Naka's 180 Starphire tank!!!

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why not just use TMPCC or Flatworm Exit? Seems like a risk of not getting them all by using shrimp, and to be honest, I would put a specialized wrasse in the display to keep them down in the future if you can.
 
Because dips do not kill the eggs. That is how many reefers get AEFW months down the road. You can dip corals and nothing appears to be there, but many times there are eggs left behind. That is another reason I believe in detaching all bases and try to start most of my pieces by frags.
 
well, dips work great IMO, and I inspect for eggs and remove them, then QT for a month. That's not to say that they won't get into the system anyway, but I do agree that cutting off the bases is a good idea.

I must admt that my worst problems have occured by purchasing mari-cultured colonies. My assumption is that the mari-culture beds just dno't have the naturally available predators like a wild reef.

I also know some very respected reefers that live with AERFW and/or red bugs and their reefs are quite stunning. The best thing is to not panic and wipe out your corals with the "cure". :)
 
Are most of your acros infected or just a few? Melev treated 1 specific infected colony without tearing down his tank. Fishypets and I battled AEFW on all of our acros for months successfully in a quarantine tank, and when we got careless and treated the QT instead of per our original protocol, that's when we lost everything. Treatment with Fluke Tabs is quite successful if done right, although it is quite labor intensive. I would think that with your coral collection, James, it would be worth it. As indicated by Marko9, Ace (Hobogato) has a very nice thread demonstrating his technique for eradication, and I could provide you with mine as well if you are interested, as it's nearly identical to what Ace did. Let me know if you want help with this.

Mike
 
wow....good luck with your battle. This make me feel like not to add anymore corals into my tank unless it a fresh cut frag from someone I know. Any wrasse will eat the flat worm?
 
someone you know doesn't matter. Strict QT & dip protocol is your best bet. And I stay away from mari-cultured corals which seem to have a disporportionally high instance of bad hitch-hikers.
 
James, I recently started dipping any new arrivals in TLF's ReVive, which will make any AEFW peel off the coral relatively quickly. It costs $17, and smells like Pine Sol.

I had AEFW in my system twice now, but they truly are attracted to tricolors. So those are the corals I've treated, while watching all others for any indications of trouble. I'm not nearly as inclined to buy new corals because I don't want to infest my tank with any pests, but anything that comes in goes into an Interceptor 12 hours bath, then stays in quarantine until I have time to dip it in ReVive and also an Iodine bath.

Then I'll add it to the reef.

I'd focus only on the corals in question.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11629844#post11629844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by naka
Devastating news everyone. I just found some AEFW on some of my sps. I couldn't figure out why I was losing colors on few of my sps colonies, but now I know for sure it's AEFW.

I didn't add any sps to my tank for almost 5 to 6 months, so I don't understand how I got it. I added some Aussie acans last month, do you think that's how I got it?

I'm going to setup the camel shrimp tank to see if I can save my corals. Please advise if you have any better solutions.

Thanks,

James
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James:

There is absolutely no need to panic. They don't kill corals overnite. I have them in my tank now too, yet the tank looks like there is nothing wrong with it. I know a few others who like me have learnt to live with them.

Here is what you need to do, its called the RTBM (Randy's Turkey Baster Method - named after my good friend who taught me how to live with them and still have a great tank).

Get a nice big turkey baster and blast them off the corals. Once they blow off the coral they will get eaten readily by the fish. Make this a routine part of your tank maintenance. At first do it every day for a few day to get most of them off, then you can go to doing it every 3-4 days.

You will find that the AEFW will not attack all the corals, but will be on a few of them. Once you learn which ones pay special attention to those, but make sure you blast all of them.

I have now been doing this for a while now and I find to work well. It does not eradicate them, but as Joe Y of Atlantis says "You become thier predator".

sanjay.
 
I am not advising you to do this but I have seen guys with mature, nice sps dominated reefs that have AEFW. They turkey baste their corals once in a while and the AEFW's comes flying off the coral and the fish eat them.
 
You could also build yourself a Reef Blower like I have:

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Thanks for all the positive input! I'm blowing these worms off my acros until I get my quarantine tank setup.
 
yes, my flame wrasse, clowns, and angel fish have some interest, but I'm thinking of adding 6 line wrasse also.
 
I wouldn't add a 6 line. They are very aggressive and that is the one fish I wish I had not added. He has killed a leopard and firefish :(
 
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