Arce Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Day two. No visual sign of any bugs. Some corals are super pissed. Others acting like nothing happened. Time will tell if theres any left. Planning another dip probably next weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Sorry Justin, hope everything works out ok! Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Good luck! Thanks kimber Sorry Justin, hope everything works out ok! Thanks mark, me too, so far so good. Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Good luck ? hope their gone 1 Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Day 3, still no signs of anything. The millis look great, but some other pieces have minimal PE and look a little stressed... The one piece that i saw the most bugs on actually looks to be healing, i cant see as many bite marks anymore, there's maybe a couple that i can count compared to before the dip. Lets hope there isnt many aefw eggs. So annoyed with my alk again. So last time my hanna was giving readings around 7 and my salifert was giving readings around 8. Today i tested since I've been neglecting everything from being so depressed about the bugs. Salifert read a 6.5 and the hana was a 8.2........ Like wtf. Tests were all done accurately in clean vials done 3 times. No idea if i need to up my dose or drop it, I quit lol. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 So sorry about the infestation! That's a bummer but I hope the dip and the wrasse deal with them. Although I would love it if another NR-er would get ponies to share in the comraderie, they are not easy either. It's different things to stay on top of from SPS but they are pretty high maintenance. Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 How is it going Arce? Its going. New job has me tied up with time leaving barely any for the tank. Dont even want to think about my alk right now. Havent seen any bugs since the dip. Doesnt mean they arent there though, or eggs. Have another dip planned for saturday or sunday. Month left for school then ill have more time. 2 Quote Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Sorry about your troubles! I'm also battling those damn flat worms in both my tanks and hydroids too. I hope that you win your battle. Quote Link to comment
neuwave Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sorry about your aefw troubles. I'm had them before and it is disheartening. But you can beat them with time and perseverance. After every dip I would search the bottom of the coral for egg clusters. Then physically scrape the eggs off. I never blew the acros off with a turkey baster. I didn't want the chance of an aefw transferring to anther colony that wasn't infected. It's been years later and I haven't had one since. This is one of the little bastard I removed after a dip. It was the biggest one I've seen but most were way smaller. Good Luck Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Sorry about your troubles! I'm also battling those damn flat worms in both my tanks and hydroids too. I hope that you win your battle. Same to you! Sorry about your aefw troubles. I'm had them before and it is disheartening. But you can beat them with time and perseverance. After every dip I would search the bottom of the coral for egg clusters. Then physically scrape the eggs off. I never blew the acros off with a turkey baster. I didn't want the chance of an aefw transferring to anther colony that wasn't infected. It's been years later and I haven't had one since. This is one of the little bastard I removed after a dip. It was the biggest one I've seen but most were way smaller. Good Luck Thanks for the pic, but mine werent that big. Wish i had done my dipping in a smaller container so i could have drained some water off to check the bottom. Oh well.. Anyways... Whatever day it is since the dip... Still no signs of worms. The acro that was suffering the most was the blue voodoo, which appears to almost have completely healed. It had a lot of small circular bite marks but i just checked it and i cant see any anymore. This is a good sign! Also almost all of the corals have already began to encrust on the new rocks that i glued them too. Seems like everything is healthy. 6 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Interesting. My first bout with AEFW started on an ORA Blue Voodoo I bought locally. Must be really susceptible to them. Hopefully you've kicked their ass! 1 Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 LFS had so many nice acros in stock. It took all my strength to resist. Interesting. My first bout with AEFW started on an ORA Blue Voodoo I bought locally. Must be really susceptible to them. Hopefully you've kicked their ass! Yea i think they target certain acros over others. A couple people ive talked to have also said the same thing. Yeaaaa i hope so. 2 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 How's the wrasse doing? Do they pick the aefws? Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hopefully the wrasse helps. Keep your head up! You'll get through this Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Wrasse died, no idea why. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I am so sorry about the wrasse passing but glad that it's looking promising regarding the flat worms. 1 Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 I am so sorry about the wrasse passing but glad that it's looking promising regarding the flat worms. Yea, so far so good. Poor wrasse Yep! no idea what got him. Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 6am train to the city.. This new jobs killing me but i love it. No time for my reef tho. 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 You're in the city now? Quote Link to comment
Arce Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 You're in the city now? Yep, in the city almost every day. 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yep, in the city almost every day. Oh the possibilities! Lunch, coral shopping, drinks after work, bubble tea. 2 Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Sorry about the wrasse- good news on the pest though ? Quote Link to comment
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