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DBTC: PC Rainbow
- Thread starter Arvin R
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tribbitt
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That’s not good… Are they on the Adam bomb?
Arvin R
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They were. But I don't think that's where they originated from. I found a lot of eggs on Therman's Rainbow and it was the most eaten. I didn't notice it was due to AEFW until I saw my BC Adam bomb getting white slime on a big portion. Decided to blow off the slime and saw a bunch of AEFWs come off. Luckily my wrasses went into hunt mode and ate all of them from the water coulmn while I was manually removing what I could with a turkey baster. I'm blowing all my acros daily and have not seen anymore after the first 3 days of treatment. Will keep blowing them off daily for at least a month (AEFW life cycle is 21 days).
So your saying dan sf corals had aefw ?
Arvin R
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Yea. I definitely know I didn't have any before adding his SPS and I didn't add anything new after either.
MichaelB
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Hopefully not. What are common signs of having them?
What does the Thurmans rainbow look like ?
Highly doubt it, we didn't see any come off in the dips/cold water they sat in.
Arvin R
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Arvin R
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I added zero coral since his SPS and all the coral in this system before his SPS went through full QT and pest treatment. Not sure how else it would've gotten in.
Arvin R
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I do agree it's weird as I was there when we dipped most of his corals and saw nothing.
Arvin R
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Bite marks in the flesh of the SPS and SPS loosing color/generally not doing well. You can look up on Google and see how it looks like.
MichaelB
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Thanks. This being brought up here just makes me wanna know more about the subject since i'm planning sps dominated tank. Assuming they can be a major issue.
RandyC
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Went on a two week vacation and came back home to a pretty nasty case of dinos (ostreopsis) in the frag tank. Added a 25W UW and did a black out for a few days and it’s mostly cleared up. Adam bomb took a color hit, but it seems like it continued encrusting.
Dan-sf
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I am 100% sure I did not have AEFW. In an earlier tank I had AEFW and Planaria (which were mostly harmless but very annoying), and I learned my lesson. Every coral that went into the tank either came from a source I trusted beyond reproach (battlecorals or therman), or was QTed for 60 days with multiple dips. If I saw anything suspicious in any of the dips I just threw away everything in QT. I once threw away like 15 frags because I saw some suspicious looking bugs in the 2nd or 3rd dip and it wasn't worth the risk. AEFW are easy to spot if you know what to look for and there is no chance they could make it through my QT. The tank had aiptasia and dinos (though I believe every tank has dinos if you look under the microscope). It did not have any fish or coral pests.
RandyC
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A couple more trips, a nutrient spike from a blackout and the dinos got the better of me for a bit. Frag tank is finally normal again and no more dinos overtaking everything. Normally, I’m on top of these things, but, you know life.
So now we’ll have to wait and see if my acro recovery/growing skills are really any good. This Adam Bomb frag is probably 95% gone. Maybe more than that.
There’s the tiniest little amount of colored flesh in 3 maybe 4 spots.
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