White bugs on dead acro skeleton? Or something else? Interceptor time?

[One Reefing Boi]

My flesh of 2 of my larger acro colonies started receding recently. For some reason, even though things were and had been stable. YouTube videos to what appear to be small copepods on only the dead skeleton portion of the acros, not on the flesh/body otherwise. No other acros or rock had movement like this, leading me to believe these are the culprit.

Can anyone confirm these as white bugs? Do they only hang out on the “flesh line”? PE is otherwise great so not entirely sure what’s happening and causing the sudden tissue loss.

If it is, what’s the dose for interceptor? I have the one for dogs 26-50lbs (11.5mg) pills.

How many mg of this pill into how much water to create the solution? And how much of the solution do I dose?
Thanks!

Edit: prob would help if I posted the links

 

[SaltySqueeble]

Looks like copepods. Maybe eating dying tissue.

 

[Reefering1]

Looks too small to be pods. The 1st video shows them on healthy flesh also...

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Looks like copepods. Maybe eating dying tissue.

Idk, they seem very fast for pods and I do have a healthy pod pop, but don’t see them anywhere else on the rocks nearby.

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Looks too small to be pods. The 1st video shows them on healthy flesh also...

i couldn’t really see anything on the flesh, and the PE is still good. The single white spec on the flesh of the first video seems like it was a particle or something trapped imo because there was only 1 of them and it didn’t really move

 

[One Reefing Boi]

@vetteguy53081 any thoughts?

 

[Reefering1]

dip it and see what falls off

 

[One Reefing Boi]

dip it and see what falls off

They’re both heavily encrusted onto the rock structure, so I would have to break apart my rockwork to be able to do so, which I would prefer to avoid if I can

 

[vetteguy53081]

My flesh of 2 of my larger acro colonies started receding recently. For some reason, even though things were and had been stable. YouTube videos to what appear to be small copepods on only the dead skeleton portion of the acros, not on the flesh/body otherwise. No other acros or rock had movement like this, leading me to believe these are the culprit.

Can anyone confirm these as white bugs? Do they only hang out on the “flesh line”? PE is otherwise great so not entirely sure what’s happening and causing the sudden tissue loss.

If it is, what’s the dose for interceptor? I have the one for dogs 26-50lbs (11.5mg) pills.

How many mg of this pill into how much water to create the solution? And how much of the solution do I dose?
Thanks!

Edit: prob would help if I posted the links

Top video shows a nudibranch which should be removed and discarded immediately. The little white bugs respond to dip well and dip will work, however eggs if any will Not be affected and will need to be scraped off. The eggs are in clusters and very Tiny

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Top video shows a nudibranch which should be removed and discarded immediately. The little white bugs respond to dip well and dip will work, however eggs if any will Not be affected and will need to be scraped off. The eggs are in clusters and very Tiny

Huh, could you possibly show me where in the video you see a nudi? Not sure if I’m looking for it in the right spot. Obviously not the bristle worm right?

And for the white bugs, I would have to break off the rock from my main structure (not sure it’s possible for the second video one as it’s encrusting pretty far). And are these the “white bugs” that attack acros? I assume so because they’re only apparently on these 2 corals that I can see

 

[vetteguy53081]

Huh, could you possibly show me where in the video you see a nudi? Not sure if I’m looking for it in the right spot. Obviously not the bristle worm right?

And for the white bugs, I would have to break off the rock from my main structure (not sure it’s possible for the second video one as it’s encrusting pretty far). And are these the “white bugs” that attack acros? I assume so because they’re only apparently on these 2 corals that I can see

Looking on a larger screen than my phone, I see its a bristleworm instead. These bugs will feed on flesh and the pods will feed on algae once skeleton exposed. These bugs are likely phylum Harpacticoida type and there is a treatment instead of Interceptor which is Not easy to acquire known as Dr. G's that can be used if coral cant be removed. In addition to white, the red and black bugs more aggressive with stony coral.

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Looking on a larger screen than my phone, I see it’s a bristleworm instead. These bugs will feed on flesh and the pods will feed on algae once skeleton exposed. These bugs are likely phylum Harpacticoida type and there is a treatment instead of Interceptor which is Not easy to acquire known as Dr. G's that can be used if coral cant be removed. In addition to white, the red and black bugs more aggressive with stony coral.

I have some Interceptor - but I can get Dr. Gs. I saw some posts here that said it changed formulas and isn’t tank safe?

Do I just follow the instructions on the bottle if I get it and dose into the tank?

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Looking on a larger screen than my phone, I see it’s a bristleworm instead. These bugs will feed on flesh and the pods will feed on algae once skeleton exposed. These bugs are likely phylum Harpacticoida type and there is a treatment instead of Interceptor which is Not easy to acquire known as Dr. G's that can be used if coral cant be removed. In addition to white, the red and black bugs more aggressive with stony coral.

just bumping my previous post because the flesh is still receding!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have some Interceptor - but I can get Dr. Gs. I saw some posts here that said it changed formulas and isn’t tank safe?

Do I just follow the instructions on the bottle if I get it and dose into the tank?

Follow bottle and dose at 80% of recommended

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Follow bottle and dose at 80% of recommended

Looks like it’s been discontinued and is “out of stock” everywhere - also all the posts on here talking about it are from 2021 or earlier.

I guess I have to go the interceptor route then?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like it’s been discontinued and is “out of stock” everywhere - also all the posts on here talking about it are from 2021 or earlier.

I guess I have to go the interceptor route then?

Check ebay. If not, interceptor through aa veterinarian