I just bumped a thread. It's called " an almost successful in tank treatment for aefw" the if you read the wholr thread it will scare the **** out of reefers. I think it's page 7 and on it gets really interesting
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I just bumped a thread. It's called " an almost successful in tank treatment for aefw" the if you read the wholr thread it will scare the **** out of reefers. I think it's page 7 and on it gets really interesting
Where do you live? Here in Texas, DFW we have a whole store just for Elos. Elos Aquastudios they mostly sell Elos tanks and man are they beautiful! It's a nice store very clean and sharp.
Sorry Kman. I know it really is gut wrenching.
Have a couple extra beers, or wine, or hard stuff
Agreed, if you send a couple to me I can throw it on the scope at work.. If there's no one closerThere is a whole thread on FB about these bugs, there are folks with microscopes asking for people to send them samples. OP, I know it is too much to ask but it is possible to keep the frags and colonies that are infected in a bucket of water? If they can be sent to folks with microscopes we can document these jerks and maybe run independent tests on what kills them. These are super bugs, we need a cure.
Do you have, or know somebody, or in anyway have access to a microscope? I think an ID is important to your attack plan.
Agreed, if you send a couple to me I can throw it on the scope at work.. If there's no one closer
Edit - HA just realized OP is in Dallas. I m in dfw. Let me know if you want me to throw on the scope and get some pics
Geesh so reading this and seeing the picture bring up so many traumatic memories...I battles these bugs a little over a year ago and I beat them. I've tried so many methods and this is what i found to work. 4x revive at least for 8 min once a week for 6 weeks. I had the scattered yellow eggs looks on my acros like in the pics also and I though they were AEFW but these guys are by far WORST. They attack just like how it's being described...in clusters of groups. They work on one and then move to the other. They almost seem to communicate with each other like ants but tough like bed bugs. They are are more active and worst at night time esp once lights go out. Sometimes it looks like they also burry themselves in the acro. They multiply very rapidly. I was interest in learning about their behaviors and experience along the way. Along the way I lost a lot of $p$ but I have not noticed them for over a year now and I know they are done. Everything was dipped and housed in a separate tank. All live rock in my sump and I dipped everything in the display. Best time to dip is one hour when lights out because they are extremely active and out during that time. I swap out my frag trays out each time I dipped. Keep in mind that it took me about 4 months to figure all this out and then another 6 weeks to finally get rid. I tried Bayer but it was too foggy for me to tell if they were dead. I only had Sps and no other coral and i don't think they care much for smooth skin acros. Don't give up folks. Try it out. Use giant styrofoam cups and watch these suckas perish away...it's possible. Sorry for the long rant....but I know the feeling and thought this might help...
Sorry to this. I too broke my tank down. Dried everything out and started from scratch. Have a few sticks, acans, and zoas back in it. So far so good and no signs of bugs. I've only bought my new corals from 2 vendors. My sticks and acans from 1 and zoas from another. Quarintine for a month before putting the new pieces in the display. Happy to say that I did not see or find any pest period in the process. I almost gave up but this hobby is an incredible obsession and a joy to be able to be a part of. Don't give up! The rewards are second to none when your goals are achieved. Good luck and hope you decide to give it another whirl.A quick note to add. I only brought over my LPS and soft corals. I tossed all my old sps from the infected tank. Completely new rock to. I brushed all the coral I could without harming it with a tooth brush and inspected for eggs. Some where some how at least one bug/egg got by me.
Sorry to this. I too broke my tank down. Dried everything out and started from scratch. Have a few sticks, acans, and zoas back in it. So far so good and no signs of bugs. I've only bought my new corals from 2 vendors. My sticks and acans from 1 and zoas from another. Quarintine for a month before putting the new pieces in the display. Happy to say that I did not see or find any pest period in the process. I almost gave up but this hobby is an incredible obsession and a joy to be able to be a part of. Don't give up! The rewards are second to none when your goals are achieved. Good luck and hope you decide to give it another whirl.