Is this AEFW?
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Saltwaternooby
SPS junkie
I would say so. Eeekk
Saltwaternooby
SPS junkie
Nothing is really very good, power blast a few colonies to see if more fall off. Levamisole is a more common one for in tank, or water softener is the newer one. Both seem not great options. Good luck.
It appears to be the same color as the acro it came off of. If so it's been feeding somewhere on it. The bite marks can be very small. Look at the bases of the branches. Or the smoothest parts of the acro. And for good in take treatment the answer is no. There are a couple experimental in tank treatments but none have yielded 100 results with no drawbacks.
I would dip as many colonies as I could while removing any dead tissue. Get a couple of those damsels that love to eat Flatworms and hit the colonies with a baster every couple days. I know people who have eventually rid themselves of AEFW this way..
I would dip as many colonies as I could while removing any dead tissue. Get a couple of those damsels that love to eat Flatworms and hit the colonies with a baster every couple days. I know people who have eventually rid themselves of AEFW this way..
Finnaddict
New member
I would have to agree. I recently knocked a few off a mariculture piece I got in and they look the same. Darn AFEW!!
firemansac
New member
The next thing is to track down the source. Did you add any new pieces or sell to anyone recently. Reef tank Ebola 2015.
I haven't sold to anyone.
Yesterday I got two new pieces but neither were acropora. I dipped them and came up with the the critter on the right (pic with the granite background).
The pic on the left came from a dip of one of my acropora that was looking weak. No bite marks on the coral, no eggs and everything else in the tank looks fine.
The two worms look different to me. Do you think they both look like AEFW? I'm still holding out hope
Yesterday I got two new pieces but neither were acropora. I dipped them and came up with the the critter on the right (pic with the granite background).
The pic on the left came from a dip of one of my acropora that was looking weak. No bite marks on the coral, no eggs and everything else in the tank looks fine.
The two worms look different to me. Do you think they both look like AEFW? I'm still holding out hope
firemansac
New member
They do look like flatworms but are they afew maybe. If you have acro in the tank that are looking off start dipping colonies and see what happens. If you can quarantine pieces I would just to be safe. Good luck.
Saltwaternooby
SPS junkie
The top worm looks to me like aefw the bottom one looks like red planaria.
