HELP! loosing acans...

[nerdz]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

Ive had this happen a few times.. Trim off the dead skeleton.. Look carefully and you may see tiny holes bored in the white part of the skeleton right near where there is still healthy polyp. In these tiny holes are very tiny long reddish worms.

If you dip the coral after you trim off the bad you will see the worms wiggle out.

You were right! Fragged yet another dying colony just now and flushed a red worm out with peroxide. Wasn't expecting it to be so large! I was picturing a bunch of 6mm thin as hair worms... I was fairly thick and maybe 3cm long.

I wish I knew of a dip to kill them... I highly doubt I got all of them.

Also, have you ever known these worms to attack other types of coral?

Thanks again!

[Poseidons Reef]

Originally Posted by nerdz

You were right! Fragged yet another dying colony just now and flushed a red worm out with peroxide. Wasn't expecting it to be so large! I was picturing a bunch of 6mm thin as hair worms... I was fairly thick and maybe 3cm long.

I wish I knew of a dip to kill them... I highly doubt I got all of them.

Also, have you ever known these worms to attack other types of coral?

Thanks again!

A lot of people use bayers to dip their corals in.
I don't know if it's of any use to you now but for future reference?

[nerdz]

Originally Posted by Poseidons Reef

A lot of people use bayers to dip their corals in.
I don't know if it's of any use to you now but for future reference?

Yes, useful... I plan to re-dip Acans to root out any remaining worms. I hadn't heard of Bayer before. I just read some threads on it. Mostly on SPS dipping, do you have any experience using it on acans?

I assume its available in Canada?

Thanks

[Poseidons Reef]

Originally Posted by nerdz

Yes, useful... I plan to re-dip Acans to root out any remaining worms. I hadn't heard of Bayer before. I just read some threads on it. Mostly on SPS dipping, do you have any experience using it on acans?

I assume its available in Canada?

Thanks

ohhh good point, it might not be...
i know alot of my friends use it but i think a couple of them go over the border and grab a whole bunch... i never have actually used it, i just use coral rx, but i do plan on buying some soon.

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by nerdz

You were right! Fragged yet another dying colony just now and flushed a red worm out with peroxide. Wasn't expecting it to be so large! I was picturing a bunch of 6mm thin as hair worms... I was fairly thick and maybe 3cm long.

I wish I knew of a dip to kill them... I highly doubt I got all of them.

Also, have you ever known these worms to attack other types of coral?

Thanks again!

Glad you got one out! Seems I've had problems with these little worms on only wild harvested acans.. If I frag off a polyp and grow it on either a piece of dried rock or a frag disk I never have this problem.