AcroporaEating Flatworms aka AEFW akaamakusaplana acroporaeare the bane of SPS coral keepers, especially those of us with a penchant forAcropora物种。Acro Flatns可以将原本完美的礁石系统变成我们水族馆中的Acros的噩梦。我们经常被问到如何治疗这种害虫，如何浸入它，浸入什么，尤其是如何浸入经常to dip. This last questions of dipping frequency is one that has always stuck in our mind and today we believe we have come to a very good, educated answer.
While we know how to remove adults using coral dipping products, we still have to watch out for the numerous eggs that are laid at the edge of the coral tissue which are impervious to known coral cleansing agents. Even when coral dips are performed regularly, and AEFW eggs are diligently scraped, removed or glued over, some reefers still experience a persistent infestation of these un-invited pests.
最近，我们遇到了本杰明·休姆（Benjamin Hume）等去年发表的一篇论文。al。在第33卷的珊瑚礁中，仔细研究了amakusaplanaflatworms on aquarium specimens ofAcropora。我们衷心希望本文对了解AEFW的生命周期至关重要，尤其是成年人成熟和开始繁殖需要多长时间，以及卵子孵化的时间（21天）。
From this new AEFW paper we did manage to pluck out one critical element which could be equally important to learning how to eradicateamakusaplana一劳永逸地从一个受感染的坦克中。当从受感染的Acropora菌落中取出扁虫时，研究人员指出：“在5-7 d后无法进入宿主的情况下，孤立的AEFW孤立了”。
Simply put, AEFW can live for up to a week without an Acro to feed on, and this is only in regards to the mature, crawling form of the flatworm. From previous research onamakusaplana acroporaewe also know that “答：Acroporae孵化条能够在水柱上游泳[…]，如果保存着珊瑚碎片，孵化游泳into the skeleton immediately.透明
你可以表演每周在感染的Acropora珊瑚上浸入，但您仍然在水族馆系统周围巡航扁虫。这些饥饿的AEFW现在准备回到您的Acros上，这些Acros已崭露头角。因此，如果您每周进行一次浸入时间表，则岩石上总是会有一些AEFW，或者在浸入过程中远离Acros。
这意味着根除AEFW从水族馆开头扁形虫吃infestation, you probably need to be aiming for dipping twice a week. A bi-weekly dipping regimen should ensure that you are removing all the flatworms in your system since they need to hop on an acro to feed at least once a week, but probably won’t stray too far from their infected host.
If you have any experience dealing with or eradicating AEFW, please share your experience and insights in the comments. This AEFW infestation is a huge problem for Acro keepers and we need all the data we can gather to educate all reefers on how to stamp out this very destructive parasite.
