Good/Great In-Tank Option for AEFW

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Documented this over time on a post here, but wanted to summarize:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aefw-flatworm-stop-and-lifecycle-questions.348787/#post-4491897

Here are the particulars:
  • Double dose of Zeovit Flatworm Stop
  • Will NOT kill the worms - but does appear to interrupt their ability to reproduce
  • After about a month, coral health is up, eggs and worms are down
  • After about three months, worms present and no new eggs to be seen
  • After about six months, no worms or eggs in the tank
  • No issue with any other tank inhabitant

I am not saying that this is a cure, only that it looks very promising so far. His tank appears to be cured at the moment.

There are some variable here that need mentioned. I observed this on a tank that I help a special needs man with maintenance and things. He is not very disciplined, which is why he had a massive infestation. He said that he stopped adding stuff back in fall - I do believe him, but there is no way to know for sure. He is religious about dosing and checking things, so I even though I did not dose the tank, I believe that it got done every day.

...do with this what you will. Good luck to all with these nasty basturds.
 
Are there any predators in this tank (ie wrasses, butterflyfish)? The numbers could be knocked down to the point where they are difficult to observe.
 
Not any that cared when there were 1,000 AEFW, or more. Flame Hawk is about the closest fish to this. The colonies are so large and tight that even a dragon face pipe could not get into them very far.
 

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