What corals are and are not safe from AEFW

[Kedd]

I think I have a pretty good idea on what corals I can and cannot leave in the tank.
I plan to starve the worms and don't want anything in the tank for them to eat.

Please help list what is know to be true only.

SPS and LPS common names are fine.( better for me)LOL.

If your not sure, please sit back and read, that is what I'm going to do.


Thanks,
Kedd

 

[jackson6745]

Stylophoras are safe. I've never seen or heard of AEFW's attacking them.

 

[jhale]

I found that they like corals such as your purple nana the most.

I lost a large colony of a larry jackson I had grown from a frag from Shaun.

FWIW, I dipped everything going back into my tank. remember I started with all new rock, so I was just dealing with the coral itself.
The only corals I found any worms on were the nana, a valida, robusta, a purple bonzai, and a few other acro's I did not know the names of.

In my case the infestation was localized to the colonies nearest to the infected colonies I had placed in the tank. I can't say if given time the worms would have not spread to more corals, these were just the ones closest to them. I'll try to find some pics of the colonies I lost.

 

[jhale]

these are 2 of the corals that i found worms on,

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2456&catid=member&imageuser=533

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=4309&catid=member&imageuser=533

 

[mshur]

fellas,
If we didnt see any Fw on this acro ,that doesnt mean they dont have eggs on the base
But, from my exp. and lots of reading and talking to people,looks like Stylo and birdnests are safe.But again, i dip those too to make sure...

mike

 

[jhale]

Mike, my thinking is if there are no worms found on the base or branch's then worms are not hosting the coral, and there would not be eggs.
this is all just my own speculation from the observations made in my tank.
if I found many worms coming off in the dip then there were eggs on the colonies. the times when I saw only a few worms there would be no eggs. and when I found no worms I would not find any eggs.

I will say one thing, the tropic marin dip did help in locating eggs. after dipping the eggs would be apparent. I do not know if the fluke tabs have the same effect. however at the point when eggs are found it's usually too late to save the colony so I'm not sure what difference it would make.

all the colonies where I found just a few worms have survived.

I agree birds nest and stylos do not attract the worms, but I dipped them also.

 

[Kedd]

What about capps and monti's, and what about LPS as a whole?

Do fluke tabs kiil or just stun the worms?


So far it seems if there are no worms on the coral it survives the pro cure, but as Jon says lots of worms and it's over, the coral just cant take the dip.


Kedd

 

[mshur]

Jon,
U right this is our speculations. Noone knows for sure ,yet
But, i spoke with tropic marine and my german friend Alexander from zeo forum.They all told me that pro-cure was desing to dip coral only once.its not for multiple dips.

mike

 

[mshur]

Kedd,
For how long do u keep coral in pro-cure and how dark slution is?
As far as caps...i wouldnt worry abou it..

 

[Gisela]

Hi. What is aefw? Sorry to ask.

 

[jhale]

Hi. What is aefw? Sorry to ask.

stands for "acropora eating flat worms"
they are hard to see on coral and if left unchecked they can kill the whole
colony. they eat the tissue of acropora's. if you do not keep sps corals then you do not need to worry about them.

 

[herman]

Hi. What is aefw? Sorry to ask.

Acropora Eating Flat Worms

 

[Kedd]

Mshur the color is tea (not light) and the dip is 15 mins.

 

[jackson6745]

Mshur the color is tea (not light) and the dip is 15 mins.

Kedd are we talking green tea or English breakfast?:chef:

 

[mshur]

Mshur the color is tea (not light) and the dip is 15 mins.

yep, thats what i did too. did u notice that with a time solution is getting lighter? i usually add a couple of more drops when i see that...
Good luck man,

 

[jhale]

i made mine a medium english breakfast.
and you know not to reuse the dip right, just one colony per mix.

 

[Kedd]

Yes, I will say a good dark sun brewed tea, and one per coral.

I' amazed at the corals that have them, I haven't dipped mine but the back ups have been dipped, and checked for eggs.
There is now way to see them with the naked eye!!!!!!!
These corals have NO marks and GREAT polyp extention( millipora) and are loaded.

I can't imagin how many people don't know they have them, I would say Rich is right at 90%.


Kedd

 

[spykes]

i remember when i first got those suckers no one i asked can confirm what those bite marks were. When you look close you might find a big one, but the small ones cannot be seen. I dipped the corals under fresh water and those AEFW fell off. these son of a gun cannot be seen with an naked eye

 

[neptune]

oh great i have the same corals in my tank ......and they came from KEDDs tank

 

[Kedd]

Neptune4 it is possible, I'll say I know for sure wher these came from.
Not to say I didn't have them before.
three weeks ago I saw a decline in health of one coral.

I'm no pro but I have had a reef for 8-9 years now and I know when something is happing in my tank.

The long and short is ,both of us should have dipped in pro cure or something., but I didn't see any signs.
Neptune I don't know when you came by, but it was before I got the coarl in question.
I've put maybe 3 sps and 2 monti in my tank in the last year so i'm pretty sure, wher they came from.

I have dipped all corals the enter my tank for RB's, but never flat worms I couldn't see.

In no way am I happy this happened, it's embarassing, but I felt people should know.

BTW how do the frags from me look?
Could you still dip them, or are they attached?
This would be nice to know for you, me and others.