So, yeah, I'm saying you have to be a responsible individual if you choose to "just live with them". Unfortunately, there are those that are not.
I agree 100%.There is nothing wrong with living with pests, which may slip past your very best efforts to keep them out of your system. But once you have them, just be honest with others before offering to trade or sell frags.
I have seen an increase in the amount of AEFWs and red bug breakouts in the area and across the country. In my opinion, the first step for anyone wanting to keep SPS is to invest in a separate SPS QT system and observe all new frags for weeks, if not longer, before adding them to your display tank. Most newbies to SPS do not QT or just do iodine dips. You even see the pests in expert tanks as well (re: check out the last few RC TOTM winners and you may be surprised how many individuals with amazing tanks are living with AEFWs). Very few fish shops QT corals as well. Red bugs can survive most iodine baths and the eggs from other pests, like AEFWs and Monti eating nudis, have to be manually removed because various medications and dips will not kill the eggs.
As for AEFWs, does anyone know how long the flatworm can live or survive without an acropora host coral? Red bugs can live only up to five days without an acropora host whereas I have read articles that suggest monti eating nudies can live up to 3 months without a montipora host.