Nuking Flatworms

[bigmayreefer]

Im nuking my tanks for flatworms with flatworm exit. anyone have any other advice other than follow the directions and do water changes? I have siphoned out and caught all the "bodies" that i missed with the siphon in a filter sock on my drain pipes. Also running allot of carbon and running a wet skim now that the treatment is over. Also did a 50% wc in the 29 and a 20 %wc in the 75. Also swapped out the filter sock with a fresh clean one after the treatment. I started all this at about 6pm. Anything else i should do tonight besides maybe changing more water in the 75?

any input on what i may have missed or should do is appreciated.
thanks in advance.

 

[stlouisguy]

You did more than me. I took the chance and added a bottle to my 250 gallon system and just let it go, no carbor or water change.

Corals all withdrew and the fish got a little funky but no casulties and all flatworms appear to be gone!

Sounds like you did all you could do

 

[JxMetal]

Yeah you're donig more than me too, so I think you'll be fine.

 

[Reeferhead]

Make sure you do a follow up treatment about a week later even if you don't see any flatworms. I thought I had gotten all of mine on the first shot but after I did follow up treatment I realized I was way wrong, there was still at least a hundred stragglers. I did a triple dose for the second treatment and let it go a full 30 minutes before running the carbon. Nothing in the tank was even effected except the planaria. - Nick

 

[JxMetal]

Oh yeah, what reeferhead said. Do a follow-up treatment. Otherwise they'll just multiply again.

 

[bigmayreefer]

I plan on treating the tank again this thurs or fri just to make sure i got em all. Thanks for the input- i guess im just paranoid- this is the first real problem ive had in the 9 months the tanks have been up, so i want to make sure im handling it correctly.
Thanks again for the replys.

 

[Chelsey]

Better to be paranoid then unconcerned and have a tank crash!

 

[trueblackpercula]

This is for the none acro eating type? I found a few and was thinking about treating them. Does the flatworm exit affect snails,crabs,live rock,and most important my Sps collection?
Michael

 

[bigmayreefer]

just the regular annoying flatworms. the treatment ticked off a few snails and bristle worms- but nothing major. I think the flat worms were bothering the corals more than the treatment did.

 

[Lost His Marbles Name]

Try to sifion out as much as you can before you nuke them.

 

[PRESTO2345]

I feel your pain, going through the same problem.