Could this be AEFW?

[VJV]

Hi, I have had this coral in QT for one month and dipped in coral RX 3x. However, when I placed in the main display I noticed this. Are these signs of flatworms or just an unhappy coral (they always hate my QT).

Thanks!

 

[drawman]

Yeah looks a lot like AEFW bite marks to me. I bet if you dip you'll see some come off. Do you have any other acros?

 

[6272862829]

Yes AEFW

 

[6272862829]

That's a pretty bad infestation too

 

[Sabellafella]

Hi, I have had this coral in QT for one month and dipped in coral RX 3x. However, when I placed in the main display I noticed this. Are these signs of flatworms or just an unhappy coral (they always hate my QT).

Thanks!

Wow, that acro is getting munched on by them. I would dip all your acros (if you could)

 

[twilliard]

Yes bite marks are visible. At this point I would H2O2 dip.

 

[drawman]

I would get some Bayer and set up a QT for weekly dipping. Others have beaten them that way :)

 

[drawman]

Yes bite marks are visible. At this point I would H2O2 dip.

Is this from Macna? I'm assuming it's from a BRS youtube lecture? It may make a good Sunday watch for me.

 

[twilliard]

Yes if it can be found I got them quite a while ago.

 

[VJV]

Yeah looks a lot like AEFW bite marks to me. I bet if you dip you'll see some come off. Do you have any other acros?

Thanks! Yes, i bought 10 acro fraga and kept them in a small QT for a month. However, this is the only piece with these marks

 

[VJV]

That's a pretty bad infestation too

Thanks!

 

[VJV]

I would get some Bayer and set up a QT for weekly dipping. Others have beaten them that way :)

Unfortunately the Bayer product is not available in Europe... I am thinking about just throwing this out in the garbage...

 

[VJV]

Yes bite marks are visible. At this point I would H2O2 dip.

Thanks Twillard. Actually I was the one who posted those pictures in the forum a long time ago [emoji4]

 

[VJV]

Is this from Macna? I'm assuming it's from a BRS youtube lecture? It may make a good Sunday watch for me.

No, from a Mr Saltwater Tank webinar with Justin Creadble [emoji4]

 

[twilliard]

Thanks Twillard. Actually I was the one who posted those pictures in the forum a long time ago [emoji4]

Right on! This is valuable information to people like me who work with H2O2

 

[drawman]

No, from a Mr Saltwater Tank webinar with Justin Creadble [emoji4]

Right on! This is valuable information to people like me who work with H2O2

So they are actually using H202 as a dip for AEFW and not just nuisance algae?

 

[twilliard]

Through my study of H2O2 it has been noted that it kills flatworm.

 

[drawman]

Through my study of H2O2 it has been noted that it kills flatworm.

Very interesting. So you've had success even at 20-40mL H202 per 1L saltwater for 5 minutes? I may give this a try going forward in addition to Bayer. Never been a fan of algae hitch hikers.

 

[drawman]

For anyone interested I did find the lecture. Sorry for the highjack.