A Splash of Color

[martinphillip03]

Andrew, are you a bit concerned about your tank having AEFW's, knowing Dom's tank is infected with them.
Inquiring minds want to know.

Marty

 

[Rakie]

I always called those little guys 'snurtles' because they seemed like a cross between a snail and a turtle.
They can reproduce like crazy when happy and never get too big. I wish I had a million like you do.

In my last system I took down I had sooo many of those little guys, and a bunch of those other mini snails that never get more than a few mm.

At night they swarmed the reef, it was cool! After the new setup with all new rock they're gone. I kinda miss 'em but they clogged up the skimmer more than once

 

[biggles]

I always called those little guys 'snurtles' because they seemed like a cross between a snail and a turtle.
They can reproduce like crazy when happy and never get too big. I wish I had a million like you do.

I wish i could post you some snurtles Matt

Figures. You aussies hoard all the good reef stuff.

No mate, we hoard all the best reef stuff :thumbsup:

Andrew, are you a bit concerned about your tank having AEFW's, knowing Dom's tank is infected with them.
Inquiring minds want to know.

Marty

It's like this Marty.........

When Dom told me he had AEFW he made up some BS story about getting them from someone else who gave him a frag. I knew that Dom, being the guy i know he is, was lying of course because he didn't want me to feel bad.

Considering i had ALL his acros and then gave them back and NOW he has AEFW i am going to say there's a 99% chance i have AEFW. I had a pretty good look after i found out and saw nothing on anything even zooming top down with the camera but it wasn't thorough.

I'm sad about my tank but i'm gutted about Dom's.

I'm not a dipper btw Marty as you know, i blow everything out into space at the first sign of infection........ :blown:

There's a couple of acros that have weird PE in places on the base so tomorrow i think i will find AEFW. If i have to i'll pull the entire reef apart to inspect everything.

Bed time for me, had this little guy for 18 months or so

 

[bif24701]

I wish i could post you some snurtles Matt



No mate, we hoard all the best reef stuff :thumbsup:



It's like this Marty.........

When Dom told me he had AEFW he made up some BS story about getting them from someone else who gave him a frag. I knew that Dom, being the guy i know he is, was lying of course because he didn't want me to feel bad.

Considering i had ALL his acros and then gave them back and NOW he has AEFW i am going to say there's a 99% chance i have AEFW. I had a pretty good look after i found out and saw nothing on anything even zooming top down with the camera but it wasn't thorough.

I'm sad about my tank but i'm gutted about Dom's.

I'm not a dipper btw Marty as you know, i blow everything out into space at the first sign of infection........ :blown:

There's a couple of acros that have weird PE in places on the base so tomorrow i think i will find AEFW. If i have to i'll pull the entire reef apart to inspect everything.

Bed time for me, had this little guy for 18 months or so

I was able to eliminate AEFW in my system by dipping every coral every 5-7 days. This will halt the life cycle and after a month or two they will be gone for sure as they won't get a chance to grow enough to lay eggs before getting dipped and killed.

I use a strong Bayer dip, and it also seems to work well for monti eating nudis too.


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[reefmutt]

Ah crap.. I wouldn't go crazy.. knowing you, you won't, Andrew.
Either it's early in the infestation or you have something that is keeping them under control..
Don't do anything rash!

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Very sorry to hear this Andrew. I am sure you will come up with a very novel technique to remove AEFW (if you actually have them).

 

[markalot]

Sorry to hear this Andrew but Like Matt says, don't overreact.

 

[bowen1022]

I'm not sure if you posted about this recently but what levels do you keep you no3 and po4 at? Amazing tank and I hope you don't have AEFW


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[biggles]

I was able to eliminate AEFW in my system by dipping every coral every 5-7 days. This will halt the life cycle and after a month or two they will be gone for sure as they won't get a chance to grow enough to lay eggs before getting dipped and killed.

I use a strong Bayer dip, and it also seems to work well for monti eating nudis too.


