Hi folks, I just got a pm today from a member who got a few frags and colonies from me in September when I broke down my tank. He's found Acro-eating Flat Worms on two colonies, and eggs on the Larry Jackson colony (the canary-species of the acropora genus). So, it's possible that the colonies were infected when they were in my tank. I don't think I acquired any new corals since May, when James Keary broke down his tank, but you may recall that some of his corals turned out to have flatworms according to a few other buyers. I never had recession or loss of color in the 5 months between getting his corals and selling mine, so I felt comfortable that I didn't have a problem, and I was comfortable selling to others, but perhaps these things take even longer than that to show symptoms. eek
So, if you got acropora from me, and your corals are funny colors, then perhaps I've passed them to you. If that's the case I'm really sorry. (of course with an apparent 6-month to a year dormancy, it may be pointless to try to figure out where a FW infestation originally came from. This is like an STD assembly at school, isn't it. 'Can you remember all the people you've traded with in the past year?')
Anyways, I hope I wasn't part of this emerging problem, but in the interest of full-disclosure, I thought I'd let people know that one person I sold to in September now has lots of AFWs on a colony he got from me.
Nate
So, if you got acropora from me, and your corals are funny colors, then perhaps I've passed them to you. If that's the case I'm really sorry. (of course with an apparent 6-month to a year dormancy, it may be pointless to try to figure out where a FW infestation originally came from. This is like an STD assembly at school, isn't it. 'Can you remember all the people you've traded with in the past year?')
Anyways, I hope I wasn't part of this emerging problem, but in the interest of full-disclosure, I thought I'd let people know that one person I sold to in September now has lots of AFWs on a colony he got from me.
Nate