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12-14-2007, 10:40 PM
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12-14-2007, 10:43 PM
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honest answer is no. like untamed said, precautions or not, this is one critter that i would not want to mess with. Kudos to you though. it was responsible of you to come clean and ask this; i know there are people who would just sell it all off and not mention the worms.
good luck with the extermination.
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12-14-2007, 11:08 PM
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 I couldn't honestly bring myself to mislead fellow reefers by not telling the whole story. Bottom line is, people need to quarantine and KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR! The infected corals were quarantined and treated with interceptor incase of red bugs. The AEFW's were missed! An Iodine bath is needed. Use a white bucket so they are easier the see. Blow off the whole coral with a turkey baster. The AEFW's, will fall off. . Some are quite small, so you will need to be looking for them. Also, inspect very carfully for eggs. The iodine will not kill eggs. They need to be scraped off manually. That is why I chose to frag, so I don't miss any eggs. I honestly beleive these things are more common that once thought. People have them and don't even know. If you have a coral that is misteriously browning out & not doing well, dip it and see what comes off. The Tips can still be healthy looking & coloured, but the base is starting to brown out and slowly die. It looks somewhat like STN. Classic symtoms of AEFW's.
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12-14-2007, 11:03 PM
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 I know in a perfect world I should have a Q tank... but I just plain and simple dont have the room for one!. There is no way new pieces would go in my reef tanks.. they do spend some "quality" time in my frag tank. Sorry to hear about your AEFW. I noticed you and Sarah are both in Campbell River, did you have the same source for the aefw?
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12-14-2007, 11:09 PM
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I would buy
 And for those that say no they wouldn't buy, does that mean you won't by frags privately?  Hes not saying that you are buying flatworm infested frags just that he had flatworms once in his system. Quarantining is the only way to avoid problems and a coral quarantine is even easier to set up then one for fish Last edited by marie; 12-14-2007 at 11:19 PM.
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12-14-2007, 11:34 PM
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Well, as far as the source goes. I don't want to turn this into a finger pointing session. After all, we should have caught it ourselves before the corals went into our tanks. Let's use it as a lesson to everyone who doesn't already practice strict quarantine methods. Again, KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR!!! We did quarantine, but didn't looks for AEFW's. Also, people who havn't strictly quarantined in the past & looked for AEFW's should be checking for them already in their tanks. They don't eat your tank overnight! They can go unnoticed for a long time. You might think you are slowly loosing corals to STN. Last edited by fishmaster; 12-15-2007 at 02:59 AM.
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12-15-2007, 01:21 AM
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How about keepeing these hungry shrimps in the sump to help with AEFW and eggs ?
IF this method works SPS can be placed in the sump for an hour or so. http://www.korallen-zucht.de/index.p..._id=52&clang=1 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=37579
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