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

[impur]

My blue legs don't touch them.

Here is a shot to show some bite marks

 

[easttn]

Dumb question, why do they always attack from the bottom up? They always seem to attack from the base, maybe there is something we can put around them (on the base rock) that will keep them off. Just askin.

 

[robertloop]

I wonder if the worms are not so much eating the coral but snuffing out the light. Could the bite marks be just an area that has not recieved as much light? Perhaps they are only using the acro as a home. The problemn is just as serious I suppose, but sometimes "geeks in the basement" come up with things. :lol:

 

[Travis]

I am guessing that the FW's start at the bottom because they don't like light and that is the darkest place on the coral.

The FW's feed off the coral's zooxanthellae so it is safe to say they are "eating" the coral.

 

[gflat65]

The one that made it official that I had AEFW's was due to RTN of one of my favorites. It had shown the bite marks for a while and had faded, then it was gone...

 

[stanlyyau]

Hi all, I would like to know what is the effective way to clear up those red worms in my acropora?

I just found some was hide inside and i am worrying them will spread their eggs!!

Thanks

 

[Serioussnaps]

I just checked my tank out during lights off(late night)....

Has anyone seen a flat worm type creature that is white with black markings....2 eyes(meaning markings not actual eyes) close to the head(on the back)with a black stripe tapering off toward the rear....remember whitish yellow base...anyone ever seen one of these????? I would take a pic but my camera sucks and i dont even think it will take a good night time pic! Just seeing if anyone ever seen one of these or know what they are.

Also, can AEFW even survive without ACROS....there has to be some other food source so that even if you leave your tank fallow of Acros for a long time they still survive???///

 

[Serioussnaps]

This is what i am talking about..kept looking and this is what it looks like....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8034396#post8034396

A Chiton??? My tank has just been moved and hasnt had an Acro in it for almost 2 years....this couldnt be a flatworm could it????

The one i observed is more purely white with the black from the "eyes" going down the back....of course in those pics those suckers got intercepted so I am sure it changed the pigments somewhat...but thats it right there

 

[gflat65]

Anecdotal evidence has recorded that after approximately 5 days, the AEFW's starve. With an acroless tank for one month or five weeks, there should be no surviving AEFW's. If it is hard and doesn't move fast, it's a chiton...

 

[Serioussnaps]

its a chiton....after some looking around today i can 95% confirm that it is a chiton...but i can definitely say it is not an AEFW as you say their lifecycle makes it impossible...i am about to stock the tank so i want to be assured i am perfect at the get go...

Also, does anyone have a few pictures they wouldnt mind posting not of AEFW's(we already have that) but of the eggs?????

 

[Serioussnaps]

Whats the deal with millepora and AEFW and other pests??

Are they more "disease/predation" resistant?? Should they be treated just as the more susceptible specimens of Acropora???

I currently dont have a QT set up(nor have i restocked my tank so its not a big deal)however...

I am thinking about going with lots of milles so just wondering how they fair in the world of all these beasts.

 

[clkwrk]

AEFW's like mille's also . IME they are #2 on the list

 

[gflat65]

I had always heard (and had read) that they lvoed mille's, but they didn't touch mine. They loved all of the other norms, though (valida, nana, cerealis, efflo).

 

[trueblackpercula]

Well I will say that I added some blue leg hermits to a bowl and added The normal flat worms not the acro eating type together. After 5 days they did not even look at them but I will say the flat worms were dead..............Only because there was not enough oxygen in the bowl for them and the blue leg hermits to live. The hermits were fine and were checked before I put them back into my system. I learned that this is what happens to the flat worms they die off in low oxygen water thanks to a article I read in coral magazine.
Hope this little info helps .
Michael

 

[Travis]

I have seen AEFW's and RB's on my milli's in the past. No acro is safe from either pest.

 

[Serioussnaps]

Thats not good news....i think a display of a bunch of huge milles will look cool with a shoal of chromis over it.....

guess i am going to have to make a trip to the vet this week before i start stocking

 

[Serioussnaps]

i know interceptor for red bugs....i have seen that work personally but for AEFW's what are the majority of people seeing success in treating and also as a prophylactic(spelling probably)

i would rather it be more protective and not ever allow them in the display....i dont have QT set up and dont really want to so for now i am dipping the **** out of any new pieces i buy before going in the tank

hows TMPCC???? i hope i am not rehashing too much but if i am i hope it doesnt grind anyone's gears!

 

[Serioussnaps]

no one got any pictures of AEFW's eggs??????

 

[clkwrk]

They should be coming I pm'd a few asking that they post some pictures over here. One person said tonight.

 

[melev]

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I just treated them with interceptor last night, and the coral is cleansed again.