thanks a lot for the help, ill dip the setosa as well , i cant wait until this is over and back to normal days
Long journey ahead my friend.
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thanks a lot for the help, ill dip the setosa as well , i cant wait until this is over and back to normal days
Long journey ahead my friend.
qick update :
yesterday was a second time i dip my corals in Bayers in one week and nothing came out : )
Looks like my flouting frag rack is working :
6 more weeks to go
I have a baby six line wrasse in my frag tank to take care of any pests that might have gotten through the buyer dip or of the eggs started hatching if I missed them. Can't hurt.
This was a very interesting read. Any updates?
Aefw definitely eats millis
Remove Acro crabs before dipping(dip will kill them right away)
Yes keep rocks in your QT
Not sure about skimmer but put some carbon in there(some dip may left on your acros)
If it's water from your system I would do more then 20% WC every week
If you took water and some rocks from your system QT should be ready to go
I think it's more then 8 weeks to starve them to death after you remove all your acros
Some eggs hatch couple weeks
This is long journey to get rid of these *******s
Hope it helps l
Hope you got a Coral QT setup, only way to win the battle and being ready for having no SPS in the DT for 6 weeks.
Good luck my friend.
Well, you already there.
If you got AEFW you have to take them out of your DT, if not you'll never get rid of it.
You can dip your corals to kill the AEFW but you ain't killing the eggs.
AEFW laying their eggs on and in your rocks too, after long research by Cat Dybala and Kate Rawlingson it was proven you can't thread them without a QT tank.
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I read a lot of excellent information in this thread. I likely have had black AEFW for the past 2 years, mistaken for Black bugs from buying wild frags and buying new frags.
I know it sounds pathetic, but I have blamed my lighting and treated with interceptor for bugs multiple times.
At this time I feel bad and blame myself. I'm going to QT everything from here out, expensive lesson to be learned.
I have setup a QT tank and ready for the move.
I'm trying to put all this together a (primer/instructions) how to get rid of these guys.
Please copy and edit my list if I'm wrong.
1. Move display water & a few rocks to QT tank (lighting, heater, flow, carbon, skimmer)
2. Remove acro crabs, Dip sps corals (worth keeping), and move them to QT
3. Dip every 3 days(M/W/F)? or dip weekly?
4. Keep in QT for 6-8 weeks?
5. Display/Main tank: Don't move fish, soft corals (non-sps), rocks, anemone's, and run SPS Free for 6-8 weeks so all eggs hatch and AEFW starve/die!
Are AEFW obligate feeders and live off other sources? (For the display tank, will the hatched worms die with no acros to eat or will they live off other sources?)
Any experience and information would be helpful for me and everyone!
Thats a lot of dipping. How is everything doing? I have heard of people doing a dip in revive periodically to see if they can see anything coming off in the dipsQuestion for those using bayer....How can you really tell how many AEFWs or really any other pests are coming off during the dips as the water is milky and i cannot see the bottom. When i pour the water out i see brown, clumps of stuff which isn't really identifiable. I've been dosing 1/4 bottle of bayer per 2.5 gallons of water for 15 min and then soaking in pure salt water as a dip for 15 min 2x a week. Any feedback on how to check to see how effective the treatment is being and if that dose/dose time sound sufficient or needs adjustment would be appreciated.