AEFW bites pics
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That’s exactly what i did, i got rid of the ones that weren’t too valuable, in my case most of them are just frags so it is easier to do the weekly dip with bayer.
Every Sunday before water change a dip them for 8 to 10 mins. I put all frags in a 5 gallon bucket with 1 1/2 gals of water and 40 ml of bayer
So far i have been battling AEFW for 5 weeks, i can tell the progress, be patient bud.
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Every Sunday before water change a dip them for 8 to 10 mins. I put all frags in a 5 gallon bucket with 1 1/2 gals of water and 40 ml of bayer
So far i have been battling AEFW for 5 weeks, i can tell the progress, be patient bud.
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Look for areas of dead tissue too eggs seems to kill off the area the eggs they attached to. If you see multiple cluster of eggs expect that many adult full grown. And how big the egg cluster is helps you decide how big and mature they are. As for dips I have used melafix 2.5 ml per cup of tank water. For anything that is full grown and can’t be removed for dipping you could try taking a powerhead/turkey baster and blow it off hard especially the underside of it. Just know you can’t get the eggs off with the powerhead. They also seem to pop on top at night when lights are out.
That’s exactly what i did, i got rid of the ones that weren’t too valuable, in my case most of them are just frags so it is easier to do the weekly dip with bayer.
Every Sunday before water change a dip them for 8 to 10 mins. I put all frags in a 5 gallon bucket with 1 1/2 gals of water and 40 ml of bayer
So far i have been battling AEFW for 5 weeks, i can tell the progress, be patient bud.
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Every Sunday before water change a dip them for 8 to 10 mins. I put all frags in a 5 gallon bucket with 1 1/2 gals of water and 40 ml of bayer
So far i have been battling AEFW for 5 weeks, i can tell the progress, be patient bud.
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If they can be removed easily dip them in Bayer once a week. Stay on schedule! If you have the time to dip every 5 days that's better. Also depends on how bad along with the infestation you are (the pic you posted is bad, but I've seen worse). More aggressive dipping could kill the acros. I'd do once a week if it were me.
Depending on how many acros you have to dip, consider using a heater of your dipping and rinsing bins. Remember to use 2 rinsing bins. You don't want any residual bayer to enter the tank.
Use a pump to circulate water in the dipping bin and let the flow blow off the aefw.
If you see eggs scrape them. Or what I would do is remount the frags on new clean plugs cutting off the base.
I'd do the dipping process for 8 weeks. You'll see considerable improvement at the 3 to 4 week mark.
Don't cut the process short, I prefer to do a couple extra weeks even when it's looking good. You don't want any to slip through the cracks or you'll be right back here in a few months when their population builds up.
It sucks, but you can beat it.
Depending on how many acros you have to dip, consider using a heater of your dipping and rinsing bins. Remember to use 2 rinsing bins. You don't want any residual bayer to enter the tank.
Use a pump to circulate water in the dipping bin and let the flow blow off the aefw.
If you see eggs scrape them. Or what I would do is remount the frags on new clean plugs cutting off the base.
I'd do the dipping process for 8 weeks. You'll see considerable improvement at the 3 to 4 week mark.
Don't cut the process short, I prefer to do a couple extra weeks even when it's looking good. You don't want any to slip through the cracks or you'll be right back here in a few months when their population builds up.
It sucks, but you can beat it.
