I performed the first treatment today.
I treated the tank at 9:30 this morning, after removing the carbon
and micron filter from my Ocean Clear canister.
I didn't remove any shrimp or crabs from my setup. I have approx.
24 scarlet hermits, one banded coral shrimp and a few commensural
crabs in the acro colonies.
I noticed no effects on the mites until the second or third hour of the
treatment. The mites stopped moving and, like others have reported,
many were "swaying" in the current from strands of coral mucous.
I haven't see the coral banded shrimp since the treatment was added,
but I really only see it at night or at feeding time. I also noted one of
the commensural acro crabs hanging upside down from a table acro
where he lives. It looked the like the crab was "dazed" as it would
lose it's grip and suddenly latch back onto the underside of the coral.
The scarlet hermits seemed "stunned" and motioneless except for their
antennae.
At 4:30pm (I know, it was 7 hours, not the prescribed 6th hour - but
I had to hang some shelves for the wife
I performed the water change
and added a large bag of carbon and a new, clean mechanical cartridge
back on the Ocean Clear and fired the system back up.
I have yet to see one of those miserable orage/red terrors on any of
the previously affected corals. I'll report back after the next treatment,
7 days from now.
If this works, I am going to be one ecstatic reefer.
Thanks very much Dustin and also a large thanks to Jeremy R. at
Coral Reef Aquarium, who generously took the time during his busiest
days to prepare the doses for my tank.
Mike Accardi
