What are Acan Worms?

[that Fish Guy]

All my Acans started to loose color.

Then I started to see White Skeleton.

The Polyps got Smaller and Smaller until they Died.

This happened to 8 of my 12 Acans.

The Remaining 4 (2 were in bad shape) were transferred to another aquarium which had 3 other healthy Acans.

The Bad two died and then the Better 2 of the 4 got bad.

And now it spread to the 3 Healthy Acans too.

I bought a Brand new Healthy Acan to test it out and in 2 Days I started to see Skeleton on that one too so I moved it to another Aquarium and now this Once Perfect a Few Days Ago Acan is almost completely gone.

Somebody mentioned to me about Acan Worms.

What are they?

Does anybody have any Pictures of them?

How can I get rid of them?

 

[AdamSabina]

Do you dip your corals? What do you use? I only ask because I'm wondering it these "worms" are something that can get past revive? I use revive and it kills lots of types of worms but I have no clue about this issue.

Might be worth a try if you don't already use it.

 

[leveldrummer]

tagging along to learn, I have a nice acan thats doing poorly in a tank of others that are doing great. would love to know if this is something i should take action about if I can.

 

[that Fish Guy]

tagging along to learn, I have a nice acan thats doing poorly in a tank of others that are doing great. would love to know if this is something i should take action about if I can.

I do not know if I have the worms but I am just asking as somemone mentioned them to me and I have never heard of them.

I did just Dip them all in Revive and there were some stuff.

But they could just be Harmless Copepods.

I do not know if they were Bad or Good?

Anybody have pics of what these "Acan Worms" look like?

 

[aileen]

Bayer Advanced Insect Killer is the best dip IMO. There is a jelly like wasting disease that I've seen acans get. Either way I'm sorry to hear about your loses.

 

[MechEng99]

Acans (like other corals) can be eaten by corallivore worms (which come in all shapes and sizes). There are also acan-eating spiders, bugs, you name it. I'd use the Bayer dip as suggested to see if that wipes out the problem. I'd dip all the acans at once, once a week, for a few weeks in case the pest is an egg-layer.

What are your parameters? Any other corals having issues?

 

[leveldrummer]

Where do you get this Bayer dip? Is this a common product or some pest killer from Home Depot?

 

[MechEng99]

Pest killer from Home Depot (Lowes, etc.) A $12 bottle will probably last you the rest of your coral days.

 

[Jmcgreef]

Is it really possible a pest killer from Home Depot would be reef safe? I'm a little skeptical

 

[MechEng99]

It's not an in-tank treatment. It's a dip. Google it...you'll find thousands of people have been using it for years with no problems.

 

[Lowefx]

What are the parameters for lps? Is it the same as sps?