SPS PREADATORS Red bugs, AEFW's ,Monti nudis and Sea spiders. Pictures Inside

[CyanoMagnet]

Hi all. Would like to post a picture of one of the sps I got 2 weeks ago. These are the first sps I have ever owned.

Well I guess better now than later.

Thinking about going LPS again.

 

[clkwrk]

Now's the time to pull those few pieces cut your losses and go about it right . Setup a qt tank, it is an essential componet of any healthy reef system otherwise you run the risk of introducing something unwanted into your display.

 

[kirsto71]

I am about to setup a new tank and i want to dip all my corals to try to ensure there is no risk of any unknown nasties. What is best to use

Tropic Marin Coral Cure
Betadine (Povodine Iodine 10%)

or do people recommend other preventative dips.

Cheers

 

[Reef banditz]

thanks for the pics everyone.. how about the crabs that live inside of the acros? except the teddy bear crabs, the other ones? are they hazardous too?

 

[flyyyguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13226222#post13226222 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reef banditz
thanks for the pics everyone.. how about the crabs that live inside of the acros? except the teddy bear crabs, the other ones? are they hazardous too?

the smooth skinned acro crabs are your friends

 

[flyyyguy]

 

[melev]

Those are some incredible pictures of some very frustrating pests.

 

[CyanoMagnet]

Heres a milli. Noticed them laying eggs on epoxy both times.

 

[CyanoMagnet]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8065168#post8065168 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
they flocked to the coral probably because it was weak and made an easy target...the FW's knew the same thing....they werent going because of each other...

kind of like vultures and hyenas....they dont go to the same carcass to eat each other but to eat the carcass

Maybe they flocked to the coral to eat the smallest of flatworms?

I have read thread after thread....and redbugs seem to go hand and hand with aefw.

Keep in mind that redbugs are so much easier to see than a flatworm in water. AEFW ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO SPOT ON A CORAL IN WATER!!

Maybe those people who have redbugs and dying corals don't even know they have AEFW and simply conclude that the redbugs are the ones responsible for the death of a coral.

Also when tanks are treated for redbugs, why have so many people come down with infestations of AEFW after?

Was it because the AEFW were always in the tank in smaller numbers and became noticable only after infestation?

 

[flyyyguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13230788#post13230788 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CyanoMagnet

I have read thread after thread....and redbugs seem to go hand and hand with aefw.


Maybe those people who have redbugs and dying corals don't even know they have AEFW and simply conclude that the redbugs are the ones responsible for the death of a coral.

?

Red bugs go hand in hand with aefw's becasause the same careless dip and qt procedures allow them both to get into your system

I agree with that last statement. Redbugs dont kill otherwise healthy corals. Can they cause loss of color, slower growth.......make corals a little bit weak so they are susceptible to other things that will kill them.....sure. But not outright kill tehm if that is the only problem.

 

[CyanoMagnet]

What do you make of all the reports of people who see aefw after using interceptor? Thats what concerns me the most.

BTW , still no signs of AEFW after 2 weeks, but theyre in there.

Hope you still have the stomach for them if I see them again.:lol:

 

[flyyyguy]

It happened to me as well when I had the worms.

I didnt know it until I killed the redbugs.

The accounts of it are purely coincidental with the exceoption of the careless dips and qt's that allowed them therein the frist place.

When you first learn you have redbugs, most people start looking at their corals much closer. If you didnt treat for the red bugs nor became aware of them, the aefw's would soon become apparent whether or not you treated for red bugs

 

[CyanoMagnet]

Good points and spoken from experience.

Hope I don't have to deal with the redbugs as well. AEFW is enough.

 

[clkwrk]

I would take and live withredbugs over AEFW anyday.

 

[detect007]

GReat thread!!! My stomach is sick at the thought of these pests in my tank. Hopefully will never get to meet any of them!!!

 

[Chaloupa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13232804#post13232804 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clkwrk
I would take and live withredbugs over AEFW anyday.

Me too!

 

[HankB]

I guess I can ad some pictures from my first foray into SPS:
Sea spider:

The spider was nearly impossible to see. I spotted it as it crawled over the coral while it was back lit (in my QT) by some sunlight. At first I thought a stomatella was crawling over it but what I first thought were antennae started to move very much like a spider's front legs. I put the coral in a small container and could no longer see it! I thought it had escaped, but it had only escaped my gaze. It hadn't moved. I spotted it again following an iodine dip (1 drop/cup of tank water.) I captured it with a turkey baster and put it back in the iodine dip where it survived for at least a couple of days.


The iodine dip was for this:

I think you already have better pictures of a monti eating nudi, but this one also shows eggs pretty clearly. It was on a recently acquired frag and I removed it manually and scrubbed the underside with a soft toothbrush. I dipped it a couple of days later and inspected for more eggs and believe it is now clean. It will remain in QT a couple more weeks until I can be sure.

 

[adamblackburn22]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11423036#post11423036 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti

One night I was inspecting my chalices and I found this little bugger. Later I was told by a few various reefkeepers that they were a safe pod, also known as a sand skater (Right Marc?). I had already quit the hobby by the time the first response had come back to me.

Like I said, hang in there Others have beat them and so can you.

Just found about 30 of these one night looking at my tank with a flashlight. Will they harm anything in my tank(SPS,LPS)? Do they grow out of control?

Adam

 

[melev]

No, those are fine. They are nicknamed "Sand Skaters" and are harmless pods.

 

[moo0o]

do AEFW only bite where there is less light first and THEN where it gets the most?

I have a 20k leagues lokani that looked like it had bite marks but they were only in the sides where it was exposed to lights the most. The underside of the coral didn't have any bite marks or anything.