andy Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Red bugs are pretty mobile right? Tiny little red mite-like critters crawling around on smooth-fleshed acros? (crazy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Sorry to say but..... Yeah. What did you add last? Might want to get ahold of whereever you picked it up at and tell them to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Way to go(rock2) Started dosing vodka now you have a party going on(whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yeah, good idea Mike. Do they only come in on acros, or other stuff too -- there are several possibilities. Word of a party spreads fast. Pests must be text messaging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorse Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Andy, I found this close up picture of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 They live on acros but if you got an LPS from someone they could have come in the water or traveled in on the LPS or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Thanks Isaac, yeah that's them. I just tossed the frag -- it was the only one that was infested, and it was a genero-acro. Would have cost more to fix than replace. I strongly suspect they came in on that frag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Thanks Isaac' date=' yeah that's them. I just tossed the frag -- it was the only one that was infested, and it was a genero-acro. Would have cost more to fix than replace. I strongly suspect they came in on that frag.[/quote'] Keep an eye open Andy. One is all it takes to become a problem. Heres hoping you got them all out!!! (fingers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I had them a few years back on a few frags that were in one of my frag tanks. They are a strange thing really. they never seems to really hurt my frags, rather they just seem to anoy them a bit and block the light. After a few weeks they seemed to just disapear and just to make sure I tossed an Australian banded pipefish into the frag tank they were in. Never say them again. I know have one of the pipes in my softies frag tank just in case they diside to show up. Doubt it though and if they do they aren't too bad of a pest in my opinion. Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yeah, I just didn't want to deal with them -- makes trading a pain (not that I have anything to trade right now ). Hopefully they're gone... didn't like the frag anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 If its any consolation redbugs are one of the easier SPS pests to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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