Flatworm exit?

[DayFive]

I have dosed twice now with flat worm exit and still I see flat worms. The first time I did it the animals attraction way. In a nutshell…. first remove carbon and other filter pads, turn off UV and air to skimmer. Then put LR in one tub snails and crabs in one tub and fish and shrimp in a QT tank. Then you dose LR and display 2 drops per gal and snails and crabs one per gal. This is higher than the instructions that have you dose (4 drops per 5 gal I think.)

All was good for three days or so then I saw a few of the little devils show up on the glass so I dosed again but this time I just added it to the tank as is (after removing filters turning off skimmer air and UV). I double dosed and left it in for about one hour b4 adding carbon and changing water. Still I see these seemingly indestructible flatworms cruising around on my glass.

I have a sixline and a scooter blenny but they are not able to keep up I guess.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of them??

 

[Dave & Monica]

I've had them and learned to live with them since I've had the same results as you. I've dosed several time and although I can see a few, they're never in plague proportions and I treat everything in or out with FM exit and always tell whomever I give a frag to.

 

[Clown-N-Around]

If you do a double dose, run carbon overnight, change the water the next day. Then repeat this 2 more times.

It killed all of my mini brittles, but I haven't seen a flatworm since.

For the couple years before that I followed Dave & Monica's method. Unless you have corals that are getting very irritated by an overpopulation, other than being ugly for us to look at, flatworms pose no major threat to your system. Treatment of anything on entry and exit will keep the problem from getting worse by new species introduction or spreading of your flatworms.

 

[urville]

Yes i always treat frags and live rock coming in.

In my experience on my friends system, he doses quadruple the amount usually in another tank, but once in his main, and they come writhing out of the rock and what not in droves. Literally a huge mound of them all dead. Perhaps you dont have the bad kind? I dont know.

I know if you check the Boston reef aquarium forums on their home site, they had an outbreak of flatworms that were eating their stonies only. My friends were destroying his Zoo's and mushrooms till he dosed.

 

[DayFive]

I might have to live with them, for now at least. I have a sailfin that is fading and has slowed way down on eating. Starting to get worried. I think the exit had a bit of a toll on him.

 

[jonthefb]

flatworm exit, the medication itself, has no effect on fish, or corals. It will mess with starfish, brittle stars, flatworms of course, feather dusters, and other worm populations. Just treat the entire tank at 4x 5x the recommended amount, leave the meds in the water for longer (4-6 hours) and be sure that you are actively siphoning the dead bodies, as thier internal organs will also kill fish!

cheers~!
jon

 

[DayFive]

I ordered some more flatworm exit, online this time, and the stuff I got is clear, it looks like water. The stuff I used before from the LFS was a rust color. I called the online store I bought the new stuff from and they said that when it turns that rusty color that it is no good anymore. Anyone know anything about this?