aefw's

ZooYorkUnderworld · Apr 11, 2007

today while acclimating some new additions I decided to dip one my my zoa's that had not opened for 2days. well upon doing so I noticed these guys jumping ship! are they aefw's? they were actually swimming and to my understanding they dont swim! what do you think?

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chadfarmer · Apr 11, 2007

maybe red bugs

hard to tell in the pics

ZooYorkUnderworld · Apr 11, 2007

def not red bugs, I have seen those and def not them..

rackyrane · Apr 11, 2007

What's a aefw?

surfn · Apr 11, 2007

aefw stands for Acro Eating Flat Worms, which eat sps.

so if they were on zoas, they are not AEFW

Abq Custom · Apr 13, 2007

I got those same guys in my folr tank. I noticed them one night after the lights were out for about an hour. They were crawling up the glass.
Can't help with id but I'm interested if they are harmful.

msman825 · Apr 13, 2007

I'd say a brine shrimp. hard to tell from pics though

I-K@ndY · Apr 13, 2007

Those are regular FW... To treat them just siphon as many as you can then do FW Exit treatment..If you dont treat em they will multiply fast and it will be hard to get rid of them. I know I dealth with them for almost 6 months ..
and also 6line wrasse helps clean up the rest :)

HTH

steve