Flat Worms

[terry4505]

So I have flat worms. A lot of them actually. Every few days I take a piece of airline tubing with a mesh bag on the end in my sump and siphon out as many as I can. It just seems that no matter how thorough of a job I do, the next day there are more.

I have read the horror stories about Flat Worm Exit, but am getting frustrated by my lack of impact I am making siphoning them out. What should I do?

 

[low riderr]

i used flat worm exit ,do a water change and save several buckets of water.put the flat worm exit in one bucket only save the other bucket of water for the rinse.this way you dont have to med the entire tank. i ended up getting a leopard wrasse,he wipped them out.its been 9 months maybe a year and still flatty free.

 

[GMaquarium]

What type of flatworms are they?

 

[terry4505]

Not sure of the scientific name. They are small red/brown circles. I use an air hose to siphon them off of the rocks every few days, but it is harder to get them off the sand bed and they are continuing to grow in population.

 

[mr86mister]

It was just recommended in another thread but if you have enough room in your system I would try out a Sixline Wrasse to help take them down.

 

[TheRealRuk]

What type of flatworms are they?

Is there a good post or reference going around on the different types of flatworms and what they are prone to do?

 

[terry4505]

I added a small six line wrasse today. I will update if he does the job.

 

[GMaquarium]

Is there a good post or reference going around on the different types of flatworms and what they are prone to do?

Planaria is the most common group you would find in aquariums. The reddish or whitish color and are not parasitic. Here is helpful id site http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/index.html