Do AEFW's only like certian acros ?

[Jettareefer]

Reason I ask from experience milli's and like corals seem to get hit the hardest. I know there's a bunch of flatworms. Who has experiences with Hawkins and red dragons and other smooth skinned acros ?

 

[rovster]

Depending on who you talk to the opinions are all over the place on the subject. The only logical conclusion is that perhaps some species of flatworms may prefer certain acros but the jury is still out on that. In my experience milles got hit the hardest, with valida and tenius species next. Stags and deep waters were unaffected. Some will say that deep waters are magnets for them. Is the reason for this discrepancy explained by science or is it just chance or coincidence and due just to the fact that one coral got exposed to the worms before the other? It's a good question and you'll get opinions all over the place. I've dealt with these things twice already and my findings have been pretty consistent....

 

[Reef Bass]

In my experience, aefw don't discriminate much between acros. In a whole tank infection they chew them all, including smooth skin species.

 

[Jettareefer]

Rovster correct me if I'm wrong didn't you rid your tank of acro flatworms ? Could you give me a general synopsis of the protocol you followed?

Reef bass this scarese lol but this is not the end of the world I'm upgrading so I have to opportunity to deal with it. I've seen many great tanks including reefbum's and sanjays tank that seem to thrive with them with proper maintenance.

 

[sahin]

Jettareefer: I just beat AEFW's. My Millepora were affected mostly this time round, but luckily I caught the signs early and took action before they spread. In the past they were all over my acros.

I beat them by setting up a QT tank and weekly dipping all corals in TLF Revive.

Have a look at this thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2263491

I basically got most of my info from there. Since you are upgrading, it is a good time to plan everything and get some sort of process in place.

AEFW are hard to beat; but it is defintely something that can be achieved.

I now QT and dip everything for around 2-3 weeks before corals go into my display.

 

[rovster]

Rovster correct me if I'm wrong didn't you rid your tank of acro flatworms ? Could you give me a general synopsis of the protocol you followed?

Reef bass this scarese lol but this is not the end of the world I'm upgrading so I have to opportunity to deal with it. I've seen many great tanks including reefbum's and sanjays tank that seem to thrive with them with proper maintenance.

First round I did the Bayer dipping, like 6-7 weeks straight right out of my display. They came back in a year. I'm not sure if they were re-introduced or there was some stragglers that took a year to build enough of a population to notice anything.

Second round I did tank-wide treatment with Levimasole. I think I did 4 rounds. After the last round, I dipped in bayer and transferred to my current display. The transfer of rocks from one to the other was minimal. I did not observe any worms or eggs upon transfer.

My tank has been set up for a little less than a year and no sign of them. Did I completely eliminate them? Maybe. Time will tell.

I think the key if I turn out to be successful is that final tank transfer. I posted my observations and results in the "whoopin" thread. Hope this helps....