My AEFW journey
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orthokardia
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Chris,
Way to man up and do the hard thing. I know it hurts.
Way to man up and do the hard thing. I know it hurts.
Dowtish
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Certain wrasses are known to eat them. My tank is full of wrasses, but they obviously arent doing the job. I plan on adding a six line wrasse to the QT, and then just returning it when I'm done.
pickupman66
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Chris. Hate to break it to u but a 6 line won't do too much. At least mine doesn't. Same with my melanarus sadly. I did some dipping tonight in a 5 gallon bucket. Found some big ones. Wow amazing how big they get.
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gmoney243
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there isnt really a known predator for AEFW. some are speculated but none are proven. scientist still arnt sure why in the wild AEFW dont grow to plague proportions. i think high current could be involved if its constantly blowing them off. and im sure something eats them or kills them. at least from what all ive read. if you have other info id love to read those articles.
Lindsey im afraid i dont think youll be able to get rid of them if your not QTing in seperate tank and let the AEFW in your DT die off after 4-6weeks of no acros.
Lindsey im afraid i dont think youll be able to get rid of them if your not QTing in seperate tank and let the AEFW in your DT die off after 4-6weeks of no acros.
Dowtish
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I have read through a lot of threads lately, and along the way the wrasses that are mentioned and praised for their ability to keep the number of worms down are six lines, 4 lines, black leopard, melenurus, and yellow coris. By all means I'm not saying that it will definitely help, but I need a fish in the tank for biological filtration, so it might as well be one that is cheap and has a reputation.
Dowtish
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Thanks for the well wishes Rob.
Mike, no need, you might want me to hold your's.:bigsmile:
Dave, thanks for the tank again. I got dialed in nicely, no noise at all. I have noticed that certain corals will have worms all over it, and another one that is just inches from it, havent been touched. I am not going to discriminate, I'm just going to dip them all to be safe.
Mike, no need, you might want me to hold your's.:bigsmile:
Dave, thanks for the tank again. I got dialed in nicely, no noise at all. I have noticed that certain corals will have worms all over it, and another one that is just inches from it, havent been touched. I am not going to discriminate, I'm just going to dip them all to be safe.
Good luck, i dealt with them in the same way. Bayer dips and quarantine and still lost a bunch of stuff.
some advice for the future that has been working for me. Whenever i buy acros now the first thing i do is snap the frag off and throw the plug with the encrusted base away. Hopefully that will limit the chances of me bringin eggs back into my tank. I got my worms from a wild ice fire colony at a swap in ohio, i dipped the piece but there had to be eggs on the base
bob
some advice for the future that has been working for me. Whenever i buy acros now the first thing i do is snap the frag off and throw the plug with the encrusted base away. Hopefully that will limit the chances of me bringin eggs back into my tank. I got my worms from a wild ice fire colony at a swap in ohio, i dipped the piece but there had to be eggs on the base
bob
Dowtish
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Thanks Bob, that is definitely the plan on all new corals. I just hope that I dont suffer too many losses. Going to try my best to keep the water pristine, which I think may be one of the key elements. There was quite a bit of sliming going on when I transferred them over, so I am going to add some rox carbon in a reactor tomorrow.
gmoney243
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haha naw mine alrdy dipped and in my QT that i been cycling past 2 months and i think i got lucky i only found 2 worms and no eggs. but lots of red bugs.
thx for the salt BTW LMK if i owe u anything for it. needed it to fill my sump i finally got around to finishing lol
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FF337
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I too do not know of any proven predators. I do want to believe the acro crabs may get rid of these things also their eggs. I have heard of someone transferring an acro crab to a known valida colony infested. Within a month the valida colored up and had polyp extension much better than I saw before. I would love to of seen then colony dipped though. Wish there was proof acro crabs work or help.
Surely there is something that eats them though. If you find it I want to buy 2 for preventative maintenance.
schooleyosis
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Good luck Chris. The QT looks great.
Dowtish
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I have had a few acro crabs in the tank, but they never last. I blame that on my wrasses.
pickupman66
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Boy I got some Big ones off last night.. its amazing how big they can get. did alot of cutting and dipping.
On a side note, I was adding that product zeovit. Yea, snake oil. dosing 10ml daily into my tank. snake oil.
On a side note, I was adding that product zeovit. Yea, snake oil. dosing 10ml daily into my tank. snake oil.
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