My own AEFW (Acro Eating Flatworms) images
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OH NO! I found aefw! Someone said that they are easy to see if your coral is allowed to dry for a couple of minutes, the worms stay shiny. UUG They were right. I couldnt see them before. I found the eggs too. On lots of frags, they're TINY.
I want to know, are my zoos safe from harm using fluke tabs?
I am going to nuke my whole frag tank and rinse when done. Easier to take that offline and remove the snails.
Uh Oh, there are two fish in there. Are the fish safe with fluke tabs at 1 per gal??
HELP!!!
I want to know, are my zoos safe from harm using fluke tabs?
I am going to nuke my whole frag tank and rinse when done. Easier to take that offline and remove the snails.
Uh Oh, there are two fish in there. Are the fish safe with fluke tabs at 1 per gal??
HELP!!!
One more question, do the aefw lay eggs on caps or pocillapora even though they dont eat them?
Should I treat them too.
I need to remove the crabs too, I am reading.
Darn. Maybe easier to remove frags. There are hundreds. SHOOT!
I just want to quit this stupid addiction called "hobby".
Should I treat them too.
I need to remove the crabs too, I am reading.
Darn. Maybe easier to remove frags. There are hundreds. SHOOT!
I just want to quit this stupid addiction called "hobby".
OK. I decided to treat all of the corals outside of the tank. PIA!
Took all day. Placed them into Na H20, with two tiny power heads. First I let some tank water and fluke tabs mix up with a power head, boy that really mixed up well. Treated for 20 min. Then emptied container of solution, re filled with tank water, rinsed again, then I did what Servo said. But, I treated with half strength TMPCC. Twenty minutes of that should kill what was left of the AEFW. Rinsed, then placed the corals back in the tank, lights off. They continued to slime quite a bit.
In two weeks and one day, I shall do the same.
I treated them at noonish, by the time it was 5pm most corals were waving their polyps.
I saw so many eggs, but I didn't remove them, I figured the next treatment will kill the juveniles. Assuming they are not old enough to lay their own eggs.
I am so close to giving up, though.
Took all day. Placed them into Na H20, with two tiny power heads. First I let some tank water and fluke tabs mix up with a power head, boy that really mixed up well. Treated for 20 min. Then emptied container of solution, re filled with tank water, rinsed again, then I did what Servo said. But, I treated with half strength TMPCC. Twenty minutes of that should kill what was left of the AEFW. Rinsed, then placed the corals back in the tank, lights off. They continued to slime quite a bit.
In two weeks and one day, I shall do the same.
I treated them at noonish, by the time it was 5pm most corals were waving their polyps.
I saw so many eggs, but I didn't remove them, I figured the next treatment will kill the juveniles. Assuming they are not old enough to lay their own eggs.
I am so close to giving up, though.
thanks for the words of encouragement, but I am too bummed. I was wondering why my colonies were dying off. I couldn't see the translucent buggers.
I remember the day someone from my local club gave me a cap about a year ago, there was an AEFW in the baggie. I dismissed it as a slug or snail without a shell cuz it was on a M. capricornis, I even took photos just in case. I have to look for that photo, I will post it to confirm species. then I will know how long I have had this. I didn't think caps had them.
The eggs are much smaller than i thought.
here are photos of them from this week.
I remember the day someone from my local club gave me a cap about a year ago, there was an AEFW in the baggie. I dismissed it as a slug or snail without a shell cuz it was on a M. capricornis, I even took photos just in case. I have to look for that photo, I will post it to confirm species. then I will know how long I have had this. I didn't think caps had them.
The eggs are much smaller than i thought.
here are photos of them from this week.
SERVO
New member
Well it is certainly a worm. You are right. There currently is no evidence that AEFW's will attack/eat Montipora. It would be interesting to talk to the hobbiest and see if all of their Acros died. They could have had an infestation and the worm was crawling looking for food and was snatched up. It can lay eggs anywhere, but usually does at the base of the coral.
I wish we had a silver bullet in tank treatment.
I wish we had a silver bullet in tank treatment.
SERVO
New member
Three months later and I think that I am finally "cured". After 2 treatments with Fluke tabs, I started to tip with TMPCC. I observed and observed and observed.
Today, I finally placed the corals back into the main display. After a final dip with TMPCC, no worms were seen!!!!
Now my colors are total crap
but at least the corals are still alive!!! I did lose a few, but the majority of my losses were due to my ignorance. I nuked the QT tank one afternoon by putting in too much Kalwasser. I wasn't used to such a smaller volume and used methods that worked in the past. I came home about 6 hours later to a milky tank. I lost about 1/3 of the corals in that tank.
I'll post display pics once I get some improved colors.
Today, I finally placed the corals back into the main display. After a final dip with TMPCC, no worms were seen!!!!
Now my colors are total crap
but at least the corals are still alive!!! I did lose a few, but the majority of my losses were due to my ignorance. I nuked the QT tank one afternoon by putting in too much Kalwasser. I wasn't used to such a smaller volume and used methods that worked in the past. I came home about 6 hours later to a milky tank. I lost about 1/3 of the corals in that tank.I'll post display pics once I get some improved colors.
melev
Well-known member
Quarantine tanks are ideal for corals and fish that you want to observe for a few weeks to make sure they do not introduce pests into your aquarium, such as those mentioned in this thread.
If you treat them when they arrive, then put them in your reef, for the next week who knows what may crawl off that survived. A week later you treat the coral while the pest(s) are elsewhere in your tank breeding and feeding.
If you treat them when they arrive, then put them in your reef, for the next week who knows what may crawl off that survived. A week later you treat the coral while the pest(s) are elsewhere in your tank breeding and feeding.
I am interested in this topic and would like to get some opinions on the effects of UV sterilizers. I have a frag tank that is connected to my main system. The water actually goes through three water pumps to get to the frag tank and a De-Bary UV sterilizer. How likely is it that an infection in my main tank could end up in my frag tank. I assume the sterilizer would do a fair job of killing any FW. I would also think that the FW would be minced up a fair bit by the pumps.
