I am in the process of moving my tank from one room to another and have flatworms on my toadstool and on my torch coral, i know that this means they are in the tank, i have bought predators to hope fully take care of this. I am wondering (think i read somewhere) that i could do a freshwater dip to kill them off of the coral. Will this work, if so how do i go about doing this?? Will this hurt my corals, if not how long do i dip them?? Any help would be appreciated, and i don't want to use flatworm exit if i don't have to.
freshwater dip???
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phenom5
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It would probably work, but it wouldn't get you very far, because if the FW's are in the tank, you'd only kill off a small number of them that are on your corals leaving the majority of them in the tank.
I was leary of using flatworm exit too. But I did, and nobody was worse for the wear after. Here's what I'd suggest.
Get some airline tube, and put a filter sock on on end. Drop the filter socked end into your sump, and get a siphon going. Suck out as many flatworms as you can once every other day for 8-10 days. Then treat with FWE (I used 2x the instructed amount the first time, and 3x the instructed dose the second treatment). As long as you do a good size water change, run carbon after, and suck out as many of the dead FW's as possible, everything should be fine. None of my corals had any problems, most barely even flinched. Then do your second dose around 5 days later.
IMO/ IME, assuming that we're talking about Red Planaria, this is the best way to go.
GL :thumbsup:
I was leary of using flatworm exit too. But I did, and nobody was worse for the wear after. Here's what I'd suggest.
Get some airline tube, and put a filter sock on on end. Drop the filter socked end into your sump, and get a siphon going. Suck out as many flatworms as you can once every other day for 8-10 days. Then treat with FWE (I used 2x the instructed amount the first time, and 3x the instructed dose the second treatment). As long as you do a good size water change, run carbon after, and suck out as many of the dead FW's as possible, everything should be fine. None of my corals had any problems, most barely even flinched. Then do your second dose around 5 days later.
IMO/ IME, assuming that we're talking about Red Planaria, this is the best way to go.
GL :thumbsup:
fambrough
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phemon5 is right on the money. I got some as hitchhikers on a frag. My outbreak was not severe, but two and a half times the recommended dose of FWE did the trick for me. Took a couple of applications. Just make sure you are ready for a WC and to run some carbon. I had no ill effect on my tank.
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