Some Kind of Flat worms

[poya]

I have a problem with some kind of a flat worm it was covering my mushrooms and now it is going every ware (soft corals, elegance …)
It is not doing direct harm as to what I see, but it is becoming so much that it is stopping the light from reaching my mushrooms and by this it is killing it (this is what I think)
Please help on how to remove it

 

[GMAX]

Get a six line or 4 line wrasse and a mandarin. They should make short order of flat worms. And they are fun fish to watch.

 

[diverdick]

will a mandarin eat these things?

 

[dots]

Most likely, hopefully, they are Red Planaria

see here for more information:

http://melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html

 

[gbsteve]

Lemon damsels have worked great for me in the past.

 

[KingDiamond]

I have found more than one occurrence of a flat worm that is parisitic on LPS corals. You can tell the difference between it and "normal" flat worms by its color and its ability to move. The parisitic flat worm can swim through the water and "crawls" much faster than regular flat worms. I usually take the infected coral and do a freshwater dip on it every other day until I don't see any more flat worms.

Brad

 

[BIGZERO]

Is it on your rocks too? Looking like flatworms to me. I had an infestation of them. Used flatworm exit. Worked like a charm. Melevesreef.com shares his experience with using flatworm exit.

Check these links
http://www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html
http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

Good Luck!

 

[KingDiamond]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12329249#post12329249 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BIGZERO
Is it on your rocks too? Looking like flatworms to me. I had an infestation of them. Used flatworm exit. Worked like a charm. Melevesreef.com shares his experience with using flatworm exit.

Check these links
http://www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html
http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

Good Luck!

Good question if they are almost exclusively on the coral I would say that you need to get rid of them. I personally don't like to add things to my tank if I don't know what is in them, but that is just me.

 

[sunfish11]

If you don't want to FW Exit your whole tank you can remove the coral and dip it in a double strength FW exit dip for 30 minutes. This will rid the coral/rock of the FW.

Lisa

 

[Deleted member 143833]

Agree with most on the thread; sure looks like flatworms to me.

If you have it on one coral/rock in your tank you likely have them elsewhere it in the tank. I was myself amazed at how many where hidden in the rock and sand when I treat for them. It sounds you have a fairly large population and I would suspect that natural hunters wouldn't dent the population.

 

[BIGZERO]

I agree with Kenargo. If you have 1 you have hundreds if not thousands. And if left untreated they will become so dense that when finally treated with Flatworm exit you will most certainly have to use a large amount of carbon and a very large water change. Catch while they are not overly populated. Remember, Flatworm exit is not what's toxic. It's the excreation from the flatworms when they die.