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WARNING : acro eating flatworms
Just a word of warning to all.
I have experienced my first episode of the infamous acro eatin flatworms.
When these guys take hold, the coral starts to whither away and actually looks like thinning tissue typical to a zeo overdose.
I dipped a bali aquacultured coral this morning as it had been slowly doing worse and worse.
The amount of these buggars was UN-FRIGGIN-BELIEVABLE............never seen anything like it before. I have NO idea on whether this particular coral will survive or not, or if other corals are now also infected.
The tell-tale signs are:
Coral first starts to turn brown and lose color (not dark brown)
Coral tissue then starts to bleach, and looks "blotchy" and very thin
Slowly but surely coral dies
Unfortunately ive lost a couple small colonys to these bastards before realyzing i aquired them. I have my thoughts on where i got them .........all i can say is QT is now an ABSOLUTE requirement for ALL incoming corals. Ive treated for redbugs on incoming corals before , but that is simply not enough anymore.
Also, these FW's are completely undetectable while they are on the coral. When dipped in lugols or the like they turned sort of a brown and came off by the hundreds when blasted with a turkey baster. HUNDREDS!
Do NOT think you dont have them just because you cannot see them.
From what I understand............they are prevelant w/ the aquacultured corals being brought in.
ALWAYS something in this hobby........always!
FWIW
-Greg-
I have experienced my first episode of the infamous acro eatin flatworms.
When these guys take hold, the coral starts to whither away and actually looks like thinning tissue typical to a zeo overdose.
I dipped a bali aquacultured coral this morning as it had been slowly doing worse and worse.
The amount of these buggars was UN-FRIGGIN-BELIEVABLE............never seen anything like it before. I have NO idea on whether this particular coral will survive or not, or if other corals are now also infected.
The tell-tale signs are:
Coral first starts to turn brown and lose color (not dark brown)
Coral tissue then starts to bleach, and looks "blotchy" and very thin
Slowly but surely coral dies
Unfortunately ive lost a couple small colonys to these bastards before realyzing i aquired them. I have my thoughts on where i got them .........all i can say is QT is now an ABSOLUTE requirement for ALL incoming corals. Ive treated for redbugs on incoming corals before , but that is simply not enough anymore.
Also, these FW's are completely undetectable while they are on the coral. When dipped in lugols or the like they turned sort of a brown and came off by the hundreds when blasted with a turkey baster. HUNDREDS!
Do NOT think you dont have them just because you cannot see them.
From what I understand............they are prevelant w/ the aquacultured corals being brought in.
ALWAYS something in this hobby........always!
FWIW
-Greg-
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