In this show I talk to Jake from RazerCorals (http://www.razercorals.com), to get an inside look at how an online coral business operates. We also take a look at some common aquarium pests. This stuff is followed by and introduction to Bio Fluorescence by Jake Adams from South Carolina University.

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I am looking forward to this show. There is a server error when I goto download it.

"The requested URL /podcasts/OnlineCoralStore-TR-Ep33 was not found on this server.

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-Kassun

yep, its fixed, sorry all...
it was a typo...
go figure, i made a typo...lmao ;)

:), thanks Rob looking forward to listening to it tonight :).

-Kassun

Nice! Something to listen to at work.

Thanks Rob

I bought some corals from Jake at Razorcorals two weeks ago, and I have to tell you everything came very healthy, exactly as pictured. The prices were pretty good also. I had a little difficulty ordering but that may have been me. :-)
Instantaneous e-mails corrected the problem, so they had great communication. I especially liked the way some items were attached to Styrofoam which kept them from getting damaged.
In general, a great experience so far, everything is very healthy.
Thanks Jake!

Sloppygolf: im glad to hear you had a good experince..
a suggestion, would be to also post this in the RazerCorals forum.. feedback is important to vendors and potential customers...

thanks for the info.. :)

I want to say that I enjoyed the show on my ride home. Very informative. I also want to add that I have had extensive experience in ridding my system of the dreaded red bugs. If ANYONE has any questions regarding the use of Interceptor for eradication and/or prevention of red bugs, fire away. I'm sure that I'm not the only one here who could help.

The reason I bring this up is that MOST people (including me) get a dose of 'instant fear' when you read/research the treatments. It is really not all that bad if done the right way.

As a final note about the darned bugs... I DID treat a very heavily stocked, 2 year old 75G reef system. I created two offline fuges and collected as many snails, crabs, shrimp as I could from my display before doing the treatments. I lost just one HUGE coral banded shrimp that I could not remove from the display. Besides that shrimp, I took a heavy hit in my pod and mysid populations. However, within two months time, you'd never know that I had such losses.

be well..be you..and I'll be back..
Dave

great dave..
you are quickly becoming one our experts..
i know you are modest and will never admit it, but i am very thankful to have you here.. :)

i had a problem with red bugs before, it was introduce from a frag i recieved from a friend. i didnt use interceptor but instead what i did was i blasted the infected frag with a strong powerhead in a seperate bucket. i was afraid some bugs might have been in the water colum but till today i didnt have ne problems. i guess what im saying is if the problem is small try poweheads before destroying some of your inverts with medz.
latez

Listened to podcast #33 today and enjoyed the show very much. I will now be swinging over to the razor corals section and placing some orders soon :)

Another great show Rob! The tips and tricks at the end of the show are great!

Another great show Rob! The tips and tricks at the end of the show are great!

Thanks i love hearing feedback from people on the shows..
if you have any good tips or tricks, please feel free to submit them here (http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42) as im trying to get a running list to use.

thanks again

Here's a piccy of a nasty red bug...taken with my son's hobby microscope.

Hello there...finally got the chance to listen to this episode last night while driving home. When you and Jake were talking about how some of the treatments can also harm shrimp and/or copepods, I was reminded of a story that I heard before and thought it might be the right place to bring it up:

I can't remember where I heard this story from, but a man got home one night and fed his fish. Suddenly the entire tank looked like a snowfall....all the copepods, amphipods, and shrimp fell over dead. He couldn't figure out what the problem was. He thought maybe it was something in the food that poisoned the tank. The fish were all alright. Turns out...his wife had treated their two dogs for fleas that day. He came home, pet the dogs, went to feed the fish, put the food in the tank with his hands and presto! all the chitin-bearing invertebrates were killed along with the fleas!!

Just shows how sensitive some of the creatures in our tanks really are! :-0

That's exactly what the "Red Bug Treatment" does. Though the meds used for the Red Bugs are heartworm pills and not for treatment of fleas. Interceptor is simply a measured dose of milbemycin oxime with a little beef flavoring added in.

Flea and Tic medications typically contain imidacloprid, or permethrin. There are other products that have 'proprietary' ingredients, but they are pretty much the same on in composition.

If you keep in mind that the pods, mysid, crabs, etc. (to include the Red Bugs) are all pretty much "Salt Water Bugs", you will then understand how and why these meds work in a controlled environment. You can also see why, if accidently dosed, they can cause a catastrophe!

Dave

great listen...

Wasn't it? Between the insightful conversations, the sponsorship, and overall benefit to the hobby, I think I'm becoming one of Jake's #1 fans :D

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I know shipping can be one of the hardest parts about the online coral business, it sounds like Jake really has it together. I have been thinking of starting a thermos trade with some of my frags and this podcast really helped out.