AEFW Warning for Lower Mainland area!!!

[Lovecolor]

Personally I greatly appreciate the heads up on the AEFW - or any other pests diseases that will infest or infect my tank. Also it is nice know that the sellers / fragger or what ever else live your selling will not kill the beautiful life I/ we have already watched grow in the tank. From here on in I'm getting some dip & certainly will be more diligent. Also Courtesy is priceless !

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Salty23

I think mike is just simply trying to give everyone a heads up and warn some of the newer members

Yes, which is why I left it up. But my point is that for every PSA, there will be 10 guys selling frags that are unknowingly infected. So I'm telling the new members that assume they're all bad. Because most probably are. I have to say, it's rare that I've bought a frag that didn't have something bad on it. 7 out of 10 do.

[Bblinks]

I totally agree with you Mike. Its different when you are unaware but flat out lie and deceive people into buying YOUR DYING CORAL IS JUST WRONG.

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Yes, which is why I left it up. But my point is that for every PSA, there will be 10 guys selling frags that are unknowingly infected. So I'm telling the new members that assume they're all bad. Because most probably are. I have to say, it's rare that I've bought a frag that didn't have something bad on it. 7 out of 10 do.

Brad put it well, even if your friends grandma is selling you coral don't trust it.....

Dip everything and try to qt.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Yes, which is why I left it up. But my point is that for every PSA, there will be 10 guys selling frags that are unknowingly infected. So I'm telling the new members that assume they're all bad. Because most probably are. I have to say, it's rare that I've bought a frag that didn't have something bad on it. 7 out of 10 do.

i agree with you brad i dip all new frags or corals that go into my tank , i never guarantee anyone my frags are pest free infact i tell people even though i dip and treat for many diff types of pests to redip themselves as a precaution and for good practise that ways both partys did the best they could.

one of the most common questions i get at the store is " should i dip my corals?" or " do i really need to dip my corals?" in which case the answer is absolutely yes , IME dips arnt enough and QT should be done but at the very least a dip, and now a days dips are not hard to find and theres plenty to choose from so no real reason not to dip and its user friendly and not something left for experienced reefers but for anyone to use ..

not dipping is as bad as not quarantining new fish , youll get lucky for a while but eventually if your in the hobby long enough you will be bit.

fact is if you buy corals you prob buy pests , so its on us to protect our own systems. i dont think i would ever take anyones word for it that their corals are pest free nor their tanks the only person i trust is moi and the only person i blame is moi

yes selling pests and not telling the buyer about it if you know yourself you have them is def bad and not good selling practise, i hope thats not the case though but i bet it happens more than enough.

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Brad put it well, even if your friends grandma is selling you coral don't trust it.....

Dip everything and try to qt.

Amen to that. Dirty grandmas.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Amen to that. Dirty grandmas.

lol thats just wrong :P

[reefwars]

personally i think there should be a sticky about dipping and other coral practises in the buy and sell livestock , more so for those who do not know what pests to look out for no?

[albert_dao]

Since when did dipping prevent AEFW? C'mon guys, we know better than that...

Thanks Mike!

[mikepclo]

I was trying to be as discrete as possible.

Originally Posted by Aquattro

There's no need to go blasting someone publicly, especially if you personally have not been involved.

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I think the term was ass

Agreed!..Great idea

Originally Posted by reefwars

personally i think there should be a sticky about dipping and other coral practises in the buy and sell livestock , more so for those who do not know what pests to look out for no?

That's what I've read all this time and I thought I was missing something here as I'm just a newb here. Thanks for confirming Albert!

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Since when did dipping prevent AEFW? C'mon guys, we know better than that...

Thanks Mike!