Aefw

[dontavo27]

Whats up socali! So what would you guys say is the safest most effective way of removing aefw. Ive read about Exit by Salifert, but it sounds like a long risky process.
All advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Gus.

 

[joseserrano]

Dipping corals every 3-5 days for a couple of months.

 

[All Delight]

I'll assume they're on your aquascape and encrusted onto rocks, you're going to want to remove them from the rocks. Is possible pull the rocks from the tank, inspect thoroughly for eggs and scape them off. Dispose of the bases, the idea is you need to dip every single piece of acro. After you've done that, you'll want to dip all your sps once a week. Bayer is good, coral rx is good but be very careful with smooth skin acros. Rinse them off very good. I would use 2 rinsing stations. Then back into the tank. Assuming you remove all the eggs and dip all the sps, dip for 4-6 weeks every week (preferably 6). Then dip another 4 weeks, every other week.

 

[dontavo27]

Thanks for the advice, but holy smoke am I in for a journey.

 

[jessesoto33]

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[bustayanky]

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I think that's just for red bugs.

 

[jessesoto33]

I think that's just for red bugs.

Thats what peeps say, but other including me have experience in removing worms and other parasites. Only bad thing is it also kills good pods


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[BeanMachine]

If you do a dipping regimine you need to make sure there are no acro encrusted bases on your rock work. You can use putty to smother whats left so it dies.


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[BeanMachine]

Thats what peeps say, but other including me have experience in removing worms and other parasites. Only bad thing is it also kills good pods


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You specifically had aefw and it worked for those?


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[jessesoto33]

You specifically had aefw and it worked for those?


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No I cant say I have, I guess I shouldnt be saying things I have not experienced myself!

 

[BeanMachine]

No I cant say I have, I guess I shouldnt be saying things I have not experienced myself!

Its all good that's why I asked. First I've heard of that, if it did work, it would be all over the net as AEFW are almost impossible to get rid of entirely. Not impossible, just really unlikely unless they are all removed. You have to be religious on the dips.

 

[jessesoto33]

Its all good that's why I asked. First I've heard of that, if it did work, it would be all over the net as AEFW are almost impossible to get rid of entirely. Not impossible, just really unlikely unless they are all removed. You have to be religious on the dips.

True, I dip everything. I lost a couple Frags for leaving in solution to long. I guess its better than introducing pest and end up losing more in the long run


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[dontavo27]

Im just starting off with sps, and I think I already had the flat bastards, I remember seeing my mushrooms covered in them. My recently added WD is taking a major hit, and already has eggs on the skeletal part that died off. My Montis and other sps seem unfazed including
A joe the coral I got from My buddy Ed back in November. Maybe its just easier to keep what I can.

 

[reefes pieces]

I know those are nice corals but if you only have a few SPS then might be worth it to yank em and let the AEFW starve out. And start over after a few life cycles. That is if you only have a few frags going on and you plan on trading or selling frags out of your tank down the line.

Im just starting off with sps, and I think I already had the flat bastards, I remember seeing my mushrooms covered in them. My recently added WD is taking a major hit, and already has eggs on the skeletal part that died off. My Montis and other sps seem unfazed including
A joe the coral I got from My buddy Ed back in November. Maybe its just easier to keep what I can.

 

[Mr V]

Im just starting off with sps, and I think I already had the flat bastards, I remember seeing my mushrooms covered in them.....

If you see those flatworm cover your mushroom then hey are not aefw. They maybe just planarian flatworm.
Flatworm exit or Kz flatworm stop WILL NOT kill aefw.

 

[dontavo27]

I know those are nice corals but if you only have a few SPS then might be worth it to yank em and let the AEFW starve out. And start over after a few life cycles. That is if you only have a few frags going on and you plan on trading or selling frags out of your tank down the line.

The only issue with that, now that I think about it, is that the flatworm have been in my tank before I even had sps. So how do you starve them out? Is there a chance that they arent aefw and maybe another type. I closely inspected the WD and dipped,
Had two flat worms fall off and even found what I believe to be eggs under one of the branches.

 

[dontavo27]

If you see those flatworm cover your mushroom then hey are not aefw. They maybe just planarian flatworm.
Flatworm exit or Kz flatworm stop WILL NOT kill aefw.

They must not be, but theyve eaten part of wd, and laid eggs that look a lot like aefw eggs, which is why I was worried. Ill Post some pictures in a couple of hours.

 

[joseserrano]

Look for bite marks on the Acro

 

[dontavo27]

These are the flat worms on my mushrooms


This is what Im starting to see on the sps. I hope the pictures are clear enough.

 

[reefes pieces]

Looks like red planaria to me. If its red planaria then its harmless to coral and flatworm exit will kill it off.