Bugs in reservoir!!!

[sonoma]

I emptied my reservoirs today and noticed a shit load of bugs on my pump when I pulled it out. They look kind of like an aphid, kind of like a mite. they are pear shaped, darkish green, part black, 6 legs. Does anyone have a clue what this might be???

Please.....

thanks!!

 

[DocLeaf]

Pear shaped ? How big are they? Do they have teeth and wings.. lol

No seriously. Please take a photo.

Scrub the pump with diluted bleach and water!!!

 

[sonoma]

They are root aphids....thousands of them.....What should I use that won't hurt my plants, which still look great. SM-90? Anyone? Anyone?

 

[Whatever]

i just had this problem in my hydro system, i had many root aphids attack and the product that did it for me was sm-90. that product is amazing, i just started a thread a few weeks ago about it. It say on the bottle to use 2-3ml per gallon but i called nutrilife and they said i could use up to 8 mil per gallon and i did. It took a few days but after a week, all the larvae and adults were dead. It put no stress onmy plants and worked amazing!

I snagged this from another thread.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=89244

 

[sonoma]

Thanks, whatever! I'm going to midnightsunhydroponics.com and order some....8mils per gallon huh....

 

[Whatever]

Just go track down Phatnuggetz and have a chat if any questions. He's the dude's post I copied. Supposedly he has his own thread somewhere but didn't go looking for it.

From what I understand you really need to clone em out of existence and do a thorough cleaning of equipment in hydro. If no plants in the system I'd just about nuke everything before new plants went in.

 

[MynameStitch]

yup, sm90 will do the trick, or you can use BT commonly known as mosqito dunks.

 

[Sad247summer]

Is using Skeetrer dunks ok if the plants are in flower?

 

[Strawberrycough]

these are most likely your garden variety aphid. you may have seen them clumped up together in like a mucus. these are mostly dead ones. check your filters on your pumps also. they can really restrict water flow.

I would treat the res with something like SM-90 or dutch master Zone. then bomb the room with a pyrethrin every 3-4 days till they they are gone.

or you can go to pesticides like Merit 75 WP. very effective on aphids.

 

[NorCal]

the bt doesnt work on root aphids ime

this thing is becoming an epidemic, lotsa people coming up with these pests lately
especially in our area,

i really cant afford to have these things take over
i used merit 75 top fed and will post my results tonight as it was done on saturday morning

 

[NorCal]

that stuff took out all the bugs in sight, every single plant

and the plants are very healthy looking still, actually grew alot also

i posted in the "phyloxxera aka root mites" thread on my results