Aefw pic with eggs

[charliethetuna88]

I got this pretty good shot a few months ago from a buddys tank if you look close u can see a jumbo afew on the left and in the center there's 2 egg clusters.just thought I would share it for those who wonder what they look like .hey maybe it will help identify them for someone .guys please also if you suspect you have flatworms be a responsable reefer and don't sell your stuff to others .or at least warn them that you suspect u may have or had aefw .

 

[trinimaddness]

i am looking really hard but i still dont see the pic

 

[charliethetuna88]

Lmao sorry here you go

 

[Jaftica]

Those things freak me out!

 

[Jaftica]

Here is a piece with egg clusters on it from my old tank

 

[PolandSpring]

Wow thats an infected tank!!

 

[charliethetuna88]

Funny thing is adam the tank that I took the pic from is awsome its a 100 cube with sps colonys the size of grapefruits I felt bad letting by buddy know he's got them ....he is **** also qt sps for months and hasn't bought anyghing in over a year ..he did however recently lose a few wrasses he had in the tank due to his achillies tang messing with them

 

[MIKE NY]

a pic all too familiar...unforunately anyone who has been into SPS for any length of time will get them no matter what you do...I've had them numerous times over the years and I dip and inspect everything going in. I think many tanks have them without knowing it even when the tank is thriving....it only becomes apparent when their numbers grow...

 

[Jaftica]

a pic all too familiar...unforunately anyone who has been into SPS for any length of time will get them no matter what you do...I've had them numerous times over the years and I dip and inspect everything going in. I think many tanks have them without knowing it even when the tank is thriving....it only becomes apparent when their numbers grow...

I agree, I did not know they were in my tank till I broke it down and saw the eggs

 

[MikeC]

So the guys with experiance( from your friends tanks of course lol)
What would be your recomendations assuming not every sps (encrusting) can be pulled out and diped every week.

Dip what you can and wrasses? Would this plane work or is it inevitably going to lead to a brake down?

 

[charliethetuna88]

Well honestly I have had them before .but that pic is from my friends tank .I went there to get a few acro frags I've been looking for and noticed them.newdless to say I went home empty handed .whwn I had them I set up a qt tank and dipped every week and a half ..I added a few diff wrasses .I did however loss a lot anything that I dipped and found them on again in the following dip I threw out

 

[thirty6]

What did you use for the dip/ Would Bayer product work or is that just for red bugs?

 

[jerl77]

Bayer works for all
Great stuff

 

[jerl77]

I got them pulled all the acros
Set up a qt tank dipped once a week for 8 weeks
Next time I will live with them for sure
Will never do that again lost about half my acros

 

[charliethetuna88]

Me to jerl I think I did more bad than good by pulling them .and to be honest I think everyone who has a sps tank got them

 

[prattreef]

I agree that prevention is preferrable, but it is possible to live with them if you can keep the numbers in check via regular blasting of the colonies with a turkey baster to dislodge the adults. It is a game of balance too many worms and the coral loses.

 

[jerl77]

Me to jerl I think I did more bad than good by pulling them .and to be honest I think everyone who has a sps tank got them

I agree and I bet half mr has them
My problem is when people have them and sell corals knowing they have them
I know where I got them from and it amazing to know this guy sells corals like no tomorrow but will not tell you about them
But I guess anything to make a buck

 

[charliethetuna88]

Yeah I def think that's wrong I would never...but like you said a buck is a buck to some people .I really think that's y so many people have them .I also think your better off buying wild colonys especially witht he little acro crabs in them I'm sure they would eat them .I'm not sure but I think they just discover aefw in the wild .

 

[jerl77]

Yeah I def think that's wrong I would never...but like you said a buck is a buck to some people .I really think that's y so many people have them .I also think your better off buying wild colonys especially witht he little acro crabs in them I'm sure they would eat them .I'm not sure but I think they just discover aefw in the wild .

Yep crazy

 

[thirty6]

Now im not an sps guy, yet anyway, but ive have read acro crabs mentioned before. Im assuming you cant order them to put in tank??