AEFW - confirmed, going to just restart

[Max93]

Hello,

thankfully I only have a few small frags left. Like four. Honestly, it’s not worth the risk of buying more frags so I’d rather throw everything out and just wait.
Questions:

how long for all AEFW to starve in the display? I’m thinking of going 90 days “fallow.”

Do AEFW attack montipora caps and cyphastrea?

this whole time I thought I had a nutrient issue, but upon my fifth dip, found eggs on a Walt Disney that was doing awesome and died this week.

 

[ScottB]

Hello,

thankfully I only have a few small frags left. Like four. Honestly, it’s not worth the risk of buying more frags so I’d rather throw everything out and just wait.
Questions:

how long for all AEFW to starve in the display? I’m thinking of going 90 days “fallow.”

Do AEFW attack montipora caps and cyphastrea?

this whole time I thought I had a nutrient issue, but upon my fifth dip, found eggs on a Walt Disney that was doing awesome and died this week.

With such a short reproduction cycle, I have to think that 60 or even 30 days should do. Remove any encrustments of course.

And no, these are very species specific -- sometimes they will only feed on certain acropora and not others.

 

[Max93]

With such a short reproduction cycle, I have to think that 60 or even 30 days should do. Remove any encrustments of course.

And no, these are very species specific -- sometimes they will only feed on certain acropora and not others.

Thank you, I’ll go for 60 to be extra safe and I’ll epoxy over any remaining bases on the rocks.

I noticed that they left my millie alone for a long time and the Walt. They started with the slimer then the tricolor. Then just hammered away at everything super nice.
It took five dips to finally see eggs, insane.

 

[ScottB]

Thank you, I’ll go for 60 to be extra safe and I’ll epoxy over any remaining bases on the rocks.

I noticed that they left my millie alone for a long time and the Walt. They started with the slimer then the tricolor. Then just hammered away at everything super nice.
It took five dips to finally see eggs, insane.

Did the dips reveal the worms themselves? I find the eggs super difficult to see with my boomer eyes. My son can see them across the room though, so...

The best dip my a mile is potassium chloride (KCl) at 1 tbls per gallon. It does not stun AEFW. It absolutely melts them and leaves acros perfectly happy.

 

[Max93]

Did the dips reveal the worms themselves? I find the eggs super difficult to see with my boomer eyes. My son can see them across the room though, so...

The best dip my a mile is potassium chloride (KCl) at 1 tbls per gallon. It does not stun AEFW. It absolutely melts them and leaves acros perfectly happy.

I feel like they’re super tiny flatworms . I’ve only caught one that was decently sized. The dip reveals a bunch of circular tiny ones though, and the eggs I have to really look with a flashlight but they’re definitely AEFW eggs.
I’ve been using the Red Sea coral dip, but thinking of switching back to Bayer. I hate Bayer because I can’t see anything. Where do you get KCl?

 

[sculpin01]

Just use Brightwell Potassion-P powder at 10 g/L tank water for 5 minutes. It mixes clear so you can see what dies and is lethal to everything except eggs and copepods that hide in polyps.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Just use Brightwell Potassion-P powder at 10 g/L tank water for 5 minutes. It mixes clear so you can see what dies and is lethal to everything except eggs and copepods that hide in polyps.

Is the potassion powder comparable to, or the same as a "kci" dip?

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

I use potassium chloride from alpha chemicals. Didn’t know their was a powder.

 

[billyocean]

I use potassium chloride from alpha chemicals. Didn’t know their was a powder.

Do you use this for a dip in general or just for aefw? Also, what ratio? Thanks!

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

I use it as a dip in general for my sps

 

[billyocean]

I use it as a dip in general for my sps

Thanks

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Cool. I use coral rx and haven't had any problems with it but it's almost expired and weighing my options vs Bayer as well. What ratio do you add it to water?

Chk ur dm

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Chk ur dm

Thank you

 

[sculpin01]

Is the potassion powder comparable to, or the same as a "kci" dip?

It’s dry potassium chloride/potassium sulphate. The concentration I list is saturated in sea water, which is why I use 5 minutes for max dipping time (e.g. this is the max strength dip).