our acros are still so traumatized from the last Levamisole treatment that we don't dare do another treatement of anything for a while now. I am almost tempted to put them back into at least the prop tank so that they can have some stable parameters within which to recover. But I hate to put them back within reach of the AEFWs that I know are still in there. Going to do a complete water cahnge using tank water and move them back to the other treatment tank this afternoon, but I am now regretting ever recommending Levamisole to anyone as I hold it solely responsible for our coral deaths. We had done a treatment some time back with minimal losses, and can't honestly say what is different this time, if anything the water parameters are more stable and controlled now than before. It just makes me sick to think about it all.
My own AEFW (Acro Eating Flatworms) images
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gflat65
New member
I had the same experience. I was doing water changes every other day or third day, sometimes from the main display, but more so with new salt water. the skimmer would pull out some nasty stuff, real thick and brown, but slimy, too. Not like normal skimmer output. I did do 100% changes with water from my main display when I did the treatment, getting temp stable first. That allowed me to rinse and vinegar the tank and equipment to kill any stragglers. I've had better luck with my monti's, in terms of mortality rate. I've only really lost one colony, but they have all browned up.
raddogz
Premium Member
Tom - I did a Betadine treatment a week ago, and that seemed to help. I have pulled half of the sps out, and decided to do a fluke treatment in a quarentine tank at work.
I can't tell if the Betadine really did anything, but the corals were not as stressed out as the TPMCC dips I was doing before.
At the moment I really think all of us are damned if we don't try something and damned if we sit back and do nothing.
I can't tell if the Betadine really did anything, but the corals were not as stressed out as the TPMCC dips I was doing before.
At the moment I really think all of us are damned if we don't try something and damned if we sit back and do nothing.
I know exactly what you mean
. I just got finished moving the corals back to the other treatment tank. No medicine added prior to it, but just 100% clean tank water. Started using bionic 2 part in the treatment tank last week, going to try to fingure out a good dosing regime and hopefully be confident enough in the corals strength to do either a betadine or TMPCC dip of all of them next weekend.Neptune777
Premium Member
Melev....how's the coral looking now after the initial Betadine Dips? Still alive?
melev
Well-known member
I'll go check on it now....
Okay, it is 1am here and the lights have been out for some time. Every branch has good polyp extention like the past. The coral itself is beige all over, ever since the dip. The very tips of a few branches have a touch of the purple, but it is virtually invisible. I have to think the betadine dyed the coral, or it killed the symbiotic zoanthellae that provides the normal coloration.
Okay, it is 1am here and the lights have been out for some time. Every branch has good polyp extention like the past. The coral itself is beige all over, ever since the dip. The very tips of a few branches have a touch of the purple, but it is virtually invisible. I have to think the betadine dyed the coral, or it killed the symbiotic zoanthellae that provides the normal coloration.
SaraB
Coral Killer
I am curious as to why some are experiencing such loss while using Levamisole. I only lost about 4 frags out of 28 Acro's treated while using it and I am wondering if I had the dosage correct. I have the plastic bottle with the small amount of yellow powder at the bottom. I added RO water to the 500 ML fill line and used a little over 50 ML per treatment in about 9 gallons of water. Is my dosage way off or are some using too much?
Travis
10 and over club
Sara, your mortality rate was similar to mine. I suffered a 25-30% loss and I was treating at 60ppm. The losses are not fun but, IMO, worth it to know that the FW's are gone for good. If I had sat back and done nothing, there would have eventually been a 100% loss from the FW's themselves.
raddogz
Premium Member
Can't speak on Levamisole, but had a small colony sittng in betadine for a couple of hours (ummm...had dinner and kinda forgot).
Pulled the colony out let it sit in rinse water, and put it back in. It browned out considerably (I thought I killed all the zoanthellae) It's actually doing fine now. Brown and very p'od
Pulled the colony out let it sit in rinse water, and put it back in. It browned out considerably (I thought I killed all the zoanthellae) It's actually doing fine now. Brown and very p'od
Neptune777
Premium Member
That's excellent Melev.....good to see it has survived the first dip. So what are your plans for the whole system? Have you seen damage on any other colonies?
clkwrk
Active member
Wow that doesn't look like the same coral at all . That dip took its toll but hey its ALIVE and looks as if it will make a good recovery.
Also I will go out on a limb and say that if there are no other signs of them on other corals you might get lucky . I made the mistake of blowing the corals off in the display before removal . My wrasses got alot of them but not all of them so they were able to spread. I don't think they like to roam about on their own .
Also I will go out on a limb and say that if there are no other signs of them on other corals you might get lucky . I made the mistake of blowing the corals off in the display before removal . My wrasses got alot of them but not all of them so they were able to spread. I don't think they like to roam about on their own .
So after read some of the results that other have got dipping w/ Betadine, I figured that i would give it a try. the first dip that i used in my QT process were with Levamisole. It seemed to kill the AEFW and i had no losts. My results w/ Betadine have been similar so far. AEFW were kill and no losts so far (only 5hrs have past). a few acro aren't looking so great be many have PE. I should be get two bottle of TMPCC next week and will be using it in my next dip.
