Martin's Reef
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My sixline wrasse kept them in check when I had them.
I'm trying not to dose my tank for flatworms
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ctniners
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just my .02 c, I bought a six line wrasse and it will not go near them......so be prepared and count on that if you decide to introduce a new fish or any livestock that you hope will kill flatworms and it ends up not touching them at all. In my case I have a 75 gal with only 3 fish so the 6 line was good colorful addition anyway.
graveyardworm
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Siphon siphon siphon. I set up some 1/4 inch hose with a length of rigid tube, and kept it near the tank with a bucket. Everytime I was near the tank if I saw a flatworm I would siphon it out eventually after a couple months they were gone.
Titan,
I wrestled with flatworms for 6 months trying most of the idea's list above. No Luck they kept coming back, well they were never really gone. I tried Siphoning, fish that were rumored to eat them(which I question this because during the treatment I found out the worms are toxic), they may have ate some but I had a lot.
Anyway I finally decided to treat using FlatwormExit. I went from 1000's to 0 flatworms. I'm very happy and treating wasn't too bad with one catch. You must follow the directions careful.
When treating the things I found that were critical are.
-Dying flatworms release a toxin so Syphon as may flat worms as you can before treating. Less toxin release from dying worms.
-Active Carbon Filtering right after the worms start dying.
-Large Water Change - I did 30gals for my 75g tank + 50g sump(approx 100-110g total)
-Better to under estimate total volume a treat a little light. You can always add more or treat a 2nd time. Over treating can damage coral and fish.
-I left the medicine in for approx 4 hours, which is way to long. This turned several nice purple SPS coral brown. They are back and health again. It took about 2 weeks.
It only took 30-45min for the flatworm to die, but after they start floating in the water detached start removal of the medicine ASAP. This is done through active carbon filtering and large water change.
Summary: Would I do it again. Yes without question. I would just go lighter on the medicine followed adding the carbon filtering and water change much sooner. Shortly after they start dying.
Good Luck, If you have question you can email me at mguile@comcast.net
Mike
I wrestled with flatworms for 6 months trying most of the idea's list above. No Luck they kept coming back, well they were never really gone. I tried Siphoning, fish that were rumored to eat them(which I question this because during the treatment I found out the worms are toxic), they may have ate some but I had a lot.
Anyway I finally decided to treat using FlatwormExit. I went from 1000's to 0 flatworms. I'm very happy and treating wasn't too bad with one catch. You must follow the directions careful.
When treating the things I found that were critical are.
-Dying flatworms release a toxin so Syphon as may flat worms as you can before treating. Less toxin release from dying worms.
-Active Carbon Filtering right after the worms start dying.
-Large Water Change - I did 30gals for my 75g tank + 50g sump(approx 100-110g total)
-Better to under estimate total volume a treat a little light. You can always add more or treat a 2nd time. Over treating can damage coral and fish.
-I left the medicine in for approx 4 hours, which is way to long. This turned several nice purple SPS coral brown. They are back and health again. It took about 2 weeks.
It only took 30-45min for the flatworm to die, but after they start floating in the water detached start removal of the medicine ASAP. This is done through active carbon filtering and large water change.
Summary: Would I do it again. Yes without question. I would just go lighter on the medicine followed adding the carbon filtering and water change much sooner. Shortly after they start dying.
Good Luck, If you have question you can email me at mguile@comcast.net
Mike
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ctniners
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Mike, I see what you mean. What I noticed in my tank is that first of all after doing my first weekly water change through Flatworms siphoning, it is going to be a pain in the you know what doing it this way every week, I had to use a baster to first blow them off the rocks because the siphoning power was not strong enough......what I did notice though is that I have them in my refugium, which is peculiar because my sump is set up like most sumps, overflow from display compartment to refugium compartment to return compartment, however, in my overflow compartment I have a 200 micron sock, which means the flatworms had to have started in the refugium and the only thing I added was chaeto from the LFS.....so i dont think blowing and siphoning from the main display will do any good if they are reproducing in the fuge.
Now since you did the FWExit, should I remove the chemi-pure that I use and only use plain carbon?....also, the carbon that you use to remove the medication, how long did you leave it in?....hours, days?
Also, I have almost the same set up as you, 75 gal display and a 40 gal Breeder as a sump. How many drops or ml's of FWExit did you use?
Thanks Mike
Now since you did the FWExit, should I remove the chemi-pure that I use and only use plain carbon?....also, the carbon that you use to remove the medication, how long did you leave it in?....hours, days?
Also, I have almost the same set up as you, 75 gal display and a 40 gal Breeder as a sump. How many drops or ml's of FWExit did you use?
Thanks Mike
