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kien 05-19-2014 03:34 PM

A great solution to AEFW is to remove their source of food. All of it. #ProTip.

Aquattro 05-19-2014 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 897608)
A great solution to AEFW is to remove their source of food. All of it. #ProTip.

That was actually one of my considerations. I thought about an acro-less SPS tank. Montis, birdnest, pocci, stylo only tank.

kien 05-19-2014 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 897613)
That was actually one of my considerations. I thought about an acro-less SPS tank. Montis, birdnest, pocci, stylo only tank.

Exactly. There is life after Acros ! Shame to shut down an ENTIRE tank just for AEFW when you can have a very nice and healthy acro-less tank :-)

Aquattro 05-19-2014 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 897614)
Exactly. There is life after Acros ! Shame to shut down an ENTIRE tank just for AEFW when you can have a very nice and healthy acro-less tank :-)

True, but if I'm going to start from frags again, might as well keep the acros and reduce the amount of work/cost/room this tank takes up.

Reefer Rob 05-19-2014 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kole (Post 897590)
I've been trying to find some Bayer. Does anyone know if it can be bought in Canada?

As far as I know Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer isn't available in Canada. RPS is likely B-Cyfluthrin based as well, judging by the instructions. I'd be very surprised if it killed the eggs, seems too good to be true. Anyone have experience with this?

Aquattro 05-19-2014 05:01 PM

The only eggs I found were already hatched. I doubt it kills eggs though. IMO, the instructed dose isn't enough either, nor is the time long enough. At double strength, worms were still crawling around after 20 minutes. It took 30 for all movement to stop.

Reefer Rob 05-19-2014 05:26 PM

I found the eggs were invisible untill the coral air dried for a couple of minutes. IMO removing the eggs is the most important, and difficult part of the process.

Aquattro 05-19-2014 05:30 PM

Really? I could see the egg sacs right away, soon as I turned the colony over. Under the scope, I could see they had all hatched. Maybe it's harder to see unhatched?

Reefer Rob 05-19-2014 05:40 PM

When I was scraping the eggs off, I'd go back to a place I'd previosly looked to find eggs had appeared. They are also laid in the most inaccessible of places at times. Your plan to start over with small pieces of the originals will definitely make the job easier.

Aquattro 05-19-2014 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rob (Post 897634)
Your plan to start over with small pieces of the originals will definitely make the job easier.

Absolutely. There will be no hidden eggs anywhere. Fresh cut frags, dipped and inspected, moved to new tank. Only problem is running 2 tanks in one spot for long enough to get it all done.


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