Acro FW's I got 'em, you treat 'em.

[Dejavu]

the first acros i noticed were infected were millis

 

[Sparkss]

I had also seen high concentrations on some of our millis and in fact all but one milli colony has fallen to these pests.

 

[SERVO]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8010017#post8010017 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by playful1
Premium Aquatics, no corals were introduced for almost a year, infact after I got red bugs I decided to stop stocking. I tore down my 180, and got a tank that the corals I had would fill nicely. I got rid of all of my old rock and bought 90 lbs of fresh Kaelini from PA. So, if these are coming in incubated on LR, we are all in trouble.

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This is very troubling indeed if they are hitchhiking on rock and sticking around for a week(s). This may not affect the majority of us who already have established tanks with plenty of rock, but I don't like to hear that these things are looking more and more resistant to environmental barriers that kill most inverts. Guess you can't starve all of them out in a short period of time.

 

[gflat65]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8011986#post8011986 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
IME, you can find them on any acropora sp. However, they seem to favor the branchy tricolors like A. valida, A. nana, and A. cerealis. Those are the corals that will likely show the first signs of the FW's and have the highest FW concentrations.

Those were exactly the ones that were my marker. I had an A. valida (garf gold and neon green polyped bonsai) that showed signs of bite makrs, then faded, then RTN'd. I noticed my nana's and cerealis had faded, also. Upon bastering, they came off of each coral. The cerealis made it through the treatment...

It had lost its color and tunred brown.

Here it is as of a few days ago.

Here's the garf gold and green bonsai before the AEFW's.

Here it was when I finally realized what was happeneing. It didn't make it to the treatment.

 

[playful1]

FWIW, my emerald crab can be found anytime day or night glued to the bases of affected colonies, grazing. It appears as if he is cleaning the FWs off the corals. Now if I had 100 crabs I would be in good shape...just an observation.

 

[Sparkss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8015379#post8015379 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SERVO
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This is very troubling indeed if they are hitchhiking on rock and sticking around for a week(s). This may not affect the majority of us who already have established tanks with plenty of rock, but I don't like to hear that these things are looking more and more resistant to environmental barriers that kill most inverts. Guess you can't starve all of them out in a short period of time.

Any new LR for our tanks will go through the 1 month minimum QT, just like any other coral (minus the dips, since we are only trying to starve them out, not turn the LR into dead base rock).

 

[clkwrk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8016431#post8016431 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by playful1
FWIW, my emerald crab can be found anytime day or night glued to the bases of affected colonies, grazing. It appears as if he is cleaning the FWs off the corals. Now if I had 100 crabs I would be in good shape...just an observation.

Cool another report.

I had one hanging out in a colony at night and it was the first coral to show the signs.But at the time I thought it was him . So maybe he can go back into the display now .

 

[easttn]

Anyone repopulate emerald crabs after the RB treatment and still have AEFW's? Crabs do snails, snails do algae, sacrifice snails for SPS? Its going to start a pro-life issue.

 

[Kent E]

I did a self-study on emeralds and AEFWs it looked promising at first and then I noticed tissue loss in the acro the emerald had been living in. Needless to say, emeralds and AEFWs don't mind sharing the same pad.

 

[playful1]

UPDATE:
Treatment as detailed above was performed on Sunday. Success rate was marginal to say the least, I experienced severe bleaching and tissuee loss as a result of the TMPCC dip. Lost several frags and maybe a colony or 2, however others are barely hanging on. High flow and short lighting intervals seem to be the best option. I cut off affected bases, fragging what was highly infested, as to not take any chances, seemed to do the trick, however we will see what happens in the next week so far as coloration. I do have PE from several of the bleached corals. Managed to save the ORA Tort, and the PM and Bonsai, as well as the Superman and rainbow montis. The rest of the corals have less attachement. Will keep ya posted, however based on this experience, I won't be doing any more treatments until the corals stabalize.

 

[Stoney Mahony]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8042160#post8042160 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by playful1
UPDATE:
Treatment as detailed above was performed on Sunday. Success rate was marginal to say the least, I experienced severe bleaching and tissuee loss as a result of the TMPCC dip. Lost several frags and maybe a colony or 2, however others are barely hanging on. High flow and short lighting intervals seem to be the best option. I cut off affected bases, fragging what was highly infested, as to not take any chances, seemed to do the trick, however we will see what happens in the next week so far as coloration. I do have PE from several of the bleached corals. Managed to save the ORA Tort, and the PM and Bonsai, as well as the Superman and rainbow montis. The rest of the corals have less attachement. Will keep ya posted, however based on this experience, I won't be doing any more treatments until the corals stabalize.

FYI, your superman and rainbow moni's shouldnt be effected by the AEFW b/c there not acros, no need to treat them. :rollface:

 

[playful1]

They took a short dip just to ward off any hitch hikers, everthing going into the tank was dipped and rinsed. Thanks though.

 

[poknsnok]

how strong was your dip in the TMPCC?? I jave used it at 4x dosage for 20 mins with no problems at all

 

[playful1]

I followed the directions on the box, normal dosage for 15 min. I am wondering though if the AEFW affected tissue was more easily damaged by the dip...

 

[gflat65]

I haven't had any losses on close to 100 corals with TMPCC dips at 2-4X the recommended dosage... I did the non acros by the directions, but acros get blasted (and I've dipped everything from a string of LPS and softies and zoas-I've got quite a list of genuses). I haven't dip anything that had obvious signs of AEFW's, though. The Levamisole treatment took care of that...

 

[playful1]

I wish I knew what went wrong...

 

[cwegescheide]

bump for a good thread

 

[JasonD]

I dipped a coral in Revive and a big flatworm came off an acro I just purchased. Scrubbed eggs off Acro OK. Revive is to Flatworms as holy water is to Vampires:bum:

I would use twice the recommended dosage I dip for about 20 minutes with air stone. Acros are fine afterwards.

Jason

 

[Travis]

I will say I am still free of AEFW's after treating all my corals with levamisole 3 (I think it was 3) years ago.

 

[AgentSPS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14830235#post14830235 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
I will say I am still free of AEFW's after treating all my corals with levamisole 3 (I think it was 3) years ago.

hope you knocked on wood. Also have you added any corals since then? Curious what your treatment method is for new additions.