Originally Posted by ChizerBunoi

So I have even more bad news. I did a poor mans iodine dip for the one affected coral that had the dying tips and can confirm that I have AEFW.

I'm going to contact John (Rice Reef) for some help.

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Hi Donny,

Sorry to hear that your tank is infected with AEFW. First of all, I would suggest you to dip corals from several areas of your tank to get an idea of the infestation. After this do not panic as I did... If It is minimal then focus on the areas affected by dipping and blowing the rocks with a turkey basted. I hope you have wrasses as they are your best friends right now and I would recommend 6 line, yellow coris and melanuris. I would also check your corals with a magnify glass to see if there are any eggs. If is frag it and just throw away the infected parts. I would check once a week and re dip your corals again and do spot checks in other areas to be sure that it has not spread. I would also encourage you to set up a quarantine tank for your sps. If your main tank has no sps then the AEFW wil eventually die over time. If you plan to remove your sps kalk or apply glue or epoxy to kill off the base of the sps. Note: AEFW will generally go after the smooth skinned acros first. They don't like slimers but if there are no other sps they will go after them too. If there are minimal AEFW then I would also suggest you add zeovit flatworm stop. This does not eliminate them but will help your sps to build that slime coating which AEFW do not like.

If it is a bad infestation do all of the above but more frequently and esp if you are unable to set a quarantine tank.
I can truly understand what you are going thru and can only suggest that you do not keep the old frag plugs and cut off the base rock in your future purchases and dip. I have no exp with dipping I iodine but I do recmd rps or at least revive.

Good luck and hope you can save your sps.

Wayne