Bugs?? um....need some help

[verynewatthis]

Okay i know what your thinking...Red bugs....But im not sure....so ill start from the beginning.


I run a 58 Gal SpS tank...got a few...
Water is good...

Cal 450ish
alk 8 ish
mag 1300 ish
phos 0
no2 0
no3 0

So here goes....I added a Fuge 2 weeks ago, and was so happy. I found a local guy that had some Greens and a rock with lots of pods. and a worm or two. I added them to the Fuge and thought i was good to go. The next day i saw something on the Grape stuff...And im mostly sure it was flat worms....yuck....so i pulled out the grape stuff and did a fresh water dip and put it back in....and since then i havent seen anymore of them.....But thats not my problem.. I have one sps coral that looks to be STNing on me..i saw one small white spot and thought ...that cant be good...but being that something might have touched it, i decided to give it a few days and see what happens....
I have never had a coral STN or RTN on me...so i didnt know how fast or slow it happens...
so its been 4 days and its getting worse...so this is what i did...i took it out of the tank and started fraging it....now i dont have big corals so i got a bowl and dropped the frags in it while i got a plug rock rdy for them....after putting them on the new rock i took a look in the bowl....

this is where i need some help guys...

What i saw inside the bowl??.....Okay..i know red bugs are red....I had them once before about 4 yrs ago in a different tank....so i used interceptor and prob solved...
and they are crazy small....size of a needle point.....and move slow...right??

What i saw in the bowl were two different things....One....looked like a Black bugs...and bigger....about the size of a pencil point...and a fast mover...
Two.....a big pod....or what i think is a pod.....Im so lost right now...

1 So anyone know something that is black, small and fast and might eat an acro....and what to do?

2 can yall post pics or links of good and bad bugs in a reeftank...

3 Can red bugs take out a coral in a week???.....

4 where can i get some interceptor??

I have way to much money in sps to take any chances....so if yall could help a guy out...that would be great.....i think im going to interceptor the tank just in case...

ps...everything else in the tank looks good except my 3 torts.(ORA, Blue green,and Oregon)...they just dont have their polyps out..

Any ideas.....thanks..

Rich

[verynewatthis]

one more question......

What all will Interceptor Kill....so i know what i have to take out....ty ty

rich

[Kristy]

Wow, sorry I know nothing about bugs OR SPS, but will give you a bump in hopes someone will respond soon...

[ErikH]

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/crustfaqs2.htm

Once on that page press F3 and type "black bugs", hit enter and see if that is the one... you may have to scroll down a bit. It's about 3/4 of the way down.

[greenmako]

Take a look here:
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41265

[Fish4life]

where is the stn occuring?? at the base of the coral? random points throughout the skeleton?

cheers,

kurt

[verynewatthis]

the stn started at the base of it...on one side...but its moving up ...not going all the way around....


So....anyone know where i can get some interceptor?....im kinda wanting to treat just incase..


ty...rich

stay cav

[Entropy]

Any vet will have Interceptor but you generally need a dog to get a perscription. I would call the local vet and just tell them your situation. You could always print out the many articles on this and bring it in. I bet if you find the right vet, they will sell you some.

[verynewatthis]

k...i got some interceptor today..but i have been looking at my acro's for a bout a hr...and i cant see any red bugs...i know what they look like....but i dont want to put that stuff in my tank if i dont have to...i think i might take out the coral that is stn ing on me and dip it...with some coral dip...and see what happens....ill let yall know how it goes...it may help or kill it over night....well see...im hoping for the first....

RIch

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