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Unread 09/07/2015, 11:38 AM   #8
One_Divided
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Originally Posted by Shawn O View Post
"- In my experience, the popular brand coral dips don’t always seem to work on small acropora/montipora copepods. I have witnessed them living in the slime while the coral is being dipped. The best way to be sure you won’t end up with these buggers is to give new corals a strong treatment of Interceptor or similar (I use Milbemax) which you will need to acquire from your local vet. If done correctly, this will be 100% effective in eradicating any/all crustaceans."

As a complete noob I'm wondering why you don't want crustaceans (pods) in your tank?
I'm referring to the parasitic kind that come in on acro's and monti's. Search red acro bugs and you'll see what I mean.


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