API Melafix for Flat Worms?

[Toadally]

Has anyone used this product to eradicate flat worms? I was going to use Salifert flat worm exit, but the LFS didn't have any and their distributer doesn't carry it. I'm just wondering because i added one dose and the corals didn't respond too well. All my inverts looked good this morning, and it appears I didn't lose anything overnight. It calls for 7 consecutive doses to eradicate the pests. Just wondering if I should continue. Thanks for any info that you can give...and it is appreciated!

 

[bertoni]

I haven't tried dosing that into a reef tank. I'd be cautious. It's going to be a more general treatment than Flatworm Exit. Personally, I wouldn't dose it, but it might work well enough.

 

[tmz]

It's an anti bacterial medication for fish. Never heard of it as effective against flat worms and don't know how it would be. has someone reported itwill kill flatworms? I would not dose it to a reeftank etiher.

 

[Toadally]

Here's a link to the product.... http://goo.gl/rp9oA

 

[tmz]

OK. Something new to me. The product name is Melafix Marine. I have not used it.It may be ok for dips but maybe not for in tank treatments as the manufacturer recommends it as a dip and preventative. . The flatworms themselves give off toxins as they die which may be stressing the corals or the product may be too much for them beyond a short bath .
Personally, I wouldn't use it in a reeftank without more information and there isn't much out there on it.

Note regualr Melafix is anti bacterial:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=11269

 

[bertoni]

The directions don't say it can be used in a tank. I wouldn't dose it, personally. It's indicated as a dip or a short bath (prophylactic treatment).

 

[MarcWeaver]

When used as a dip, it does kill pods, brittle stars, etc. I never used it in the tank. I'm not sure about red flatworms, as I never had them, but it definitely does not kill acro-eating flatworms, it just stuns them.