Is that damage by acro eating flat worm

[Ocean King Corals]

Just pick up some frag from a local guy but don’t know if are those damaged by the acro eating flat worm

I dipped for 30mins did see something fall off, and will that kill the egg if there any on it? since I don’t have a qt tank

 

[Ocean King Corals]

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[wesman42]

I don't believe the dips kill eggs, it's best to QT and dip multiple times.

 

[Ocean King Corals]

I don't believe the dips kill eggs, it's best to QT and dip multiple times.

Hubby are those the damaged by guns flatworm ? I never have it before so I don’t really know

 

[Jvesche20]

I have the same problem on one of my frags. Just dipped and noticed these bugs swimming around. Are these acro eating worms?

 

[wesman42]

Hubby are those the damaged by guns flatworm ? I never have it before so I don’t really know

QT = Quarantine

I assume you meant to ask if the coral will be damaged by the dip? If so, then it's always a good idea to give it several days for the coral to recover before dipping again. I'm not sure about exact procedure as I've never had problems with flatworms.

Check this thread out: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bayer-vs-the-dreaded-acropora-eating-flatworm.323713/

 

[Ocean King Corals]

QT = Quarantine

I assume you meant to ask if the coral will be damaged by the dip? If so, then it's always a good idea to give it several days for the coral to recover before dipping again. I'm not sure about exact procedure as I've never had problems with flatworms.

Check this thread out: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bayer-vs-the-dreaded-acropora-eating-flatworm.323713/

Alright thanks

 

[RandyC]

Eggs will not be killed by any dips that won’t kill the coral too. They are tough little buggers. They usually are attached to dead coral tissue or right on the plug/rock near the acro. Aefw are incredibly tough to see in the tank unless the acro is close to the tank glass as they often take on the color of the zooxanthellae they have consumed and camouflage in well with the acro. Shooting a blast of tank water with a turkey baster is often enough to blow them off though.

Aefw bites look like this. A lot of times they look like round white circles where flesh has been eaten.

This is a rather large aefw that came off after an iodine dip.

Aefw dead/neutralized from Bayer dip.

This is why a coral QT is just as important as fish QT.

 

[Jvesche20]

Eggs will not be killed by any dips that won’t kill the coral too. They are tough little buggers. They usually are attached to dead coral tissue or right on the plug/rock near the acro. Aefw are incredibly tough to see in the tank unless the acro is close to the tank glass as they often take on the color of the zooxanthellae they have consumed and camouflage in well with the acro. Shooting a blast of tank water with a turkey baster is often enough to blow them off though.

Aefw bites look like this. A lot of times they look like round white circles where flesh has been eaten.

This is a rather large aefw that came off after an iodine dip.

Aefw dead/neutralized from Bayer dip.

This is why a coral QT is just as important as fish QT.

That last picture is that how big they are? Do they swim around when in the dip?

 

[RandyC]

That last picture is that how big they are? Do they swim around when in the dip?

Depends on the dip. Iodine will not kill them and they will move. Bayer, I believe just stuns them for a while, but I’ve heard they can recover if they’re removed from Bayer and put saltwater. Never tried that though. I’ve heard that potassium chloride dips will pretty much nuke them (not tried this though myself, yet).

Prolly 2-3mm. Some bigger, some smaller.