AEFW new info and photos

Just tagging along. I have been about a year flatworm free and have removed all large colonies. (maybe) I think the trick is to be very aggressive when you find them. Just go ahead and say good by to your large colonies and encrusted rocks. The larger ones seem relatively easy to control with dips and aggressive fragging. In my case the important past was to quit chasing water quality ghosts and concentrate on the worms. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and the results of your research.
Dave
 
Boy you couldn't be more right Dog Boy Dave! Anytime you sit back with any SPS problem and hope for the best, the best you will get is a big calcium carbonate skeleton!

I did see a bunch of "stuff" at the bottom of the bucket, but I really don't know if it consisted of any worms. They didn't fly off and around like they did during the fluke tab treatment. There is always a chance that there were eggs missed or even worms? Don't know, but I think that I am going to treat one more time and become an AEFW survivor story!!!!!;)
 
To my knowledge, I have beaten them. I pulled out every damn piece of SPS dipped with fluke tabs (fuzzy memory but 4x maybe) and then after reading about folks having problems I decided to use TMPCC as well. I only dipped twice with this.

Now if I could only beat montipora nudis in my tank :( .

I know that Dolt got tied up in his work and eventually lost all of his acros, but he never really treated.
 
Were there problems with the fluke tabs? Or are you referring to the losses with levamisole? Sorry, I haven't been keeping up on the AEFW threads lately.

Good luck with the monti eating nudis. Those things are almost impossible to get rid of. I have a buddy that had a fish store and got infected with these. He tried everything on them and in the end threw 99% of his montis in the trash.
 
what dose do you guys recommend for dipping a large validia table(16 inches across ) with bite marks on it.i think i introduced them recently with a bali maricultured coral i added a month ago.i dipped every acro(30 plus)a year and a half ago and thought i was done with them,but noticed some color loss in the validia.took a close look under magnifacation and found bite marks.all my other acros look great with no signs so i am thinking on just dipping the validia.problem is it wii not fit in a five gallon pail so i need about a 10 gallon resivoir to dip it.
 
Validas are an absolute magnet for AEFW's. Unfortunately, since it sounds like you have reintroduced them to your system, the only way to erradicate them again will be to treat everything, IMO. After that, always quarantine and treat every acro before putting it in the tank. You have an awesome looking tank, I'm surprised you took the chance with a new coral after treating all your corals in the past.
 
thanks ,i dipped the couple acros i added since i got rid of aefw in tmpcc at twice the recommended dose and inspected under magnifacation for eggs,so i am not sure how they got in.maybe live rock that i added a few weeks back or maybe they have been there and not doing noticable damage.either way doing all the acros will take some heavy work and then reaquascaping.i will never get them all back in and not have them touching or falling into eachother with out major reconstruction.i really believe that they are only on the validia right now but like you said i am only avoiding the ineviditable by not doing them all.i almost feel like tossing the validia but i have had it for 12 years and it is really nice when its happy.
 
a few months back when it was happy

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well i dipped the validia,which was no small feat.it was 16 inches in diameter.i saw no egg masses at the base or anywhere else on it ,or large enough flatworms to see,just bite marks on a few inner branches.while i was at it i inspected a half dozen or so acros for signs of aefw and found a tiny bit of recession on a blue
Loisetteae so i cut it from the rock it was encrusted on and gave it a 20 minute dip in tmpcc also.i just did not have enough time or energy to dip every acro at this moment so i guess i will wait and see if i notice any other signs.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12864346#post12864346 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rigleautomotive
well i dipped the validia,which was no small feat.it was 16 inches in diameter.i saw no egg masses at the base or anywhere else on it ,or large enough flatworms to see,just bite marks on a few inner branches.while i was at it i inspected a half dozen or so acros for signs of aefw and found a tiny bit of recession on a blue
Loisetteae so i cut it from the rock it was encrusted on and gave it a 20 minute dip in tmpcc also.i just did not have enough time or energy to dip every acro at this moment so i guess i will wait and see if i notice any other signs.
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When I dipped my corals, I first used the fluke tabs and I saw flat worms fly every which way but loose. I'm not sure if the dark color of the TMPCC would obscure that, but it was REALLY obvious.

FWIW, Sanjay has AEFW and his treatment method is to use a turkey baster to blow off the worms. His fish go nuts eating them.
 
yea i know,i saw his tank in person and it looks great. he is a member in the reef club i am the VP of so i talk to him often and his belief is they dont seem to be a problem with proper biological controll.BTW i really did not see any worms only bite marks on the large validia so i am not positive i had them,but as of right now everything looks great.good color and PE so i will keep my fingers crossed.
 
well i am sure i have them now.i have been seeing a thin line of recession on 80 percent of my acros with a white slimy cottony mass at the area of recession and a few bite marks on a pink mille and the validia.i removed about 15 of my rare acros last night and dipped them in tmpcc and found acro eating flat worms blowing off some of the corals.the egg masses appear to be white to tan in color and not the usual orange or brown that has beem described before.unfortunately i have about 40 acros in the system with some being very large so i have my work cut out for me.this weekend i plan on dipping every acro in the tank before they get worse.any advise would be appreciated.
 
Sorry to hear this Dan good luck on getting this under control. Do you have any wrasses in your tank at all that could maybe help when you get rid of them it might help from them coming back. Im dealing with Monti eating nudies right now and i just put a yellow coris wrasse in to help. Good luck.
 
thanks,i do have a yellow coris and i plan on getting some more assorted wrasses as soon as possible.i have lost two corals to the stress of the dip so i am not sure what i am going to do at this point.needless to say i am bummed out!!!
 
Sorry to hear that these are the times that make doing this hobby very hard. I just hope the rest make for you. Hows that big sarmatosa doing my frag i got from you awhile back at the swap is doing great and growing fast. Good luck Dan hope the rest of your corals make it do fine.
 
The sarementosa is fine.big and growing nicely with great color and PE.Its one that is having no problem.Glad to hear yours is doing well.
 
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