tropic Marine both make good products for this) and see what comes off the corals. You may have red bugs but that is not your biggest problem if you have pieces die off in a few days. As Jason said it sounds more like AEFW.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by LATINO

I have checked to see if I have flat worms and nothing. I have done research and the ones that do kill corals are red flat worms. And I have gone through every single rock and corals and even checking the sides of the tank to see if I do see anything and nothing. All I go to see were those red buggers.

The acro-eating flatworms are very difficult to see. The look almost like a slimy patch on the coral because they are transparent and sort of assume the colour of the coral. They are always found on acro coral.

Red flatworms get up to maybe 3mm in size and do most of their damage by simply reproducing in such numbers that they begin to cover ever visible surface of the tank. Red flatworms will mostly cover your sand bed, but spread up all over everything eventually. They don't target coral specifically.

Red Bugs are easily visible if your eyes are decent. They move around relatively quickly..maybe about the size of a pin-head. The "red" I've seen tends to look kind of orange color and is really their back ends.
http://www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html

Flatworms require very different treatment than red bugs. You need to figure out which you have before you start dosing your tank with stuff.