Jstn
Member
For the last 3 months my LPS have been doing terrible, while my sps flourish, spend much time chasing parameters, water changes ect. By chance I found late one night a oenone worm munching an acan. I removed him, along with a few others after finding a burrow or too.

Mind you this is only half the worm
I let this rock sit out for 2 days, then see this crawl out.
The first worm I removed.
Now after 2 days in air, one day in RODI + vinegar, and another day in RODI I still seem to have a worm problem coming from this rock. I really like this rock and have had it for 4 years, but I am at the point of almost giving up, as its hard to watch your favorite acans decline slowly. I am debating on a full restart, remove all live rock, get dry rock and replace the sand bed. But then the cycle issue becomes an problem. The tank is small, (40b) and I have some rock in the sump (10lbs). Any ideas on what to do or how to proceed?
TIA

Mind you this is only half the worm
I let this rock sit out for 2 days, then see this crawl out.
The first worm I removed.
Now after 2 days in air, one day in RODI + vinegar, and another day in RODI I still seem to have a worm problem coming from this rock. I really like this rock and have had it for 4 years, but I am at the point of almost giving up, as its hard to watch your favorite acans decline slowly. I am debating on a full restart, remove all live rock, get dry rock and replace the sand bed. But then the cycle issue becomes an problem. The tank is small, (40b) and I have some rock in the sump (10lbs). Any ideas on what to do or how to proceed?
TIA