Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Pests, Nudsiance Algae and Prevention => Topic started by: TechGuy on January 02, 2011, 23:28:11
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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 (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 :)
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way to go just j/k will look at mine and see thanx for letting us know
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This is kinda like the STD announcement you hate to recieve from an X... lol
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This is kinda like the STD announcement you hate to recieve from an X... lol
LMAO. Spreads like one too.
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explain's why i lost cple frags in last few weeeks. not blamin you at all. thanks
for tellin it. alot of people wouldn't.
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explain's why i lost cple frags in last few weeeks. not blamin you at all. thanks
for tellin it. alot of people wouldn't.
What did you get from me?
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got a frag of ur avatar not sure what you called it "purple bonsai" mayb ? a green slimer an you gave my son
the "crooked" frag. all are still doin well though. lost cple frags from the columbus swap & some tubb blues
that i got from a cora member. like i said not blamin you at all.
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How was it discovered? Did they see them/the symptoms in your tank, or did they find this doing a Dip of a coral from you?
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got a frag of ur avatar not sure what you called it "purple bonsai" mayb ? a green slimer an you gave my son
the "crooked" frag. all are still doin well though. lost cple frags from the columbus swap & some tubb blues
that i got from a cora member. like i said not blamin you at all.
I remember now. Long time ago!
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How was it discovered? Did they see them/the symptoms in your tank, or did they find this doing a Dip of a coral from you?
A dip from a coral they received found them, and helped me figure out the symptoms.
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This is kinda like the STD announcement you hate to recieve from an X... lol
Justin, please stop sharing these type of personal experiences ;D
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Justin, please stop sharing these type of personal experiences ;D
:bootyshake :bootyshake :bootyshake
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hey I got the call from you Joel so dont get mad your secret is out.
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hey tech guy,, i dont think i have them but is there anything that will eat them
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the melenarus wrasse is said to eat them.
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the melenarus wrasse is said to eat them.
whats the price on them
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They run 24.00 for a med.
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They run 24.00 for a med.
Do you have two small, or smaller ones? Wonder how it will get along with my Green Coris wrasee. He is a real jerk.
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I only have med. right now. They seem to get bullied by agressive fish untill they get larger.
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Hitler finds out about AEFW - by rr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrOjKpSZ8PI#)
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now thats funny