flat worms eating mushroom

[MOX]

not sure if their being eaten or just used as a seat. either way i am sure they need to go the mushroom is closed now and about to die. it seems nothing else is being bothered at the momment. they look light green in color the pic isint great. i have flatworm exit but i don't care to use it. they just come back and i don't want too run the risk of killing any other critters.http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/Mox-Nick/DSCN0437.jpg any insight would be a great help

 

[coralmkr]

Try manual removal during water changes (siphon) or get a 6-line wrasse.
Also adding more flow to your tank helps.

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[MOX]

i was planing on siphoning them out shortly i see the mushroom is half the size it was the day before so its going down fast i realy don't mind losing the mushroom just don't want it to become a tank wide issue. cross your fingers
thank you for the reply

 

[DetectiveTofu]

Try getting getting a six line wrasse, to consume them. If this does not work I strongly suggest doing what you're doing already - siphon out as many as you can. I am hesitant of using chemicals simply because when flatworms die, they release toxins into the water column. You've probably got more flatworms than you see with your eyes, so by using chemicals, you may be killing a MASSIVE amount of flatworms, thus causing a large amount of toxin to be released.

 

[MOX]

i used flatworm exit once before for another type of flatworm. i noticed that almost instantly they started falling off of rocks and corals. My red coris wrasse and clowns ate them as fast as they fell i siphoned all that the did not consume. couple of weeks later i saw the flatworm again so i just gave up trying to kill them since it wasn't a big threat. but these flat worms are only on zoas and mushrooms cuasing them to close and die. so is removed all corals affected in hopes to stop the outbreak.
ill post in a few days and let you know what happens

thank you all again nick