anyone have any idea as to why on all of my acros all of a sudden (last month or so) i am getting little blotches/white loss of flesh like something is eating the flesh off. on some its at base,others just a speck half way up. my ph is fine,water is fine. this has just started,i thought it was red bugs,but nope thats not it.looked for something maybe eating them,cant see anything.give me some ideas as to why.
acro splotches HELP!!!
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ClownReef®
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I agree.
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thought that as well,cant see anything eating them,i check at times during the day,and even at nite after lights have been out for a while. also,before someone posts,my water checks out great,ph is 8.3,i drip kalk,temp is 78.they was doing great for months,this has just started.
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thought that as well,cant see anything eating them,i check at times during the day,and even at nite after lights have been out for a while. also,before someone posts,my water checks out great,ph is 8.3,i drip kalk,temp is 78.they was doing great for months,this has just started.
XeniaMania
Active member
The flatworms are pretty hard to see. Given the fact you can't see anything, I'd put money on flatworms. Try dipping the coral and see how many fall out.
impur
New member
There are a few threads here discussing FWE and AEFW. It seems to be one of the only in tank treatments that does have an effect on these specific flatworms.
I also just found a dime sized area on one of my acros that has been eaten or just bleached. It was in a spot that does not get much light. I dipped the coral in interceptor, i have red bugs, to kill them off. After the interceptor dip, i dropped in 2 drops of FWE for another 30 min or so. I only spotted 5 or 6 flatworms. They were very small and had a black outline to them. I do not know if they were the culprit or even if they were AEFW. The spot has not gotten any bigger since but i'm now very paranoid that i may have AEFW.
As suggested i would start out by dipping the coral and go from there.
RichConley
New member
I've heard FWE is useless with them. Levamisole does work though.
impur
New member
Check this thread for documented proof that FWE works on them in concentrated doses.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=756327
For a dip there are several options luckily, levamisole being one of them. But FWE is the only in tank treatment at this point that seems to work and not effect other livestock.
If you can remove all your acros and dip them you are in luck. For ppl with lots of corals or large corals encrusted to large rocks, they have their work cut out for them.
RichConley
New member
That thread makes it pretty clear that even at 7-10x the reccomended dose, FWE isnt killing all of them, and as far as I'm concerned, if it doesnt kill all of them, its useless.
We need something better..levamisole works great, but you can't treat a tank with it.
impur
New member
There are a few ppl involved in the testing in that thread. FWE did work on a couple of their tanks, ridding all AEFW. I don't feel like re-reading the whole thread to point that out so take it for what its worth.
I agree it has not proven to be 100% effective. But at the moment there is no other in-tank method to treat them.
I was not posting the link as an end all cure all for the FW, rather as a reference for you to show what some ppl are testing and trying out. Also to show that FWE has been effective in a few cases.
Perhaps you could join in the discussion over there to help find a cure.