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Ah crap.. I wouldn't go crazy.. knowing you, you won't, Andrew.
Either it's early in the infestation or you have something that is keeping them under control..
Don't do anything rash!

Very sorry to hear this Andrew. I am sure you will come up with a very novel technique to remove AEFW (if you actually have them).

Sorry to hear this Andrew but Like Matt says, don't overreact.

I'm not sure if you posted about this recently but what levels do you keep you no3 and po4 at? Amazing tank and I hope you don't have AEFW

Thanks guys, i haven't blown anything out the airlock yet but i'm thinking this spath looks like a possible candidate....... something is upsetting it big time. The colorless piece beside it is much healthier looking even though it's only been there a week.

I didn't baste this thing, that's the PE lately and the base is touch and go in regards to STN beginning, right on the verge atm.

The colorless spath piece should turn bright pink btw, unless my acro whispering is off....... most spath are red/orange/purple/violet in respect to the colors that grab your attention so i'm trying to find a 'clean' pink pigment variant rather than orangey pink if you know what i mean. :fun4:

Nitrates are 2 and phos is .024, worms are still hiding............:deadhorse1:

 

[bif24701]

Thanks guys, i haven't blown anything out the airlock yet but i'm thinking this spath looks like a possible candidate....... something is upsetting it big time. The colorless piece beside it is much healthier looking even though it's only been there a week.

I didn't baste this thing, that's the PE lately and the base is touch and go in regards to STN beginning, right on the verge atm.

The colorless spath piece should turn bright pink btw, unless my acro whispering is off....... most spath are red/orange/purple/violet in respect to the colors that grab your attention so i'm trying to find a 'clean' pink pigment variant rather than orangey pink if you know what i mean. :fun4:



Nitrates are 2 and phos is .024, worms are still hiding............:deadhorse1:

AEFW are almost impossible to spot, they become the same color as the coral flesh they eat. However a good dip and you can blast them off easily, which BTW is how you get them off in the dip. Dipping alone may not kill them outright but blasting them during the dip will dislodge them as they become weak from the dip.


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[biggles]

AEFW are almost impossible to spot, they become the same color as the coral flesh they eat. However a good dip and you can blast them off easily, which BTW is how you get them off in the dip. Dipping alone may not kill them outright but blasting them during the dip will dislodge them as they become weak from the dip.

Thanks for the info mate, i need to get some poison so i can take that piece out and dip the you know what out of it.

Since i was looking for worms i discovered the base of this blue colony i've had about 18 months was infested with tube worms whose nets were killing the tips all around the acro base. It was also being drowned in those polyps i have infesting the stinking tank........ and heaps of aiptasia...... and who knows what else...... :spin2:

Anyway i pried the rock it was growing on off the main rock and took to it with the dremmel diamond wheel and then put some putty over any spots i couldn't easily grind.

Since i'm in a screw this hobby mood atm i removed the olive green and red SSC variant that i hate and replaced it with the blue colony that i just worked on. While i was going i hacked the green stag off the rock too......... hate stags...... :wavehand:

You can see the 3" high pipe prop under it while the glue and putty set for 20 mins.

I don't think i place stuff too close together in most cases btw, not unless i have a long term plan for two acros to come together. I will take some top downs to show you how i'm going to help Bulent's Bliss grow through the middle of the blue tenuis beside it without killing the acro being grown over.

I'm pretending there's nothing wrong atm........... only a matter of time though i think :blown:

 

[bif24701]

That's my policy, pretend it's supposed to be like that.


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[biggles]

That's my policy, pretend it's supposed to be like that.

If i cut the whole base off that spath and soaked it in RO for a while would that kill them so i could blow them off and actually look for worms on the container bottom. I could baste it with boiling RO as well which would make em wiggle i reckon.........

My eyes started to go funny so i stopped trying to white balance the pics, there somewhere near it.

