Found bite marks / 1 aefw on new frag.

[lolgranny]

Hey all.

So my brother called me about a month ago and said he got a new frag from a fellow reefer on here. The guy sells a TON on here and vouches he has no aefw, nevertheless my brother did NOT tell me he was ordering anything and isnt the sharpest when it comes to corals. So i went over to his house to check out his tank and noticed little circular bite marks. Ive had aefw before in my old tank and i pitched the frag asap. turned out that was the only thing with it on there.

So this frag has been in here i would say a little over a month (times a blurr when im working these insane hours so forgive me) Everything else looks fine... ie no bite marks, cant see any eggs, coloration is there, PE is amazing. Everything except this little frag. Its been browned out, and PE was bad(millie) so i looked closer, pulled it off the rock, dipped it in a super concentrated revive dip (i didnt care if i killed it, rather 1 then 50 sps) Found a aefw... just 1, but looked like a adult. He was decent sized. I tossed the frag and checked every other coral in the tank. They are all either frags (4" ish / mini colonies. I cant see anything else. The frag i tossed (G.Hillers Palula) was sitting right next to a tri color and i know aefw is a big fan of them. Most the sps are encrusted on the rock. What would u suggest? I check then most everyday because its on my way home and im obsessed with the damn sticks! haha.

Soooo...
should i start basting?
or
leave it and see if i notice any other bites then yank the coral out / dip / dip / dip / check

Any opinions are apprecited
sorry for the lengthy book i wrote

Dave

 

[Logzor]

Inspect the base of your corals every night with a flash light.

The problem with AEFW is that they easily go unnoticed...until it's too late. So now that you know they could be in your system, keep a watchful eye out.

In a months time I doubt that they have spread much, if at all.

 

[lolgranny]

Inspect the base of your corals every night with a flash light.

The problem with AEFW is that they easily go unnoticed...until it's too late. So now that you know they could be in your system, keep a watchful eye out.

In a months time I doubt that they have spread much, if at all.

Ya they are basically invisible to the eye, so I've been looking for bites / eggs every night with a flashlight just like you said.

Would u reccomend basting? Im hesitant because if their is some somewhere else can't they get to another acro easier?

 

[clowndude]

If you have wrasses they will follow you while basting and the minute they fly off, they are dead meat. I know when I basted mine the clownfish and wrasses ate them within a second or two. Good luck with the battle.

 

[wizardx322]

how do you kill aefw besides using levisole? any over the counter stuff work like flatworm exit?

 

[Logzor]

Ya they are basically invisible to the eye, so I've been looking for bites / eggs every night with a flashlight just like you said.

Would u reccomend basting? Im hesitant because if their is some somewhere else can't they get to another acro easier?

Don't baste, just observe, watch for eggs / bite marks. You see them, pull and dip the colony.

Some AEFW can be SUPER tiny, no wrasse may see it. Then you end up with all your corals infected.

 

[Dog boy Dave]

Don't baste, just observe, watch for eggs / bite marks. You see them, pull and dip the colony.

Some AEFW can be SUPER tiny, no wrasse may see it. Then you end up with all your corals infected.

x2 great advice. Dont use flatworm exit either. I had them (aefw) in 2005 in my old 180. The side effects from the harmless planaria die off did more damage to my system than the original AEFW. Oh, and the fw exit doesnt kill aefw at the recomended dosage level anyway. If you do choose to use fw exit. Read and believe the directions. Dead planaria will destroy your tank if there are a lot of them. Understand I am not talking about the aefw but regular harmless planaria that the fw exit will kill.

 

[lolgranny]

x2 great advice. Dont use flatworm exit either. I had them (aefw) in 2005 in my old 180. The side effects from the harmless planaria die off did more damage to my system than the original AEFW. Oh, and the fw exit doesnt kill aefw at the recomended dosage level anyway. If you do choose to use fw exit. Read and believe the directions. Dead planaria will destroy your tank if there are a lot of them. Understand I am not talking about the aefw but regular harmless planaria that the fw exit will kill.

For sure guys! Thanks for the input! Guess ill be spending a little more time over at the brothers house in these next months! oh joy! :headwalls:

On a good note i cant see any bitemarks / eggs anywhere from lastnights scuba diving session haha.