HELP AEFW advise

[duke62]

OK im losing the battle with the in tank treatment. 3 acros today look like they are done so i need to rip my tank apart. When removing the acros does every piece of SPS have to come out of the tank like Bnests and montis or just acropora SPS. If i cant beat this i may just end the hobby. I cant afford to stock my tank again and LPS and Softies bore me and all SPS does is give me stress. Im going to give this QT a try for 6 to 8 weeks and see what happens. Now i have to look for a 20 gallon for cheap and maybe a mag 5 . This is just killing me and i have no idea how im doing this with the bad back

 

[anthony27]

Your best bet is to frag small frags of the sps you have now, let some on you trust hold them and then treat the tank. Also if you can dip the sps then dip.

Also load the tank up on wrasses, and blast with ro water. > the only problem with that is it does not kill the eggs.

IF YOU NEED HELP LET ME KNOW>

 

[mbg75]

Was only trying to help....

 

[duke62]

Pull all Acropora out. Birdsnest is a seriatopora.

This might help u identify acros

http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/

dude your joking right? i know what acros are. i want to know if all SPS have to come out not which corals are acropora

 

[mbg75]

dude your joking right? i know what acros are. i want to know if all SPS have to come out not which corals are acropora

Was only trying to help..... Good luck...you won't hear from me anymore.

 

[anthony27]

Tried to help- you have my number let me know

 

[duke62]

i just am asking for answers to what i wrote. im a little stressed right now and very pi$$ed off. i apologise but i know which pieces are acros and which ones are bnests and montis and digis

 

[ecchybridLE]

Duke, don't go ripping anything out or do anything at all. I would also stop basting the coral . That is only added stress IMO. If anything up the flow in the tank on the mp's and just maintain for a while. Let the zeo product have a chance to build up in the coral. I know how stressful that ish can be. Don't go nuts bro. I think the corals are looking stressed because u are!

 

[ecchybridLE]

Maybe take out the ones that look real unhappy and qt those. But don't blast them anymore. Can u actually see aefw on all your acro? Or are they where u found them in the first place?

 

[duke62]

nah bro yellow mille is dead i have a purple acro that turbo gave me that is almost dead. big green acro colony is getting skin eaten everyday im watching it disinegrate and another acro is almost gone. this has been in the last 48 hours. im guessing some eggs hatched and are going to town. dont think i can wait 2 1/2 more months for the flatstop to work everything will be dead by then. not having much faith in it after reading some threads on other forums just now. one guy was 3 months in and he has more AEFW then before

 

[ducati335i]

Bro.. Idk if they are that bad restart the tank and throw everything out.. I'm sure we can all give you a couple frags each,, sounds like a nightmare.. I hate when crap like ich, hair algae, bubble algae attacks us, flatworm! Too much crap in this hobby..

 

[jerl77]

it going to be a hard fight buddy
if i got aefw like i said i would throw out all the acros and stock the tank with lps or strat over
you got my number if you need a hand

 

[charliethetuna88]

Let me know if u need help and u know I can cit everything for u bro I would take all the acros out and quarintine them for months dip them use maybe lamisol to treat the quarentine tank u have some nice peices bro I would try and save them .leave the tank without acros for a few months the flatworms will have no food and die at the same time u can battle the worms outta the main display .I have some lps I can lend u lol

 

[ming]

Only acro's need to be removed, birdsnest are not acros so they won't get affected by aefw. Monti's are also not acro's so they also won't be affected by aefw. aefw only eats acro's. SPS which are not acroporas will not be eaten by acro eating flatworms

 

[Jarrett]

i can come by and help you pull pieces out or anything you need help with the tank i have a bunch of days off this week. let me know

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

I would just keep fighting, keep cutting and dipping every 3 days
This is how I beat it, but best way is to start over or not put any sps in tank for 6 months min.

 

[reefnhard]

I DONT KNO IF U STATED THAT U COULDNT TAKE THEM OUT OR NOT BUT THERES A LINK YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO http://www.norcalreefclub.com/index.php?/topic/3424-for-those-of-you-that-buy-coral-and-dont-dip/
....ITS BAYERS COMPLETE INSECT KILLER,HEARD OF PEOPLE USING IT WITH NO PROBLEMS...I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT NEED THIS BUT IF ANYONE WANTS TO DONATE ANY INFESTED PIECES SO I CAN EXPERIMENT I WILL INDEED DO A THREAD ON IT

 

[Mattl22]

Do they affect stylos and miilis??

 

[duke62]

Millepora is a acropora. they will kill them as well. i just didnt know if after they kill off acros if they might live off the other different types of SPS. i dont know im thinking real hard of just throwing in the towel and maybe coming back after im better. maybe take a year and a half off. just to much for me right now.

 

[duke62]

and i put a BAYER in with a worm and it took 25 minutes for it to die.