SPS eaters

[reefsUP]

since i down graded my tank i thought maybe my sps was in shock its been 3 months stuff has been loosing tissue to the bone"sps" only i went off and bought the salifert flat worm exit never used any of this stuff so your opinions on this will determine my use of it?
also i will dip a few that look like they are being attacked in Revive to see if i see any of the since haven't notice or seen the flat worms i was told to add the flatworm exit and leave in the tank circulating for (45 Minutes) then to do a water change and add new carbon so what methods should i use? Thanks

 

[thewackyreefer]

I followed the directions almost exactly except I ended up adding an additional 10 drops on my 60 gallon. Definitely make sure you have some water mixed up and some fresh carbon to clean the water up. I'd try to suck up as many of the flatworms as you can prior to dosing so less toxins will be released into the tank as the flatworms die. There were no ill effects on my tank either time I've used it, you should be just fine.

 

[ReefDoctor]

Flat worm exit is awesome...however it does not sound like you have flat worms

 

[ronnie]

If you have Acro Eating Flatworms, Flatworm Exit will do nothing. You need to QT ALL acropora, and do weekly dips.

 

[octoberfest]

Can you describe the tissue loss? Is it starting at the bottom? Have you seen the worms?

 

[Luisra]

If you have Acro Eating Flatworms, Flatworm Exit will do nothing. You need to QT ALL acropora, and do weekly dips.

Have you ever used Flatworm eXit on AEFW? Or you just read that. I did, and it literally disintegrated the AEFW in seconds. It works on high concentrations.

reefsUP, google AEFW bites. Check your ALK, Ca, Mg, and ph.

 

[shapermike]

Revive and Coral RX will kill all flatworms when i the dip. I would dip your sps and inspect it for eggs.

 

[reefsUP]

my water parameter are balanced there loosing tissue from the bottom up just lost a 4" colony over a 3-4 day period it ended at the tips i am going to dip some pieces right now i will reply my visual results asap

 

[reefsUP]

just treated a couple of the infected corals did not notice any flat worms in the revive water only serpent stars and small copepod looking stuff not sure if those are the problem they look a little dark like brown/black color are those the problem or should i continue with the flat worm exit

 

[reefsUP]

now i just did a 20gal water change on my 120g

 

[ronnie]

Have you ever used Flatworm eXit on AEFW? Or you just read that. I did, and it literally disintegrated the AEFW in seconds. It works on high concentrations.

reefsUP, google AEFW bites. Check your ALK, Ca, Mg, and ph.

No - I haven't ever had AEFW. Show me the video where FW Exit kills them? It doesn't do anything to them. If you had success, that is because you likely had the more common red planaria.

Revive, Levamisole, maybe coral RX and maybe TMPCC will kill them, but the eggs are not affected.

So, if FW exit works for you, how did you get rid of the eggs? They aren't killed by anything else, so how would they be killed by FW Exit?

Mistruths in this hobby are not conductive to the betterment of reefers.

 

[Luisra]

No - I haven't ever had AEFW. Show me the video where FW Exit kills them?

Here you have the sufficient and appropriate evidence. :crossedlips:
YouTube - AEFW

So, if FW exit works for you, how did you get rid of the eggs? They aren't killed by anything else, so how would they be killed by FW Exit?

For this reason multiple treatments are needed, common sense. I'm waiting for USPS to deliver my salt mix, so I can start the treatment. So far, it looks really promising. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[ronnie]

I question that video - sorry, but I've never seen any confirmed documentation that FW Exit does anything to AEFW. It could be a regular flatworm or could be any other concoction that actually does kill them if it is an AEFW.

Sorry, but I wouldn't bank on that at all. My two cents - YMMV

 

[RogerWilco357]

I would confirm eggs and flatworms before using chemicals i used a turkey baster and hit the acros and milliepora and bamm they flew off like little tissue paper or white film small those are the worms catch one and you will see it flatten out and move they wrap on anything they hit or land on as my mp40's blew them around and i siphoned them up with the baster ..now getting ready to dip in revive and qt the acros for 6 weeks i too thought it was lighting , flow etc water parameters never thought to baste them and check that first could have saved a week or two and taken care of the damage sooner as i lost half of my purple millepora 10 inch in diameter now two 4 inch sections lol what a mess ..the eggs will be at the base and inbetween the acros hard to see they will look like discoloration or tissue gone brown make no mistake and look under a magnifying glass or loupe and you will see the eggs.. the worms are near to impossible to see on the acro they seem to take the same color camouflage themselves very well.. good luck hope it is and alk swing or ph problem opposed to AEFW.

 

[ree F elipe]

Hi!!! unfortunately i´ve had both AEFW and flat worms ( red planaria ), whit the simple planaria the FW exit is great!!, but whit the Acro eaters the FWexit don´t do it nothing, i tried and put a couple of them in a little recipient and added some drops... after a hour the AEFW try to exit of the recipient but it not died, and the conentration of a drop in a little recipient is very very hight, i added some drops.

if your acros is not much bigger you can put it one by one in a recipent and add Lugol ( like procoralcure ) for 15 min, after look at the base if there are eggs, and take it manually, and do this every 15 day for tree months. if your SPS are healthy and your sistem is great the acros can do it, in other cases this could kill them.

The "camel shrimp" can help, but it is not rafe safe, it could eat LPS´s. then if is possible you can put a coupple of camel shrimps at the sump, and you can put one day every acro affected, the shrimps will eat the AEFW and the eggs. but you must rotate the acros.

Finally... the affectation by AEFW is very peculiar, you can see ( normally ) the base of the acro like corroded. and there are other differents causes the acros died.


regards!!!

 

[reefsUP]

It was my alk thanks to the red sea test kit i used the tetra kit it rated my alk at 4 drops Wow so i guess my alk was low the whole time ive been slowly raising it im going to get a Elos test kit since i heard there more accurate?