aefw life span?

[unbelievable]

Well I had AEFW and ended up getting rid of all my sps. I'm just wondering how long I should leave without any sps. Thanks.

 

[jarrett shark]

AEFW will die after 4 days of no food, then eggs can take 1 week to hatch so i would wait like 3 weeks to be safe

 

[dzhuo]

Are you sure that's the case? This study seems to suggest otherwise: Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida: Prosthiostomidae). I wish the full article is freely available but here is a quote from the abstract:

Individual adults lay multiple egg batches on the coral skeleton, each egg batch has 20–26 egg capsules, and each capsule contains between 3–7 embryos. Embryonic development takes approximately 21 days, during which time characteristics of a pelagic life stage (lobes and ciliary tufts) develop but are lost before hatching. The hatchling is capable of swimming but settles to the benthos quickly, and no zooxanthellae were observed in the animal at this stage.

 

[unbelievable]

Well I literally took out all sps colonies so im assuming I got rid of most of them with the colonies. I was just worried about stragglers. But with no acros they should just die huh. Also they won't bother birdsnest will they?