reefndude
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Picked up two acro mini colonies from a friend today. Dipped and noticed 3 larger flat worms. Hard to get a good picture of the flatworm itself. Not sure if these are eggs or dead flesh underneath?
Aefw eggs?
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nashorn
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QT? Shouldn't take a chance just Frag undamage parts and dump the rest.
I learned the hard way when I brought a prealberry colony.
I superglued and cut out all the eggs I found but a month later I found my 1st AEFW.
I learned the hard way when I brought a prealberry colony.
I superglued and cut out all the eggs I found but a month later I found my 1st AEFW.
nashorn
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I fought them until a tank crash(vacation) then they were all gone....lol
I did notice blowing them off seems to work. If u did it twice or more per day the ones that blew off were smaller and smaller. I ran some filters to catch what I can in the water stream.
My theory was they didn't have enough time to feed and then less could lay eggs.
I did notice blowing them off seems to work. If u did it twice or more per day the ones that blew off were smaller and smaller. I ran some filters to catch what I can in the water stream.
My theory was they didn't have enough time to feed and then less could lay eggs.
BoomCorals
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If you really want the entire piece just dip once a week for five weeks. By the fifth week you shouldn’t see any eggs. The aefw eggs can take 1-4 weeks to hatch. Baby aefw take 2-3 weeks to mature enough to lay eggs. So weekly dips will kill them before they can lay again.
Wow that tank the coral came from is infested badly! How did they not notice that when they cut the frags for you? :O
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reefndude
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It's a buddy of mine. Tank looks great and no signs of aefw. He had a few mini colonies he kept in his sump which is where these two pieces were sitting. I told him to check over his acros but he says he doesn't see any at all.
Ah ok maybe it's just in his sump right now. Hopefully he knows what he is looking for. That's a lot of eggs though.
BoomCorals
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That’s not tooo many eggs. A single flatworm could lay that many. As to your buddy’s tank - he has them. He just can’t see them or notice the damage yet. Give it 3-6 months and the acros will suddenly be dying. When aefw hatch they go into the water column. So they aren’t just in the sump.
happyhourhero
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I would discard the frags without hesitation.
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reefndude
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I know he has them, evidence from the pieces I received. He uses a uv sterilizer. Do you think that is helping to contain them in sump area? He also has wrasses and anthias that may be helping to control them in the display? I saw a lot of dead ones in my bucket after the dip. For some reason I can't get the pictures to upload.
I'm so happy I dip every piece of coral no matter where they come from. Never would of thought he had aefw.
BoomCorals
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The UV isn’t doing anything. And at best the wrasses/anthias are just having some free meals. They won’t stop or control the AEFW. And if the pieces you got had a lot of worms, then his tank has a lot of them too. He has to take the coral out and dip them then inspect. I guarantee you’ll find more worms, eggs, bites. AEFW are masters at hiding. You won’t see them from outside the tank until the infestation is really bad.
