I understand why some reefers suddenly give up and sell!

[marie]

Originally Posted by Tom R

Marie

Are you saying it did NOT kill the flat worms?

Tom R

Well I still have them, so i guess not

I used half a bottle in each tank, the 50g zoa tank and the 60g cube. A week later they were still there so I treated again. The second time round I didn't do a water change till the next day . I thought that had done the trick but i noticed some a couple of weeks ago.

[tang daddy]

Marie i'm sorry to hear you have not fully erradicate them keep on trying, the eggs may have been missed in treatment!As for snails stommatelles were doing the salsa dance ARIBA!

Stircrazy yes I probally nuked my rock but not everything died and what did I treat for you ask? I used fwe i think it's pretty self explanatory.

some people may be mistaken that 1 treatment kills all fw's but how about if there's eggs everywhere? the only sure way is to follow up with the treatments.

[Aquattro]

I had these flatworms, FWE does not kill them. I had to individually treat each piece repeatedly with iodine dips to get rid of them. Some pieces were so infested with eggs, I tossed them out. These things are a real pain in the butt.
My new policy is that no SPS goes in my tank without dips and a visual inspection under a dissecting microscope.

[cprowler]

That really sucks Sarah! It really has been one thing after another.

[Chaloupa]

yes, yes it has....makes this hobby a bit too challenging sometimes...BUT I will try to fix this..and carry on. I have had some good information from many people...so here goes nothing...tomorrow I pull them all out, dip them and put them into my Q tank....it's a shallow 40g with 250w halide, with their usual tank water in it...I hope I save them....but will start to frag off healthy bits of ones that are not making it. I've also had some really generous offers if I loose the entire collection...to those I thank you, and I will most likely come knocking!

[marie]

Sarah I still have that blue milli waiting for you.

Just think when you get through all this you can be canreefs own "acro parasite expert"

[Chaloupa]

yeah....that's it!!! "Meet Sarah, she has had every nasty parasitic life form on corals....and survived to talk about it without weeping"

From the discussions I have had, AEFW don't eat Mille's...so I was happy about that as I have a couple...one gorgeous little frag from Christy, and a small colony from Wendell...but I will be watching them closely! My biggest concern is the 2 acro's I have in my Q tank...I'm trying to find a "safehouse" for them so they don't get infected by my AEFW corals, but haven't yet found a good Q tank to put them in for 6 weeks...UGH...see I learned to Q corals just too d**n late!