AEFW?

[ryanrick]

Went shopping for some corals this week and spent a pretty penny.. A ~1-2mm long flatworm came off during the acropora revive dip. The acros have been removed from their plugs and remounted. They are now in the coral QT and I think I am seeing signs of AEFW on one of the corals. A couple other opinions would be good to have. I have just begun having success with SPS and really don't want to set myself back.

 

[djf91]

Yep. Give it a dip and see if any come off.

 

[ryanrick]

Yep. Give it a dip and see if any come off.

See the video, definitely a flatworm..

 

[ryanrick]

Yep. Give it a dip and see if any come off.

Worth trying to save? I've never run into this before.

 

[billyocean]

There's 2 types of aefw. One lays tight egg clusters and has what look like round patches/bite marks. One lays eggs spread out and makes the coral look like stn. Obviously look for eggs with microscope or magnifying glass. You can kcl (potassium chloride) dip once a week at 2 tablespoons per gallon of saltwater for 10-15 minites...rinse and repeat weekly for 8 weeks at least.

 

[BOWHUNTER4250]

WITHOUT A DOUBT !!! Those are bad news there buddy!! DIP , DIP , DIP , RE DIP , DIP , RE DIP for over a month !! i would not add any of those to your display until you are 100 % positive they are gone ... and then i would still wait another month !!

Good Luck man !

 

[ryanrick]

There's 2 types of aefw. One lays tight egg clusters and has what look like round patches/bite marks. One lays eggs spread out and makes the coral look like stn. Obviously look for eggs with microscope or magnifying glass. You can kcl (potassium chloride) dip once a week at 2 tablespoons per gallon of saltwater for 10-15 minites...rinse and repeat weekly for 8 weeks at least.

Just ordered some loudwolf KCl for dips. Thanks!