red flatworm help

[ericmcj31]

chris-what are AEFW?? **flatworm I assume, just what is AE?

 

[derek_s]

acro eating FW. I'm not 100 percent, but the ones I had were very small, almost like redbugs (a period on your screen). The bigger brown red ones like 1-mm in size may be the safer ones.
If you have AEFW, you can notice because acros will have little pale 'bite marks' on the skin, and will suffer from the infestation.

 

[derek_s]

The bigger brown ones just seem to hang out and do nothing in my experience...haha

 

[ericmcj31]

yeah-mine are the smaller ones-like a red period mark

 

[skriz]

post a pic if you can..that may change everything

 

[derek_s]

Skriz;252544 wrote: post a pic if you can..that may change everything

What if he posts a pic of a sea cucumber?

 

[skriz]

corvettecris;252547 wrote: What if he posts a pic of a sea cucumber?

Well, as I said, it definately would change everything! :lol2:

So long as it's not a pic of a half-naked dude playing a guitar and exposing his moobs, I'll be happy.

 

[derek_s]

Fine. Changing it....

 

[skriz]

Lol!

 

[ericmcj31]

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[ericmcj31]

....err...maybe that was a green flatworm--haha =):lol2: :lol2:

 

[ericmcj31]

seriously, though-after looking around it may be red bugs?? I can't get a pic. right now, but where would I find a pic. of red FW as apposed to red bugs? and will the wrasse take care of the bugs too?

 

[derek_s]

Flatworms: http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html">http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html</a>

Redbugs:
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courtesyy of melev's reef

 

[fish scales2]

WTH, how did you guys find my camera! HmmmHmmmmmm


I agree that introduction of livestock is not always the answer to correcting an infestation but I can tell you for sure that adding chemicals designed to kill inverts often ends in tragedy. It seems this hobby leans more and more towards natural ways of doing everything. It is always my approach to target issues in the reef as they might be dealt with in the wild. Natural predators do not always work out the way you hope.

 

[fish scales2]

Look close, see the little bity specs. Those are red bugs.

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[ericmcj31]

that looks like the red bugs-!? will the wrasse take care of them??

 

[ericmcj31]

mine seem to be a little bigger than that--they get on the glass and sand more than anything

 

[derek_s]

Then they arent redbugs. Probably the harmless flatworms.

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[ericmcj31]

ok-it's looking more like red bugs

 

[steve]

If it's only on acros then it's red bugs, from what I know, if they are on the glass they are flatworms...