Found out I have AEFW...
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:sad1: I dunno, it is just one thing after another with the tank lately. It looks like the flatworms are only going after some corals and haven't touched the Grape Crush yet.
Been about a week and half since I noticed them, I think they might have been in my tank for a while now. I did buy 2 sps frags back in early January, could AEFW infest the tank within a month? I did find a few on the 2 new frags but my bonsai and this other old colony was infested. The bases are all eaten up and the tops are all bleached out or dead. I think when my tank was healthier the SPS could handle the worms better.
Right now I am just taking a turkey baster to all the corals everyday. I am seeing less and less of them blowing off but I also see AEFW eggs on some corals. It'll be another long battle.
Been about a week and half since I noticed them, I think they might have been in my tank for a while now. I did buy 2 sps frags back in early January, could AEFW infest the tank within a month? I did find a few on the 2 new frags but my bonsai and this other old colony was infested. The bases are all eaten up and the tops are all bleached out or dead. I think when my tank was healthier the SPS could handle the worms better.
Right now I am just taking a turkey baster to all the corals everyday. I am seeing less and less of them blowing off but I also see AEFW eggs on some corals. It'll be another long battle.
mr86mister
Saltaholic
Do you have any type of natural predator for these parasites in your system?
A yellow corris but I never see him hunt for food on the corals.
There is just too much stuff going on right now. Shrooms, correcting alk/cal levels, getting back on carbon dosing regiment, high PO4, and now this, oh and new baby coming tomorrow.
I'm just going to keep basting the corals everyday and wait for others to test out that flatworm stop. I know people live with flatworms and still have nice SPS growing, people like Reefbum. 3 colonies were doing really bad, and I did lose 3 frags of other SPS, but that could of been due to the shock of carbon dosing or some other issues. The rest of my stuff are still growing, great color, good polyps showing. Since I been blowing them off, the corals have started to heal up, I see some color and new growth along the edges.
There is just too much stuff going on right now. Shrooms, correcting alk/cal levels, getting back on carbon dosing regiment, high PO4, and now this, oh and new baby coming tomorrow.
I'm just going to keep basting the corals everyday and wait for others to test out that flatworm stop. I know people live with flatworms and still have nice SPS growing, people like Reefbum. 3 colonies were doing really bad, and I did lose 3 frags of other SPS, but that could of been due to the shock of carbon dosing or some other issues. The rest of my stuff are still growing, great color, good polyps showing. Since I been blowing them off, the corals have started to heal up, I see some color and new growth along the edges.
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Congrats!
mr86mister
Saltaholic
The whirlwind of chaos has arrived! Well priorities are obviously first so, Congratulations! Good Luck! Wishes from my little family to yours! Secondly, it seems you have been working vigilantly for your system so a job well done to you! I wish I was a bit in tuned with the issue so hopefully the experts can jump on!
