First Red Mite Treatment Today

[TexasTodd]

AHHHH grasshopper. ;)


Steve was much more worried about the front end of the treatment for help yesterday. I told him it was the back end that was a real pain in the arse! Of course the front end is the one that can be dangerous.

Glad to hear it's gone well Steve. We want an AM report!

Glad Donny made it over to help.

T

[scuba_steveo]

Jack, thanks for the offer. I have them all in a 10 gallon QT right now. They are packed in there so I am planning on doing a bunch of water changes for them.

This morning everything is looking good. I can tell more when I go home at lunch and see everything with the lights on. I am not looking forward to another water change tonight.

[TexasTodd]

If you run low on RO/DI let me know and I can run some more over Steve.

Todd

[scuba_steveo]

Thanks but I think I have it covered.
Now if you just want to come help with the water change.............

[Tim Marvin]

The first time I treated was much more deadly than this last time. I re-treated my tank a few days after RobertG did his and have not seen any return. I did 2 treatments 5 days apart. I removed nothing and lost only a couple hermits this time. I did the water change at exactly 7 hours and switched out about 75% of the water. I put in a large bag of carbon, and after a couple weeks the acropora and critters looked great! I thought I killed off all the mysid and pods, but the tanks are loaded with them again.

[bigdscobra]

Does anybody have any pics of what the red mites look like???
:blink

[scuba_steveo]

Thay are small and red and are hard to see.

I do not have a picture but if you search online you can find several. They are very hard to see if you do not know what you are looking for or if you are looking under 20k or actinic.

[RobertG]

Try this out http://www.littlereef.com/redbugs.htm