AEFW experiments and study
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Dowtish
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I had the thought that being that there is no food source for them and they are beginning to starve, that out of preservation and survival alone that they are laying more eggs than normal. But then again I have seen an egg cluster on the base of an acro colony and super glued over it and in 3 days there were 3 more clusters of eggs around the glued ones.
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Day 10, Experiment 1 (Nov 14th)
Compartment 1: No change (16 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present
Compartment 2: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 6 AEFW present
Compartment 3: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all 10 AEFW present
Compartment 4: 6 AEFW dead (1 egg cluster to date), 1 remaining AEFW
Compartment 5: All remaining 5 AEFW dead – compartment empty
Notes:
As of today, all of compartment 5, the smallest AEFW, are dead. They were the 1-2mm group in size. Just 1 remaining AEFW in compartment 4, the 2-4mm size group, the largest of them is the sole survivor. Multiple experiment runs will verify or disprove these results, of the smaller AEFW all dying around days 9-10. The larger AEFW continue to live, but are much much less active at night than when first removed from the Acropora.
Waterchange performed at 10am and 10pm
Compartment 1: No change (16 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 5 AEFW present
Compartment 2: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all remaining 6 AEFW present
Compartment 3: No change (10 total egg clusters to date), all 10 AEFW present
Compartment 4: 6 AEFW dead (1 egg cluster to date), 1 remaining AEFW
Compartment 5: All remaining 5 AEFW dead – compartment empty
Notes:
As of today, all of compartment 5, the smallest AEFW, are dead. They were the 1-2mm group in size. Just 1 remaining AEFW in compartment 4, the 2-4mm size group, the largest of them is the sole survivor. Multiple experiment runs will verify or disprove these results, of the smaller AEFW all dying around days 9-10. The larger AEFW continue to live, but are much much less active at night than when first removed from the Acropora.
Waterchange performed at 10am and 10pm
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Very Very cool. A one who has done battle with them, this is So very interesting. Tagging along.
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This is great! Thanks for posting and keeping up to date!
kacrocorals581
Gotta have that acro
They can live 3 to 4 weeks without food
kacrocorals581
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Well maybe I should be more elaborate my buddy did the same thing it took about a month with no food source for all to die including new hach wonder how close your result's will be to his
From reading one of your initial observations about them being nocturnal
Would it be possible to have a another container that had light 24/7
Since you said your observations only showed them laying eggs in the dark. Could running lights on a tank that has aefw 24/7. At a reduced intensity of course. Discourage egg laying and help with treatment. No eggs/ no new aefw?
So maybe for a hobbyist that has them. Add a single 10 k t-5 to run when the mains go out for a week straight while dipping and maybe it can help break the life cycle
Bob
Would it be possible to have a another container that had light 24/7
Since you said your observations only showed them laying eggs in the dark. Could running lights on a tank that has aefw 24/7. At a reduced intensity of course. Discourage egg laying and help with treatment. No eggs/ no new aefw?
So maybe for a hobbyist that has them. Add a single 10 k t-5 to run when the mains go out for a week straight while dipping and maybe it can help break the life cycle
Bob
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Already planning on it, that'll be a future experiment. Its currently on my list of things to find out in my second post. Multiple compartments, several lit normally, and several lit 24/7. Compare the activity and egg laying in both compartments and see how the light affects them. I added that question when I verified they were in fact nocturnal.
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