Chuck Spyropulos
Non-member
It has been over 3 months since I discovered acro-eating FWs in my tank. I had been blasting all of my acros on a daily, then 2 day then 3 day basis. The blasting was done with a small powerhead tie-wrapped to the end of a long Kent algae scraping utensil. After the 2 month mark, only one colony became reinfested. So I began blasting daily again, watching my fish greedily fighting for the live food. I still see one or two FWs a day, or less but I think I am winning the battle. Also, there has been only mimimal damage to the one acro colony and the other colonies are thriving the way they did before the infestation.
I guess the lesson I learned is to not slack off on the blasting. It must be done daily for at least 3 months or perhaps more. I will continue to do daily blastings of all of my acros including my frags for another 3 months minimum and report my observations on a monthly basis. Hopefully, this will aid others who are unlucky enough to import this pest into their reef tank.
I guess the lesson I learned is to not slack off on the blasting. It must be done daily for at least 3 months or perhaps more. I will continue to do daily blastings of all of my acros including my frags for another 3 months minimum and report my observations on a monthly basis. Hopefully, this will aid others who are unlucky enough to import this pest into their reef tank.
