Definitely worm free (IMLagoon25)

[JoJosReef]

Report back so we know how it works!

 

[BristleWormHater]

 

[BristleWormHater]

New livestock today! Stay tuned, they are currently acclimating...

 

[BristleWormHater]

Excuse these horrible photos lol
I turned off all the lights to help reduce stress.
A firefish! I'm calling him Frederick

A new feather duster! Big one this time! Still acclimating...

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Excuse these horrible photos lol
I turned off all the lights to help reduce stress.
A firefish! I'm calling him Frederick

A new feather duster! Big one this time! Still acclimating...

Nice! I love my firefish! One time my firefish jumped through my lid and hit me in the face... guess he was happy to see me? Lol.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Nice! I love my firefish! One time my firefish jumped through my lid and hit me in the face... guess he was happy to see me? Lol.

That's what I'm scared of lol

 

[BristleWormHater]

The feather duster let me pull off a flash photo!

 

[BristleWormHater]

The firefish is doing great! He's been swimming and pecking at copepods a little but mostly hiding, no aggression from the other fish yet. The feather duster is very shy, keeps closing whenever something moves.

 

[BristleWormHater]

I moved the feather duster up off the sandbed, I think that was my mistake, it kept getting run over by snails and hermit crabs making their way across the reef. It opened up then closed again when I tried to get a picture.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Here's a Pic

 

[BristleWormHater]

Not a great day, the firefish has passed on :( Details are in the linked thread. I still have yet to treat the worms on the hammer coral, I think I'll finally do that tomorrow. I just need to find the mostly reliable dipping procedure.

EMERGENCY - Firefish laying on its side and breathing heavy :(

I added this guy yesterday, seemed to be doing well, he was hiding but was swimming around occasionally and pecking at coepods this morning and yesterday. Nothing out of the ordinary for a new fish. I came home today and saw him hiding in the same spot he was using yesterday. A while later, I...

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[w00hz]

Here's some pics form around the reef today.
Here's those demon worms :(

Heres the good pics!

Look at the color change here

Halloween hermit moments after he stepped all over the blasto

This is my POTM entry, got some nice sun on it.

can you share some information on these demon worms? I think I have some on my euphyllia too ._.

 

[BristleWormHater]

can you share some information on these demon worms? I think I have some on my euphyllia too ._.

Sure, they make a hole inside coral skeletons (typically and have two tendrils that they stick out to filter feed. In small numbers they are relatively harmless but in large numbers they can cause flesh ressesion and eventually kill the coral. They are extremely resistant to dipping, the only dip that seems to work is ivermectin, which is typically a livestock de-wormer.

 

[w00hz]

Sure, they make a hole inside coral skeletons (typically and have two tendrils that they stick out to filter feed. In small numbers they are relatively harmless but in large numbers they can cause flesh ressesion and eventually kill the coral. They are extremely resistant to dipping, the only dip that seems to work is ivermectin, which is typically a livestock de-wormer.

Thanks!

 

[BristleWormHater]

Currently dipping the hammer, 1.5 ml of 1% ivermectin in approximately 1 gallon of saltwater for 45 minutes. I'll update yall on how it goes.

 

[BristleWormHater]

While im waiting, random question, Do you think I have room for some TBS rock?

 

[BristleWormHater]

Well the dip is done, I can still see the worms, although they seem very limp, like they are hanging out of their tubes because they are dead, let's just hope that's the case.

 

[BristleWormHater]

I've been slacking on the updates so here's some things I've been doing. I changed the rocks a little and created a portal through the tank to make viewing from the side more interesting.

I'm rehoming this little terror, he's been harassing my feather dusters and eating their tubes for a long time but ive just chocked it up to "pruning" since he's only removed small parts of their tubes that they then repair. Then when I added the big feather duster, he went to town he destroyed it's crown!!!! Hopefully it can recover quickly. I'm also pretty sure this is not actually a blue leg hermit. His claws have small white spots on them and his legs are mostly been with some white streaks. Sadly he'll be taking his cool shell with him.
Old photo of the hermit for reference, definitely not a blue leg!

Here's what's left of the feather dusters crown. You might notice the real blue leg sitting on top of him but I haven't seen him mess with it at all.

Finally, I think my Scarlett hermit has died, I haven't seen him all month :(

 

[BristleWormHater]

I just saw the other hermit claw at the feather dusters tube. He's going too!

 

[BristleWormHater]

Poor guy :face-with-tears-of-joy: :face-with-tears-of-joy: :face-with-tears-of-joy: :face-with-tears-of-joy: