Please tell me its not AEFW... (pics included)

[reefyourself]

Hey everyoone,

Ive been observing my corals for quite some time...I have two corals which seem to always keep me on the edge thinking I have AEFW or something is bothering the coral.

I put a bottom/side picture of the coral as well as a top down....could it be flow related? What about my stylo?

Anyone have any ideas if this is AEFW?

 

[reefyourself]

I have inspected all my sps...and these are the only 2 with these weird marks....

 

[Logzor]

The second two pictures are of birdsnest, which would not be effected by AEFWs. The first two, I'm not sure sure if those are acros either.

 

[mutateddogbone]

birdsnest are not acropora, but actually seritapora, in the pocillipora family which are unaffected by AEFW like logzor says. hard to tell if it has bitemarks or not. what fish do you have in your system and what kind of flow.

 

[reefyourself]

Flow i have 1 Mp20 @ 75% lagoon mode and i have my return pump. the first 2 pictures are suppose to be a millipora (which i bought last year as a single frag) doesnt even look like millipora.....

 

[reefyourself]

as for fish i have 2 clowns an algae eating blenny and a 6line....

 

[mutateddogbone]

well i can tell you for sure it is not A.Millepora. A.Millepora has small axial and radial coralites that are tightly bunched and varying sizes. similiar to scales on a reptile.

how large is the tank? i cannot see any bites or eggs on it, so it may be light/flow/alk related. i notice alot of bubble algae and cyano on your rocks as well. could be a nutrient issue

 

[reefyourself]

hmmm...Actually nitrates are at 1-2ppm and my phospates are <0.03ppm....

Its a 20 gallon aquarium (total system volume 25 gallons with sump)

 

[reefyourself]

phospates under 0.08

 

[pluschinatown]

I dont see anything either. hmmm

 

[rogerwilco357]

weird thing

weird thing

birdsnest are not acropora, but actually seritapora, in the pocillipora family which are unaffected by AEFW like logzor says. hard to tell if it has bitemarks or not. what fish do you have in your system and what kind of flow.

well i basted them after spending a month with the water parameters which were well within range and the lights and the flow , but turned out it was aefw and found that out with a simple turkey baster the blew right off and then inspected the base looked like a brown patch even like tissue so i thought till i got a loupe and magnifiying glass and seen them eggs , man wasted a month and damage was done to my mother colony hope you catch it early to save your corals but pray it is something simple like and alk swing or ph ..will cross my fingers brother good luck..
Roger
ps by the way i have been told they only hit the acros but i have found some on my poccilapora and was shocked at the base they blew right off.. check em all.

 

[saltygeek]

I dont really see anything on the acro pics. The second pic just looks like that piece fo the colony is getting less light so the skin will normally smooth out, lighten and sometimes polyps will disappear. Seems normal to me.

 

[mutateddogbone]

ps by the way i have been told they only hit the acros but i have found some on my poccilapora and was shocked at the base they blew right off.. check em all.

not to nit pick, but that would mean that it wouldnt be AEFW anyway, being that pocillapora is not an acropora?:rollface:

there are many species of flatworms, and your pocillapora could have had planaria on it. but AEFW is very species specific
here are all the species in this family http://www.ultimatereef.net/info/iddb/pocilliporidae.php

 

[rogerwilco357]

agree

agree

not to nit pick, but that would mean that it wouldnt be AEFW anyway, being that pocillapora is not an acropora?:rollface:

there are many species of flatworms, and your pocillapora could have had planaria on it. but AEFW is very species specific
here are all the species in this family http://www.ultimatereef.net/info/iddb/pocilliporidae.php

I totally agree that is why they are called aefw acro eating flat worms but , I do know the difference and just posted what i saw captured and destroyed ..but I could have imagined it all...:dance: