AEFW dip poll

[dvmsn]

What product do you like best. Personal experience only please.

 

[totalfreedom]

Potassium permanganate, works great on flatworms, and monti eating nudis, i use 2 ml in half gallon water for 1 minute, twice weekly for 6 weeks, it has worked great for me, and it is gentle on the corals, they will have polyp extension after a few hours if the parasites have not done too much damage.
The worms and nudis will just drop off and fall apart if left in the dip long enough, as far as the eggs go, i have not done any work on the eggs yet, i don't think it affects them though.
Last year i had a problem with monti nudis, and worms, used the PP for 6 weeks and i have not seen nudis, worms again, i check them on a weekly basis, I also use it on new specimens in quarantine. Again this has been my experience with PP, so please use with cation, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

 

[hobogato]

i use fluke tabs, but remember they only stun the AEFW. you must have mechanical removal to get the stubborn ones to let go, like a powerhead or shaking the coral in the water vigorously.

 

[SDguy]

I used levimasol. Corals hated it. I used TMPCC (needed like a 3X dose to get the worms to let go). Again, corals hated it.

I look forward to seeing what comes out of this thread.

 

[dvmsn]

Thanks for the input. I think dosage and time of dip would also be helpful.

 

[hobogato]

sorry, forgot that. fluke tabs begin to denature as soon as placed in high pH solution (like our tank water), so their effect is diminished greatly after about 10 or 15 minutes. i use one tablet per gallon for 15 minute followed by very vigorous shaking in the medicated water to remove any stubborn ones.

 

[SDguy]

Oops, sorry. Levimasol 150mg per gallon for 2 hours. Didn't do a whole lot. Double dose didn't even make them ALL fall off, and the corals slimed.

TMPCC - 3X dose for 15 minutes finally made them all fall off.

 

[cato]

Anyone tried this stuff yet?? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1455284&highlight=coralrx

 

[Kip]

any new acro frags i get... bases come off and get trashed... rest of the frag gets a 12-15min bath in TMProCC at prescribed strength... i gently turkey baste the acro and study the coral with a ultrastinger flashlight during the whole process

some corals fade and some darken from the TMProCC, but in a matter of weeks they are colored.... a few weeks color sacrifice is well worth it IMO

i have never battled aefw's in my display, but have seen lots of them come in on shipments from hobbyists and even vendors (i wont say who, so folks.. no PMs on the subject please)

i think with the heavy trading going on, corals all being held in the same system at vendors/dealers/etc, laziness on the casual reefkeeper's part, and sometimes lack of education on the subject... that aefw's are here to stay and will be something we all deal with as long as we are acro keepers

 

[dvmsn]

I have learned my lesson.

 

[CyanoMagnet]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13233591#post13233591 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cato
Anyone tried this stuff yet?? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1455284&highlight=coralrx

Ive read on these boards that its same as Revive?

Smells like pinesol, so does Revive.

 

[CyanoMagnet]

Another thing to ask.

Has anyone who voted in these polls used Revive but voted something else?

 

[Canarygirl]

I didn't vote in your poll because I've never treated for aefw except doing preventative dips for new frags.

I've tried the Seachem version of TMPR, fluke tabs, and Revive. My corals reacted negatively to the fluke tabs (sliming all over the place). But they did fine with the other two products.

 

[Wrench]

I voted Revive. I have used it a few times and it works on redbugs and flatworms. After the dip though, I can still see the FWs moving so I believe that it doesn't kill them, but stuns them. I always shake the coral very very vigorously as well as use a turkey baster to blast every part of the coral to blow all of the FWs off.

 

[mcliffy2]

Right now, I'm trying none and doing the basting method. (See this thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1461515)

 

[dreaminmel]

I voted TMPCC. Two years ago I found over 40 of them on an efflo frag I got from a meet. (couldn't figure out why no matter what flow I put it in the center kept dying) I removed every sps from my tank and dipped it and even though I only found them on that frag I then put them all in a QT tank with weekly TMPCC dips. I have not seen one since. Every new frag that I get goes through the TMPCC dip. I use enough that the frags definately get quite po'd and go brown for a few weeks. My philosophy is that if they're not strong enough to get through the dip and recover then they are just collateral damage. I'm honestly not sure what dosage I use. I put them in a large white plastic bowl and put enough TMPCC in to make the water tea colored. I sit there with an LED flashlight the whole 15 minutes looking over the whole thing for any signs of eggs or AEFW. Then I shake the heck out of them in the water before putting them in my tank.

The nightmare I went through with them had a long lasting affect on me. There are still some nights that I wander down after lights off and thoroughly examine the bottoms of every coral with a flashlight...

Even though I have not seen them for two years, I still offer to dip any frags I'm selling or trading for the buyer. Most of them prefer I don't dip as they already have their own process for all new frags they get.

 

[Peter Eichler]

I use a triple dose of FWE and about 20 drops of lugols in about a gallon of water. The Lugols is more for making the AEFW easier to spot than anything. I usually just leave frags in there for a few minutes and swirl, if no AEFW show I do not dip for any longer.

 

[reefkoi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13234384#post13234384 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kip
any new acro frags i get... bases come off and get trashed... rest of the frag gets a 12-15min bath in TMProCC

Yep this is what I have resorted to as well. I feel much better knowing any hidden eggs aren't protected withing a crevice along the base.

If I buy a coral and get home and see AEFW damage i had overlooked, i trash the entire thing, these bastards are a pain and there is no reason to cry about over a few dollars spent if the coral gets destroyed. IMO.

C

 

[Philwd]

Revive here too. They dropped off within a minute and squirmed for a short minute or so. Then still and dead.

 

[DaveJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13232045#post13232045 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by totalfreedom
Potassium permanganate, works great on flatworms, and monti eating nudis, i use 2 ml in half gallon water for 1 minute, twice weekly for 6 weeks, it has worked great for me, and it is gentle on the corals, they will have polyp extension after a few hours if the parasites have not done too much damage.
The worms and nudis will just drop off and fall apart if left in the dip long enough, as far as the eggs go, i have not done any work on the eggs yet, i don't think it affects them though.
Last year i had a problem with monti nudis, and worms, used the PP for 6 weeks and i have not seen nudis, worms again, i check them on a weekly basis, I also use it on new specimens in quarantine. Again this has been my experience with PP, so please use with cation, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

What species of corals did you dip?