Rough plan is new tank, smaller, take frags of what I want to keep and start over. Once the new tank is setup, all frags treated, no new corals go in. Add water, grow them out :)
Moving old tank and replacing with new is the puzzle part of this :) I'll probably set up the new one beside the old, once the old is gone, drain the new and slide it into place. Fill.

Well at least you already had a plan to do this then. Sounds like alot of work. Good luck and keep us updated!

Ya, it's something I started thinking about 6 months ago. Large cubish type tank, probably be able to keep most of my fish and most of the corals I like. Less maintenance, less cost, more halide :)

Sorry to hear about this Brad. Here is something that worked extremely well for me.
In my experience an army of peppermint shrimps (about 30 or so in a tank your size) should have the AEFW cleaned up for you within 2-3 weeks. That includes eggs.

Greg, that's an interesting approach. I could see it working somewhat, except on larger colonies that shrimp wouldn't be able to get into.

When I did it the shrimp varied in size and you wouldn't believe the wierd places their little pincers can access.

ok , so peppermint shrimp eh .. lets see

30 peppermint shrimp at $9 each = $270.

Not having to shut down tank and set up a new one .. Priceless( maybe )

I have never heard of this approach before , but man would that ever be sweet if it worked .


Is there any fish that kill peppermint shrimp.. being that they are small ?

Triggers would be bad. Tuskfish not so friendly. Larger wrasses - bad. Nothing I have would eat them, but not sure I want 30 peppermints. What are they going to eat if/when they run out of flatties?

If I find another colony affected, I might grab a couple just to experiment in isolation.

Oh, and buying 30 gives you a 30% discount at J&L :)

That sucks Brad but I do like the cube/halide remedy.

I'm kinda excited about it :)