red flat bug

[kitsapdan]

how do i get them out of the tank, will any thing kill them that will be ok for fish

 

[RokleM]

I assume you're referring to flatworms. There are a number of options including flat worm exit. I would do a quick search.

 

[gavinthefish]

Six line wrasses have been know to eat them.

 

[Whalehead9]

If you are referring to red flatworms, then reaf this thread.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1379099

I have use the Levasole for both red flatworms and the flatworms that get on mushrooms and other LPS corals.

Good luck

 

[CBehr]

they are a pain but do not hurt anything. I've had them for a few months and siphon them out as much as possible. I'm too nervous to do a flatworm exit treatment. Need to pick up a sixline wrasse to hopefully take care fo them.

 

[Whalehead9]

The only fish that I have ever seen eat them is the Halichoeres melanurus wrasse, and it was only one specimen. Two other specimens would not touch them. Click the link for a picture

http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/aquarium_salt/halichoeres_melanurus_x.jpg

 

[lflint]

Flatworm Exit is awesome stuff. Don't be afraid to use it! Your flatworms will be toast. Remove your carbon, leave the skimmer on (and watch it because it might become very active), use 1.5x the recommended dose, remove the dead flatworms with a canister filter or filter sock on the overflow. After they're all dead (I wait about a half hour) use lots of carbon and do a large water change. Voila! No more flatworms. Your corals, fish and invertebrates will be more bothered by you fiddling with the tank than by the Flatworm Exit.

 

[kitsapdan]

thank you i will try that. how many people have luck with a sixline wrasse i hate to put a new fish in if it will not work