Another AEFW ID
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sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Its the damn eggs...whilst Bayer is reported to be one of the better dips out there, it doesnt kill the eggs... :headwalls:
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
Yup...definitely Acropora Eating F***in Worms...Sorry...
I had them in the past and lost an amazing collection of Acros I spent a couple of year building, driving up and down the UK. I feel your pain.
Yea tell me about it... I dipped, didn't see any adults but just the eggs. With the bite marks, they must have been there or something. Next month when my frag tank becomes operational I will also get a 20G QT or 10G QT and start sanitizing my frags\mini colonies.
I had my 60G cube with a bunch of beautiful SPS years ago, never a pest. This tank, first red bugs, not AEFW. Bastards got through Bayer dip too.
trueblackpercula
New member
This is becoming more and more common and I am so sorry for you. did you dip your frags to see if anything was on them? also I would let the person know that you got them from that they have aefw.
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
I agree that it is getting more common... way too common. I have been Bayer dipping everything for several months since I got RB and treated. I decided I wasn't taking anymore chances.
I've only gotten frags from probably... 3-4 people and everyone says they don't have AEFW, so who knows at this point. Someone does, they didn't appear from thin air!
I'm setting up a frag tank in the next 2-3 weeks and will QT everything from now on as well... I'll get through this, as painful as it is.. it happens unfortunately.
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
So it's been several days, and I have seen nothing else. Every acro in the tank looks great, color, growth, PE everything.... Did I just get lucky because I tossed this frag out, or are these bastards out there just munching on things and I am woefully ignorant to it so far.... I realize the egg hatching could take 1-3 weeks, so I guess time will tell...
I'm hoping I dodged a bullet by not putting the frag back into my system.
I'm hoping I dodged a bullet by not putting the frag back into my system.
Piper27
I love bengals
Chances are they are still in there, since there are batches of eggs. I would act now while the numbers are small rather than later when they blow up in numbers.
I beat them with a strict dipping regime and kept them in my display. But i had to try 4 seperate times before i got the procedure right, do NOT underestimate them or you will be dissapointed quickly.
I beat them with a strict dipping regime and kept them in my display. But i had to try 4 seperate times before i got the procedure right, do NOT underestimate them or you will be dissapointed quickly.
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
That's kind of what I figured, but I'll fight the good fight..
Not much I can do right now but remove infected SPS and either dip or throw them out. I will have my frag tank up in the next couple of weeks, so until then I don't have much other places to put things..
Do you have your dipping regiment documented?
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
The problem is I have a bunch of encrusted acros as well, so right now my course of action is anything else that becomes infected or shows signs will get thrown out, unless it is the orange passion or anything else very LE that I have... When my frag tank is up and running I will have more latitude in moving things over and QT'ing them, should this spread and get worse. So far it's been confined to the one acro which is one of my newer ones, and by newer ones I mean earlier this summer.
It's almost been a week, so we will see how things go here in the coming days, and weeks. Hoping I got the buggers before it gets much worse, but we'll see. These things are evil. The only four people I have traded frags with, or purchased I notified and all have said I don't have them.... Either people don't know how to diagnose, or they don't want to say anything, either way it seems like this is becoming a more regular occurrence in the hobby these days as we all get more educated.
It's almost been a week, so we will see how things go here in the coming days, and weeks. Hoping I got the buggers before it gets much worse, but we'll see. These things are evil. The only four people I have traded frags with, or purchased I notified and all have said I don't have them.... Either people don't know how to diagnose, or they don't want to say anything, either way it seems like this is becoming a more regular occurrence in the hobby these days as we all get more educated.
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
I'm expecting that, but hoping for any other result. Just more reason to get my frag\qt tank up and running
Reef Bass
colors and textures
AEFW are like sexually transmitted diseases. Everyone says "oh, I'm clean" and yet herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhea are rampant. Some people are unaware they are infected. The hotter and more popular a coral, the more likely it is to be infected from being passed around.
QT is best. At least dip everything always. Trust no one.
I had a raging case of AEFW which I cured by dipping every acro every week for 6 weeks straight. It totally sucked while I was doing it but I eventually won. Some I had to dip in 5g buckets on their rock base because the colonies were large.
The key is to break their life cycle by killing newly hatched flatworms before they can lay eggs. The first couple weeks of a 6 week dip regimen take out the adults and the remaining weeks take out new hatchlings. When the last eggs have hatched and the last hatchlings are dead, the infection is over.
Good luck.
QT is best. At least dip everything always. Trust no one.
I had a raging case of AEFW which I cured by dipping every acro every week for 6 weeks straight. It totally sucked while I was doing it but I eventually won. Some I had to dip in 5g buckets on their rock base because the colonies were large.
The key is to break their life cycle by killing newly hatched flatworms before they can lay eggs. The first couple weeks of a 6 week dip regimen take out the adults and the remaining weeks take out new hatchlings. When the last eggs have hatched and the last hatchlings are dead, the infection is over.
Good luck.
rovster
New member
Unfortunately you won't know for a while. I did the whole Bayer thing almost a year ago and they showed up recently. During that time tank was looking amazing and all of a sudden 1-2 pieces started to look like garbage. Suprise!!!!
Good luck. Hopefully this tank-wide treatment I'm doing now pans out.
Good luck. Hopefully this tank-wide treatment I'm doing now pans out.
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
Yea, I'm watching your experiences very keenly. Right now, I can't do much but react to what happens. Once my separate QT & Frag tank is up and running I will be able to eventually pull everything out, QT, destroy them for sure, and reintroduce. If it comes to that of course, otherwise I am playing it by ear.
Let me say, what a devastating diagnosis though.. I finally got my nutrient problem down, parameters stable, everything started going well, and bam... It's like the stars are aligned against me here, heh.
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
Yup, I've learned my lesson, after the first time.. I don't want to deal with this again in a DT.
