Okay, another one of my brilliant ideas, which is probably not a good one.  I started reading about red bug control so I would know what to do if I get it.  It seems to indicate that you remove the snails, shrimps, etc. and then treat the coral in the tank. 

Well, I want to know if would work with amphipods and haven't been able to find someone else with this little idea.  I have amphipods that are everywhere. and it seems these little buggars are in the same category as shrimp.  They now come out for pellets when I feed the little shrimp.  They probably eat the frozen food too, but I can't see that as well .... 

Admittedly, in hindsight, I should not have let them through, but everything seemed to say good for reef.  Well, now there are some that are about 1/2" long and bothering my corals.  I was hoping I could use interceptor and kill them off as I don't have any fish. 

Thank you.

Never mind.  I decided to use the "break the thermometer in the tank" method, so I'm now yanking everything back to the QT and starting over.  Luckily, I've had so many problems that I have a couple of them.

Just in case someone is searching, this idea was not as crazy as it sounded.  I found a couple of people that did it.  Concern just appeared to be over the dieoff and water quality afterwards.

You could also use imidcloprid which is in most insecticides and flea medications and collars.  This will kill all the pods but I am not sure why you would want to, along with the red bugs in theory.

Interceptor will do a good job of knocking them back without wiping them out completely.  I did it a couple years ago for a redbug treatment and it worked great on the redbugs.  Amphipods are generally good for a reef tank, but in high densities they can start eating corals, particularly some zoanthids.

Dieoff really wasn't a problem so long as you have a good skimmer going and you do water changes after (and run carbon to pull out the interceptor).

-Tim