I just recieved a green slimer (green acro) that has red bugs, actually there more orange. They were uneffected by the iodine dip and I am unfamiliar with them. The frag looks uneffected by the infestation. So I am wondering if there are different types of red/orange color bugs? If they are bad is there a dip or action besides to add inceptors to my tank? I am open to all suggestions.
Thanks, Jeremy

How does the coral look? There are many tiny critters that find their way into our reefs. Not all wind up being distructive. I have a cluster of tiny brown bugs on my glass that I thought might be the coral killing kind but so far I haven't seen any ill effects. They're not flat worms, much smaller, specks actually but they move around. Judge by the health of your coral.

The coral looks fine but only had it for a day. They look like the photos on the web of the red bugs. And they seem to be as stuborn to kill as the redbugs. I am going to attemp a lugol's dip like the one Eric Borneman uses. Right now it is in a holding tank outside of my display. I hope this frag survives, it is a green slimer acro that I have wanted since I began SPS. The guy that I recieved the frags from is going to send me an interseptor for the main tank if these acro eating red bugs do become a problem. Actually I will remove all my acros and treet them in a seperate tank for aweek or so. Calfo or Borneman can't remember who states that they can olnly servive 5days without acros because of their life cycle. So he suggests to remove all acros from the tank to cure the main display of this problem.

Calfo or Borneman can't remember who states that they can olnly servive 5days without acros because of their life cycle. So he suggests to remove all acros from the tank to cure the main display of this problem.

I concurr...and that is also why you need to do repeated treatments, as per the "recipe" floating around. This way, you get the darned things at varied stages of the life cycle. There is speculation that if eggs are present, they are not affected by the treatement and will hatch days later to re-infest.

best of luck!

Dave

just wanted to through in, here is a recent thread on red bugs, including identification and treatment options

http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2517&highlight=red+bugs

Thank Rob, I forgot about that thread, I read it about a week back when it was started and thought I haven't and would never get red bugs.

Well I gave the frag that I purchased with RB a lugols dip. It killed them but it also faded the once vibrant green acro to brown. The polyps started to apear yesterday and they are still bright green. It will most likely take a month or more before the acro start to gain it's color back.

I have not seen any other signs of RB on it or any of my other acros. I also found out last night that I have a pair of breeding peppermint shrimp. I had tons of free swimming babies last night. So I am glad I didn't use a inteceptor treatment.

I won't be trading any corals for a while until I am 100% positive they are gone and even then I am going to pretreat and quaratine any corals going out of my tank to stop this epidemic.

dragonfaced pipefish prey on redbugs, you just need to care for them once the bugs are gone...

Thanks Greg. I thought of getting a couple but I believe the current in my tank might be a bit much for these guys. I no longer have red bugs. I gave the frags a lugols super dip for 10 min instead of five. The coral did turn brown, two weeks later it is becoming its bright green color once again. I should of took pics of the prosses. I am sure this will not be the last time a get a frag in with redbugs. So, next time I will start a thread and post pics of the procedure that worked for me.