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Great to hear there's a product that works in tank. Any chance it would work on Montipora eating nudis? And if not can you make that next lol can't get those buggers out of my 265g
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100% it had an extremely potent smell. Very similar to 2LF revive. But I don’t mind it.My guess is I'd had them for a while before discovering them in June. I'd been keeping several good hunting wrasses in there but over time they were jumping out of the frag system and not being replaced. I think this allowed the worms to gear up.
Within a week of discovery, I had the full kitchen sink approach in place. I was "clear" by mid August. No more worms would come off in dips. No more bite marks, etc. Things were smooth until a couple weeks ago. I thought I had white bugs, and dipped a few colonies into Interceptor dip for 16 hours. And about 8-10 worms came off.
The frag that struggled was fairly new to the system. The older damaged colonies seem to be holding up OK so far.
One other observation: my basement smelled strongly of tea tree oil for a few days but seems to have dissipated over the last couple days. I guess the stuff kinda breaks down a bit over time and thus the need to keep dosing. Typically when dosing for pests, you dose, wait, remove, wait, repeat. Otherwise the concentrations get too high.
Yeah, the odor is not bothersome. Just interesting that it seems to have dissipated.100% it had an extremely potent smell. Very similar to 2LF revive. But I don’t mind it.
Weirf. Similar experiences and time frames here. The only difference is that I’ve been dosing FWS religiously.
So when I realized I had them, I fragged every single colony and only the encrusted portion remained in the display. Then I put all ~300 frags on an egg crates system and dipped them every 7 days. At about week 4, almost all the acros were dead. I’m guessing the stress of new qt system, and aefw, and routine dips just put them over the edge.Yeah, the odor is not bothersome. Just interesting that it seems to have dissipated.
I too have been dosing FWS since June as a part of my kitchen sink strategy. Was at double dose until September or so. If I had to guess which of my tools were most effective, I'd say it was the potassium chloride weekly dips, followed by the predators. That is anecdotal thought, not the result of a controlled test.
Somebody in that tank keeps chasing out my 6-lines and yellow coris.
I am going to give the Purge 2.0 a few more weeks and dip my suspect colonies weekly to see if the population disappears.
QT systems for acropora are VERY temporary in my experience. I went through a ton of effort to make my frag system as "old" as possible with old tank water, old media (ceramic block), tons of old rock and tubs of old sand.So when I realized I had them, I fragged every single colony and only the encrusted portion remained in the display. Then I put all ~300 frags on an egg crates system and dipped them every 7 days. At about week 4, almost all the acros were dead. I’m guessing the stress of new qt system, and aefw, and routine dips just put them over the edge.
Then I started to dose FWS to dt and sure enough, all the encrusted portion has bounced back in the past 6-8 months.
Another update: my alk is continuing to rise. 9.27 as of noon today and that is after I lowered the dose 15mls. I’m starting to worry.
I blasted the acros today with a turkey baster and two of them had flatworms fly off.
My next dose is scheduled for Monday at noon. I am going to shut off the flow and mix up the purgev2 with a gallon of tank water, then I’m going to go around and spot “feed” the purge on all the acros. I’m hoping to see instant death fly up. I’ll update on Monday.
bump @UWCThoughts on waterchanges during the treatment?
Ok thanks.They'll be just fine. Just freaked out by the sudden change within the water
So it is at the juvenile stage that the cycle gets interrupted then? I feel like the worms I am dipping off are medium to adult sizes.Are you seeing less adults and eggs? Worms smaller now, like eggs in the system are hatching? It’s important to run the full treatment so that you can work through the eggs that will hatch in the system throughout the treatment as the smaller worms will die off and not be able to reproduce.
So it is at the juvenile stage that the cycle gets interrupted then? I feel like the worms I am dipping off are medium to adult sizes.
As to eggs, I am obviously seeing fewer each week. I am pretty much just chopping up and dipping any colonies with exposed skeleton.
Thanks. It is just hard to attribute this kind of progress to a specific treatment since I am doing both dosing and dipping. Actually more than that as I have predators, and am throwing out infected skeleton weekly.I was just curious as the younger AEFW’s get nuked so easy. If you are seeing less eggs, that’s a great sign
I was seeing smaller worms around week 3. But two days ago (the day after my 4th dose) I saw a “big” one that was about 5-7mm. (I am a dentist and we work in tiny increments. It was definitely between 5-7mm) This obviously worries me. Maybe it is best to dose the tank, and then go ahead immediately and turkey baste all the colonies to loosen up any nooks and crannies.Are you seeing less adults and eggs? Worms smaller now, like eggs in the system are hatching? It’s important to run the full treatment so that you can work through the eggs that will hatch in the system throughout the treatment as the smaller worms will die off and not be able to reproduce.
A fine suggestion basting. I need to do that a little more often. Just need to turn off all the pumps and circulation so I can see what is coming off. Some folks baste with RODI; its a thing.Frequent basting is never a bad idea as the worms can "protect" themselves somewhat with coral slime. It's also a great way to keep track of basic population numbers, which makes it easier to see when adults have died off. Then you are left dealing with newly hatched worms. I would recommend basting 2-3 times per week if you have the time