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

Keri · #1 12-30-2008, 04:49 AM

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 · #2 12-30-2008, 04:53 AM

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

marie · #3 12-30-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 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

At this point, with my corals looking good the only big downside is in finding homes for frags but as long as anyone who gets corals from me is aware that the frags need treating then it should be alright.

If the corals go downhill then maybe I'll have to rethink but until then I think I'm going to leave everything alone

Keri · #4 12-30-2008, 06:04 AM

Aww Marie .... I still like you (even tho you have cooties)

marie · #5 12-30-2008, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Keri

Aww Marie .... I still like you (even tho you have cooties)

tang daddy · #6 12-30-2008, 07:20 AM

Marie I wouldn't worry too much as your corals look pretty healthy and uh if you can grow them faster than the pests can eat no worries, I think lots of people have it and don't even realize it.

anyhow if they are starting to do damage on your corals the first major sign is brown out on the pigmentation and at that point I would step in with interceptor.

If you do it when your corals are in a bad downhill position then you are more likely to lose a few pieces however if you do it when they are abit sick there is a great chance of recovery.

marie · #7 01-04-2009, 07:01 PM

Beginning of a new year photos
FTS

and a few growth shots. I took this one on dec 5 to show something eating my coral

Whatever it was has moved somewhere else. This was taken today

Corals from snappy, first pics taken in oct, second one today
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Aquattro · #8 12-30-2008, 05:14 AM

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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.

Aquattro · #9 12-30-2008, 05:20 AM

Tony, hard to say. I had them, and my corals went to crap. I did see other tanks that had the though, and apparently were not bothered. Some of the nicest tanks we've seen on here in the last 8 years have had the bugs, even before we knew they existed. Personally, I'm making sure they never get in my tank, just in case