AEFW Eggs ID Please

[Scubabum]

What's up guys. I was fragging some coral today and noticed these at the base of my one of my corals. None of the branches have bite marks. I inspected the rest of my acros and didn't see any more. I removed the colony, fragged the entire base (pictured) off. White marks on the base are from me scraping the base, outside the tank with a dental pick. I scraped everything that was encrusting off the rock. I dipped the top of the colony not affected in Bayer and Revive. Nothing came off in the dip. Any other suggestions?? Thanks in advance.

 

[Scubabum]

Lights are out, but here is a picture of the colony taken a couple days ago.

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Looks like aefw eggs.
Surprised nothing came off with the dip. Do a close inspection of all your acros, sometimes the worms have a favorite one and do not venture on all of them.
I had to dip/prune all of my acros for six weeks to get them (method in my thread post #78).
Good luck, dont panic you can keep nice acros with some flatworms at the same time. Just keep an eye for bad health on your corals (no pe, small scars, tissue receding...).
And when you get tired you can still go for the full treatment.

 

[HawaiianReef]

Why would the eggs fall off? I understand the eggs are immune to bayer. You have to weekly dip to catch them as they hatch. And go for 4 treatments.
Is this wrong?

 

[Scubabum]

Why would the eggs fall off? I understand the eggs are immune to bayer. You have to weekly dip to catch them as they hatch. And go for 4 treatments.
Is this wrong?

I've have never dealt with them before. I cut all the eggs off. Cut off entire base. I was dipping in case there were any active flat worms. That's what I meant by nothing came off. I'm heavily stocked with Wrasses so maybe they are handling any that hatch.

 

[HawaiianReef]

What type of wrasse is eating them?
I broke down a 28g nano that was infested. I dipped once and waited to see how long it was until they came back. It was 3 weeks for me. But the pieces of rock the corals are stuck to has serious hair algae. They might have hatched earlier without my awareness.
I'm back to dipping for 6 weeks, then 4 weeks observation period.
Would be nice to have a flatworm eating wrasse also. Just another reason to get a wrasse.

 

[Scubabum]

What type of wrasse is eating them?
I broke down a 28g nano that was infested. I dipped once and waited to see how long it was until they came back. It was 3 weeks for me. But the pieces of rock the corals are stuck to has serious hair algae. They might have hatched earlier without my awareness.
I'm back to dipping for 6 weeks, then 4 weeks observation period.
Would be nice to have a flatworm eating wrasse also. Just another reason to get a wrasse.

My Melanarus, six line, Yellow Coris and Leopards are always on the hunt. Not exactly sure they are eating them. Just a theory. I'm going to inspect everything tomorrow. Hopefully I won't have to go through what you did. What a pain.

 

[HawaiianReef]

I have a melanarus, but she's picky. She might go after them but I never put her in with them. She wont touch bristle worms at all.
I actually bought the tank with all the problems. It was a good deal with some nice corals, and I wanted the experience. I'm actually enjoying the process.

 

[29bonsaireef]

Check any Acro that has smoothish skin. IME, FW only would attack smooth skin acros, and not necessarily just the deepwater smooth skins. A. Valida and A. Latistella was always a prime target species for them in my systems. Anything with less protruding radial corallites. JME with them, but I've had them 5 or 6 times in the past.

Having a good team of wrasse will absolutely help big time. I've never done a full tank breakdown because of FW. Only disposed of the really affected pieces, and added a handful of juvenile wrasse to take care of the rest. I think there are even some newer in tank treatments to try nowadays. The way your corals look at this point.. Looks like you may have caught them early, and if anything I would maybe think about removing the coral you found the eggs on and QT it.