Monti cap question

[reef165]

Ok, I've got a purple cap that is growing great, great color and all but I have noticed yellow spots on it. If I had a camera that could get a pic of it I would post one but I don't. Wondering if there are yellow bugs, or if there could be a morph? The spots don't move.

[stylaster]

need a pic to see what is going on

[dsoz]

Hopefully not monti-eating-nudibranchs. That would be bad.

 

Do the yellow spots look like areas where the flesh is gone and the bare skeleton is showing?

 

dsoz

[Mandinga]

+1, need to know if the spots you are seeing are skeleton patches.

here is a picture of what you should look for...(borrowed pic)

[reef165]

Oh no, it looks like little yellow freckles. Wish I had a camera that would take a good pic of it.

[dsoz]

do you have a fish that likes to perch on the coral? Yellow clown goby or something like that?

 

dsoz

[stylaster]

could be some sort of small crustacean, do they look like red bugs? IE gold colored body with red head, very very small in size

[reef165]

No, no perching fish, Worried now about bugs, anyone close to or in the gresham area that has had bugs and could come and help with identification? Can you see the bugs moving?

[Gill]

I have had bugs in freshwater and if you watch them long enough you can always see them move

[reef165]

OMG, I have bugs!!! Don't know how, I haven't added anything in quite a while but Alas I got them. Now what is an effective way to rid the tank of them?

[impur]

Bugs as in nudibranchs?

[kendaroo]

Do you have other montis in your tank? If so, how are they doing?

[dsoz]

If they are nudibranchs, I have potassium permanganate that I can give you.

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-09/eb/index.php

 

dsoz

[rgrcrain]

I've heard of (had) Red bugs on acros. Do monti's get the same bugs? I dipped in Coral RX and then fresh water and haven't seen them since. I also bought a "Interceptor" tablet for them but never used it.

 

You could have the tablet, but you need to read up on it or get some good advice from others because I think it kills all crustaceans.

[impur]

No redbugs don't live on montis.

[reef165]

Well, I say I have bugs because I looked closer at my acros and saw some on them aswell and saw a couple moving. What I have is yellow, I havent been able to see any kind of head or legs on them but most of my corals are fairly deep into the tank and the spots of yellow are so small it's hard to get a good look at them. What do the nudis look like?

[kendaroo]

When I got nudis they were whitish. I don't think they would be on your acros though. As I understood it, montis get nudis and acros get red bugs. My nudis looked exactly like this:

[reef165]

I've heard of (had) Red bugs on acros. Do monti's get the same bugs? I dipped in Coral RX and then fresh water and haven't seen them since. I also bought a "Interceptor" tablet for them but never used it.

 

You could have the tablet, but you need to read up on it or get some good advice from others because I think it kills all crustaceans.

 

I may take you up on that Interseptor, do you know the dosage for it?

 

 

I have also read that Dragonface Pipefish will help controle them. Dose anyone know of a store that has one?

 

I also read that people are having good luck with getting rid of the red bugs by lowering the water temp to 70 deg for a couple hours, How would I go about doing that? with out a chiller.

[jgf86123]

Eddie, that shouldn't be too hard to do, just get some 2 liter coke bottles, fill them water and freeze em, 3-4 of them in your tank should lower the temperature considerably

[Mandinga]

red bugs are easy to get rid of...they only get onto smooth skin acros, not monti's.

 

FORGET lowering your temps...why put all the corals at risk when you are trying to rid one species of a nuisance?

 

 

here is the article for the proven effective treatment link

 

Your snails should be fine, clams and brittle stars will also be fine, but any and all crabs should be removed prior to treatment with interceptor, or you will watch them slowly die. Your pods will also die, but they regenerate very quickly. I would HIGHLY recommend treating multiple times, because if you don't, they will come back...guaranteed. The treatment is super easy to do...

 

remove carbon, and GFO...treat tank, leave in for about 8 hours, then do a 25% water change and put in fresh carbon.

 

The hardest part can be getting the Interceptor, but most vets will give it to you if you show them Melev's article...I had to sign a waiver when I did my first treatment about 8 months ago...but they gave it to me.

[reef165]

Thanks for the info! As for them not being on monti caps, tell them that because they are on mine. I will be doing the Interceptor and will post results after.

[Mandinga]

maybe you should get some pics up b4 intercepting...because redbugs wont touch monti's.

[Lowman]

Could it be acro eating flat worms? I have heard they will eat montis

[undrtkr_00]

Yeah, be sure you are dealing with redbugs before you try to treat. If not, there may be no reason to treat with interceptor. There are ALL KINDS of critters in our tanks. Lots of them are harmless.

 

Do any of your corals look unhappy?

[impur]

Redbugs and AEFW do not eat montis no way no how. You are not seeing redbugs or AEFW, so an interceptor treatment will only give you more headaches. Oh, and you will still have to deal with the AEFW/nudis (whatever it is you have) after you kill off all your pods, bristleworms, hermits, shrimp and snails with interceptor.