Blitzburggirl
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Hi guys and gals. I don't keep a lot of LPS (mostly SPS) but I do have some. Basically, an open brain (or scoly.. not 100% sure) and a TON of frogspawn and an awesome torch. I also have some acans (one large colony) and several chalices.
Just a few softies, some zoos and a few rics.
I'm breaking down my 2.5 year old tank, and that means the corals need to go else where. The problem is, that I had flatworms (the larger purple kind, NOT the brick red little guys on rocks and glass) a few years back. These flatworms were only on mushrooms, and duncans. Or, that's what I observed. I treated very aggressively multiple times, with Levimasol (I can't remember what form of the spelling is right.. pig dewormer.) The ones I saw, I removed with a baster, and did large waterchanges. I repeated 3 times over the course of nearly a week if I recall. I didn't have the mass exodus. What I had, I saw. They were only on the corals, and the aforementioned corals specifically.
I didn't see any more, for over a year. Then, I started seeing a few here and there. I've removed them as I see them, and haven't seen any in quite a while.
I've never observed one on the rock. I've never observed one on an SPS coral. I've never observed on on an acan or a chalice. But, the few I've found lately, were on frogspawn and torch. And mushrooms.
I have done revive baths, and basically, I do three bowls. First bowl is a revive solution, and I hold the coral skelton and submerge the heads. My goal though, is for the heads not to retract (or if it's on a rock, just submerge the rock) and gently swish. I use a baster and lightly aggitate the water as well. Then, it goes into the next bowl, same deal.. revive and hold, swish, aggitate, then place in a bowl of tank water to rinse for a few minutes before being placed back in the tank.
Now, my current predicament. I am going to be selling off quite a bit of coral. And, I have a 60 gallon that I am transferring my favorites to. It's equally important to me to do everything I can to avoid these FW's travelling to my new tank, or to a fellow reefers tank. Obviously, I'm posting about this publically, and, I'm very active on my local boards, and people know about my battles with these. But I still need to feel like I did everything I could to sell, and keep clean coral.
Just a few softies, some zoos and a few rics.
I'm breaking down my 2.5 year old tank, and that means the corals need to go else where. The problem is, that I had flatworms (the larger purple kind, NOT the brick red little guys on rocks and glass) a few years back. These flatworms were only on mushrooms, and duncans. Or, that's what I observed. I treated very aggressively multiple times, with Levimasol (I can't remember what form of the spelling is right.. pig dewormer.) The ones I saw, I removed with a baster, and did large waterchanges. I repeated 3 times over the course of nearly a week if I recall. I didn't have the mass exodus. What I had, I saw. They were only on the corals, and the aforementioned corals specifically.
I didn't see any more, for over a year. Then, I started seeing a few here and there. I've removed them as I see them, and haven't seen any in quite a while.
I've never observed one on the rock. I've never observed one on an SPS coral. I've never observed on on an acan or a chalice. But, the few I've found lately, were on frogspawn and torch. And mushrooms.
I have done revive baths, and basically, I do three bowls. First bowl is a revive solution, and I hold the coral skelton and submerge the heads. My goal though, is for the heads not to retract (or if it's on a rock, just submerge the rock) and gently swish. I use a baster and lightly aggitate the water as well. Then, it goes into the next bowl, same deal.. revive and hold, swish, aggitate, then place in a bowl of tank water to rinse for a few minutes before being placed back in the tank.
Now, my current predicament. I am going to be selling off quite a bit of coral. And, I have a 60 gallon that I am transferring my favorites to. It's equally important to me to do everything I can to avoid these FW's travelling to my new tank, or to a fellow reefers tank. Obviously, I'm posting about this publically, and, I'm very active on my local boards, and people know about my battles with these. But I still need to feel like I did everything I could to sell, and keep clean coral.
