30 Gallon Reef
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Flatworms!
Flatworms!
Have had quite a few months since last posting.
To start with, I had inherited most of the equipment from my uncle. I did not replace the lights right away, was gone for a few days and when I came back realized I needed to after loosing the few SPS that I had.
After replacing the lights, had a lot of apastia show up in the tank - they seemingly took over and destroyed the zoas that I had. Got rid of them with Apastia X and still find them daily, babies for the most part.
Had been seeing flatworms in the tank for a few months and was able to keep up with water changes and psyphon them out, then, over night...red rust flatworms and white flatworms were everywhere.
This doesn't even do it justice, they were everywhere. Used Flatworm Exit. Took all of the pieces of live rock that were covered in flatworms and put those into a 5 gallon bucket with Flatworm Exit. Took out all fish to a seperate tank. Syphoned out the tank as best I could then dosed it as well. Used the time to razor blade the backwall of the tank - it had gotten covered in hair algae again. After 30 minutes, added another dose to tank and bucket. Had hundreds in the bucket die off and untold hundreds in the tank. Was able to catch most in a net and limited the toxic spike. Dipped each piece of live rock off in clean salt water. Added back to tank after another water change (50%). Had no issues with it and took care of the problem. A few days later added a Six-Line Wrasse. Dandy!
Haven't seen any flatworms since. In part, the Six-Line Wrasse has been a great addition and my 2 year olds birthday is this weekend. Was able to surprise him before he got up from his nap and added the wrasse in. He enjoys feeding it at night, pellets, and the wrasse for the most part tolerates his poking the glass and yelling through the tank. A great addition!
Sidenote, anybody have any idea why the candy cane corals are not feeding?
I never see them with their feeding tentacles and I've had them for 4 months now. Never split or showed signs of stress that I know of.
Flatworms!
Have had quite a few months since last posting.
To start with, I had inherited most of the equipment from my uncle. I did not replace the lights right away, was gone for a few days and when I came back realized I needed to after loosing the few SPS that I had.
After replacing the lights, had a lot of apastia show up in the tank - they seemingly took over and destroyed the zoas that I had. Got rid of them with Apastia X and still find them daily, babies for the most part.
Had been seeing flatworms in the tank for a few months and was able to keep up with water changes and psyphon them out, then, over night...red rust flatworms and white flatworms were everywhere.
This doesn't even do it justice, they were everywhere. Used Flatworm Exit. Took all of the pieces of live rock that were covered in flatworms and put those into a 5 gallon bucket with Flatworm Exit. Took out all fish to a seperate tank. Syphoned out the tank as best I could then dosed it as well. Used the time to razor blade the backwall of the tank - it had gotten covered in hair algae again. After 30 minutes, added another dose to tank and bucket. Had hundreds in the bucket die off and untold hundreds in the tank. Was able to catch most in a net and limited the toxic spike. Dipped each piece of live rock off in clean salt water. Added back to tank after another water change (50%). Had no issues with it and took care of the problem. A few days later added a Six-Line Wrasse. Dandy!
Haven't seen any flatworms since. In part, the Six-Line Wrasse has been a great addition and my 2 year olds birthday is this weekend. Was able to surprise him before he got up from his nap and added the wrasse in. He enjoys feeding it at night, pellets, and the wrasse for the most part tolerates his poking the glass and yelling through the tank. A great addition!
Sidenote, anybody have any idea why the candy cane corals are not feeding?
I never see them with their feeding tentacles and I've had them for 4 months now. Never split or showed signs of stress that I know of.
faithenfire
it's all IMO
depends, I am rather allergic to the silly things. I get blisters and there is some pain
gloves are good. and one day i will use them
ohlook i am repeating myself ^^^^
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faithenfire
it's all IMO
re: flatworms
keep an eye out for them. I got a few on a coral buy and now i have a resident population.
at this point my population is too big for flatworm exit without a massive nuclear poisonous spike no matter what i do. so keep on top of those suckers and make sure everything gets quarantined
keep an eye out for them. I got a few on a coral buy and now i have a resident population.
at this point my population is too big for flatworm exit without a massive nuclear poisonous spike no matter what i do. so keep on top of those suckers and make sure everything gets quarantined
