SPS Dominated Elos-70 (55G) Reef

revhtree · Jan 2, 2016

Oh man hate to hear this! What's the plan?

ifarmer · Jan 2, 2016

ifarmer · Jan 2, 2016

revhtree said:
Oh man hate to hear this! What's the plan?

This was all started 6 weeks ago. and the plan was setup to dip all corals weekly (once a week) with Bayer for 8 weeks.

So
I removed all corals off the rocks.
Scraped off any encrusted parts on the rocks.
Cut off the based of each coral (base and also about 1/4" from the base).
Mounted all corals on a new plug.
Installed a frag rack in the corner of the tank.

Just did my 6th dipping this morning. Two more weeks (2 more dipping), then I will mount the corals back on the rocks.

What I have learned so far.
1. Bayer does not kill AEFW, even after 45 minutes. Bayer makes AEFW to fall off the coral but they still alive even after 45 minutes.

2. Lost all pods in the tank, lost all shrimps in the tank, lost all crabs in the tank. (too much residual Bayer from dipping so that killed them).

ifarmer · Jan 27, 2016

finished the 9 weeks of Bayer dipping. a 9 weeks long seems like century long.

In the process of dipping, I lost 1 coral which isn't too bad.
I mounted all the corals on the frag plug in case I need to do more dipping if necessary.

I also decided to go without sand again.

ifarmer · Jan 27, 2016

Nht · Jan 27, 2016

Sorry to hear about your aefw problem. I too found a couple of on my corals about a month ago and have been doing weekly dips with coralrx without a quarantine tank but since them have found none on my sps. Why did you decide with going with Bayer and not other coral dips? I've found that with Bayer you really can't tell if any are falling off because the dip water is so cloudy. Do you feel confident that you've completely eradicated them? Please advise on your methods. Thanks

ifarmer · Jan 27, 2016

too be honest, all I can do is just to hope that there are any aefw left in the tank.
Lots of people recommended to use Bayer and it is very safe to coral and cheap