"Not willing to put in the time"... LMAO Wish there were a viable predator or treatment. Blasting the corals is not a treatment or eradication method. It's a live with it method. And, the corals look awful in the meantime -- certainly compared to when the redbugs were there.
I'm guessing the lfs are widely plagued with AEFW. Just a guess there but that's what I'd say.
I'd rather let it run it's course than rip all the rock out of the tank and start over. That's what I meant on the options. And, with the flow in my tank (6205 and 2 6105s, plus the return) -- and proximity to some of the affected corals of very strong pulsing pumps, hard to see how an MJ will blast them off. Or, perhaps none of my 4 wrasses has a taste for these guys when they do blow off.
I may try a handful of the acro crabs from LA when I get back. Who knows, maybe they'll help.
I may actually try to reintroduce the red bugs too ... what's there to lose? And there may indeed be much to gain.
I'll get frags to someone who offered to dip and hold - he's already doing that. It's getting all the rest of the corals out, most of which are encrusted on the rock, that is troubling.
Varying reports on the egg life. Melev seems to think they hatch in about 6 days. But he's seeing that in the presence of acros, I believe. I've read (can't recall where) that they can remain viable and dormant for many months, then hatch when the acros appear. That is evil.
My tank has more in it than acros, so again, removing all of the rock would require a decision that I don't think I'm going to want to make. Time will tell.