Bulent's Bliss met the blue acro about 3 months back and neither became aggressive towards the other. They both just stopped encrusting along the line where tissue contacted. Most times one or both go at it until the more aggressive acro overcomes the weaker one and begins over growing the other. The only problem i ever encounter is that sometimes the losing acro shows it's displeasure at being overgrown by drabbing up big time and generally looking poopy most times.

The blue acro extends out 5" with plenty of rock support for the first 2". It's not exactly rocket science but i'm simply going to cut off all the branches in the lined area just below the Bulent's Bliss and then cover the area with a thin rock plate so there's nothing to discourage encrusting in that direction.
At the moment it's heading straight for the fireworks frag above it in the pic.

Long term it should look like red acro popping out of a blue one - at least that's the plan.......... they often go off the rails as you know so who knows what will end up happening.

 

[Rakie]

Uhhh... what the heck is that ... green thing ... next to the red coral? Your algae is starting to look like Acro!

 

[biggles]

Uhhh... what the heck is that ... green thing ... next to the red coral? Your algae is starting to look like Acro!

It used to be a teal colored thing............ now it's just ugly :twitch:

The Russian Firetruck has awoken since i played it the national anthem........ might have to play that once a day from now on :thumbsup:

I've been watching and waiting for months to see that ugly colored scolly eaten by zoa........ i don't reckon it's gonna happen......:thumbdown

 

[Wrangy]

Phenomenal as usual mate :thumbup: I'll swing by on Monday with a secret weapon that I spent hours finding the right poison and working out the Death Star Laser dosage! :strooper:

 

[biggles]

Phenomenal as usual mate :thumbup: I'll swing by on Monday with a secret weapon that I spent hours finding the right poison and working out the Death Star Laser dosage! :strooper:

I have Monday off so come on over

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Andrew, has beard started to grow on your rocks (aka some sort of brown/grey polyps)? I used to have them. They disappeared 18 months ago, but are re-appearing again. :sad2:

Corals look stunning.

 

[reefmutt]

Thanks guys, i haven't blown anything out the airlock yet but i'm thinking this spath looks like a possible candidate....... something is upsetting it big time. The colorless piece beside it is much healthier looking even though it's only been there a week.

I didn't baste this thing, that's the PE lately and the base is touch and go in regards to STN beginning, right on the verge atm.

The colorless spath piece should turn bright pink btw, unless my acro whispering is off....... most spath are red/orange/purple/violet in respect to the colors that grab your attention so i'm trying to find a 'clean' pink pigment variant rather than orangey pink if you know what i mean. :fun4:

Nitrates are 2 and phos is .024, worms are still hiding............:deadhorse1:

This doesn't look like common aefw damage.. I'd be surprised if it was..
But it's true, it's very difficult to spot them on a coral..

By the way, Andrew... SICK!!!!! Those shots of the fire truck and the blue coral.. just crazy nice colours..

 

[biggles]

Andrew, has beard started to grow on your rocks (aka some sort of brown/grey polyps)? I used to have them. They disappeared 18 months ago, but are re-appearing again. :sad2:

Corals look stunning.

Hey Bulent, those stinking silvery grey polyps spread like wildfire unfortunately. Every now and then i kalk paste some of them but they always return :mad2:

This doesn't look like common aefw damage.. I'd be surprised if it was..
But it's true, it's very difficult to spot them on a coral..

By the way, Andrew... SICK!!!!! Those shots of the fire truck and the blue coral.. just crazy nice colours..

I think you're probably right Matt, that acro went bad when i stressed everything out a while back so it might just be very slow STN.
The colors aren't bad atm but the daily draw is 50ml and there's zero coralline growth going on, much of the white putty you see is a couple of months old - no coralline on it at all ............ :facepalm:

Since i may have a space worm infection i decided to play with the scape today - always makes me feel better. The video shows you what i did and i tried to explain how i go about making the low scape - the acro falling off was planned :reading:

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