Killing Acro red bugs?

[hillegom]

I am glad that this treatment worked for you. Will be waiting to hear the follow up

[Aquattro]

Just curious why you chose to not use Interceptor?

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Just curious why you chose to not use Interceptor?

This stuff was cheaper and available without having to order. It was worth a try and appears to have worked very effectively.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

This stuff was cheaper and available without having to order. It was worth a try and appears to have worked very effectively.

good enough reasons Any mortalities in anything else? Pods?

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

good enough reasons Any mortalities in anything else? Pods?

There was a couple dead pods floating around the quarantine but I am unsure if they were alive before treatment or not, I don't like to put anything in the main display unless absolutely necessary. So far I am happy with the results, time will tell.

[Aquattro]

Oh, so you're only treating the new stuff? Typically I use a concentrated interceptor dip for 4 hours, then inspect with a microscope. So far that's worked well for me. Not sure you need 3 treatments in Q tank, but I guess it can't hurt. (we hope)

[Stones]

From what I've read, only 1 treatment or dip with interceptor is necessary since red bugs are live bearers and there is no egg stage to worry about.

When the interceptor treatment was first pioneered several years ago, very little was known about red bugs and the multiple treatments were put in place only as a way to deal with the possibility of more red bugs emerging from eggs resistant to mibemycin oxime. Since you are using a new type of medication to treat your QT tank, it probably wouldn't hurt to dose again to be sure that you wiped out all of the red bugs.