Bugs on frogspawn coral

[Jake4727]

happy thanksgiving everyone! I’ve been battling with this bug that I have not been able to identify. You can see in picture the little white dots. Some are very small eggs that don’t move and some are large bugs that I can see moving with the naked eye. They look close to pods but I can promise you they aren’t. They irritate the frogspawn and cause the PE to not be as good. The steps that I have taken so far is dosing interceptor into my main display, 36 hours, 50% water change after time is up. Then repeat One week later to kill off the hatched eggs since eggs cannot be killed. I’ve done this process three times and every single time the babies always hatch and end up coming back. Thanks for yawls input.

 

[Jake4727]

 

[Shibaken3]

wrasse helps out with pests. but the best thing is get it out and dip them

 

[Jake4727]

wrasse helps out with pests. but the best thing is get it out and dip them

I got an adorned, he picks around all day

 

[Shibaken3]

also great to blast them away with a turkey baster. idk how big your tank is but maybe adding one more will give a dent.

 

[Dooly]

Do they look egg shaped and walk around wobbly? I had ostracods that started destroying my lps and 3 doses of interceptor later they are all gone.

 

[Jake4727]

Do they look egg shaped and walk around wobbly? I had ostracods that started destroying my lps and 3 doses of interceptor later they are all gone.

No they walk fast and straight

 

[Jake4727]

Bump

 

[Dooly]

What strength are you dosing the interceptor?

 

[Jake4727]

What strength are you dosing the interceptor?

Very high it kills almost everything in my tank other than the corals and snails

 

[Dooly]

interesting that they are coming back if you dosed multiple times. Are you keeping chemical filtration out and turning protein skimmer off for 24 hours after dosing?

 

[Jake4727]

interesting that they are coming back if you dosed multiple times. Are you keeping chemical filtration out and turning protein skimmer off for 24 hours after dosing?

Yes, I take the carbon out, but I leave the skimmers on with the cup off. Just to keep ph stable.

 

[christwendt]

Yes, I take the carbon out, but I leave the skimmers on with the cup off. Just to keep ph stable.

Did you figure this out ?