flatworm question

[joe22883]

Do they always get out of control? I see a few here and there but not sure what to do yet,I have a six line wrasse but i dont think he's much help.

 

[Bcollins111900]

If they get to bad you will have to dose flatworm exit which is never fun... trust me, been there done that. Are they the red flatworms or the white/clear ones?

 

[serpentman]

Personally, I would consider treating them now while there are only a few. They can reproduce exponentially. Once their populations are high, its tough to get rid of them. Plus, once there is a lot of them, there is a significant increased risk they'll nuke your tank when you treat.

 

[itZme]

Jeff, That reminds me... I didn't manage to save many of your corals but I did however keep your flatworms alive.. they are everywhere in my tank now so just let me know when you would like to repopulate your new system and I will bring you a few thousand of them

 

[serpentman]

Are you kidding. Man, sorry to hear that. I'll take some back

 

[VoidRaven]

Dose now while there are only a few. I waited too long to dose my old 75g and ended up having a massive tank crash because the population was triple what I thought it was and they fouled the water something fierce.

Those little red flatworms are nasty buggers. Real pains. Kill 'em now.

 

[maggie]

red worms

red worms

i had them in 2 of my tanks----put a 6 line wrasse in each tank and in a few weeks there all gone---if there are any still around they arnt showing there ugly red head. ---worked for me----

 

[joe22883]

their the red ones, the population has stayed about the same.I added a christmas wrasse to see if it would go to town on them. During my last waterchange I syphoned a bunch out,works pretty good. Jeff, they could be your flatworms.

 

[joe22883]

Does the flatworm exit toxic to anything else,I have a wide variety of inverts

 

[Bcollins111900]

I had shrimp, snails, and anenomes and they were all fine when I dosed my tank. Dose more than what the directions say. Just make sure that you run ALOT of carbon through a canister filter and do water changes.

 

[joe22883]

Thanks for the info,I assume the carbon and waterchange should be done a few days after the treatment? How long does it take to kill em?

 

[Bcollins111900]

It will start to kill them almost immedietly. Try to syhpon out as many as you can before you start to dose with a turkey baster. The does. Immed. following that run carbon for a good two weeks. Also do a water change right after you get the carbon running. Don't be to alarmed if your softie corals looks less than stellar for a few days.