AEFW question

[Zacktosterone]

Will baird insect kill them

And will flatwotm exit help with the main display. I used one treatment anyway and noticed results.

 

[rovster]

Bayer will kill them eventually but you just need it to knock them off. FWE will not rid your tank of them but some think it helps keep them at bay.

 

[Zacktosterone]

Bayer will kill them eventually but you just need it to knock them off. FWE will not rid your tank of them but some think it helps keep them at bay.

My trank maybe has 2 large colonies, everything else is frags, any recommendations to rid them?

 

[sahin]

Dipping in Bayer repeatedly will rid the corals of AEFW's. However, that wont mean your system is clean. All it takes is a few to remain in the tank and they will re-infect the corals.

You need to take ALL acros out of the tank. Dip those acros and place in QT. Keep display acro free for at least 4 weeks (any acro bases that have encrusted need to be removed/killed off the rocks etc).

This will ensure any eggs hatch and juvenile AEFW's then die off without a food source in that timeframe.

 

[Dugless]

I've heard of people employing Lysmata wurdemanni shrimp with good success to help keep AEFW manageable in an SPS tank. It sounds as if they search out the flatworms or possibly their eggs similarly to how they predate on aiptasia. So essentially never completely eliminating them, but enough to keep them in check.

 

[Zacktosterone]

This stucks.

I have pocilipora everywhere in the tank, I've been slowly killing it. But week this be a problem later? I think i would be fine when it comes to AEFW but I'm worried because I've got it in places i can't really get to.

 

[Zacktosterone]

Arnt acro eating flatworms translucent? Maybe these are red bugs... I noticed i had flatworms last month and i used flatworm exit,t and they've been gone for a long time. I also noticed that they're brown. This is odd

 

[rovster]

AEFW are a tan brown color, smaller ones can be translucent. You cannot confuse them with redbugs.

 

[Zacktosterone]

AEFW are a tan brown color, smaller ones can be translucent. You cannot confuse them with redbugs.

Ok then. I for sure have the little jerks