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Red Bug treatment

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Step 1
Set up another tank to put as many shrimps and crabs in. (make sure you do this weeks in advance in order to have a safe environment for them to live in.)
Step 2

Make sure you have enough fresh salt water made up to do several 25% water changes. I made sure it was the same (Temp. Alk, Ca, PH,). This way their would not be anymore of a shock to the system. Have some carbon avialible.
Step 3 ( The hardest part)

I’m assuming you all ready have the medication.
Here is a link for information on the medication (http://www.ah.novartis.com/products/en/cab/interceptor.shtml)
Measuring the medication took some care. If you have a scale it would be easier. But like me not many people have one. So here how I figured out the dose.
I used the tables from Large dogs, 51-100lbs These tablet contain 23mg of Mibemycin Oxime.
The dosage I used is 25mg (0.025 grams) per 10 gal. Each tablet will treat 380 gallons. So I figured up my gallons ( take into consideration the sump, skimmer ect) I tried to be as accurate as I could.
I took the 380 and divided it by my total gallon to come up with a good guess for a dose.
28 gal divided into 380 gave me 13.58 or about 13.5% of the pill.
I ground up the pill

I divided up the pill in to half. 50% piles.
Then I divided up the pile in to half 25% piles.
Then I divided it up one more time into 12.5 % piles