Anyone who has purchased, or received a coral from me needs to read this.
I was informed by a club member today that I have AEFW (Acro Eating FlatWorms). Recently I have been having problems with some Acros browning out, and just flat out dieing.
I spent most of my afternoon dipping, and inspecting ALL types of coral that I have. I have found eggs on EVERYTHING. Zoanthids, Monti caps, Denae's, Venosa's, Digi's, even several LPS.
The real kicker is this. I havn't added anything for atleast 6 months. So they have been either dormant, or eating just enough to stay alive until now. If they are in my reef, they are probably in yours.
Symptoms I have seen in my reef:
Suddenly brown acro's.
Brown patches.
Patches of missing tissue.
Further reading with pictures:
http://www.melevsreef.com/aefw.html Please PM me with results, I am curious as to who has these. Please don't give me any crap for not noticing a nearly invisible pest. You should be thankful that I am kind enough to let people know. If you have them you can blame my lack of a QT process, then look at your own