Newreeflady
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Well, I got a few corals from an RC member that had flatworms last night. I didn't have any Flatworm Exit on hand (doh!) so I decided to experiment with them with TMPCC at proper instructed dose.
My results were that in the 15 minute bath time, the flatworms will not die. However, they ended up writhing in pain/distress and quickly fall from the coral to the bottom of the bath to continue their shrinking/expanding exercises.
I did a series of two baths, one to get them to fall off (gotta make sure that all crevices of the coral are exposed), the second to let the coral soak in before transfer. No further flatworms fell off in the second bath (there were probably, between the 3 corals, about 100 flatworms in the first bath!), and with my flashlight I was unable to locate anymore on any of the pieces after the two baths.
So, although this stuff does not kill the flatworms in the time recommended for a bath, I consider it successful in that the worms drop off in no time flat. I'm not so concerned about flatworms as I've treated displays for them before without problem, and have also had a mandarin and sixline that eventually ate them in a previous system. So, these corals are going in the display and I will post back in a while to let you know if I find any flatworms in the system.
-A:wave:
My results were that in the 15 minute bath time, the flatworms will not die. However, they ended up writhing in pain/distress and quickly fall from the coral to the bottom of the bath to continue their shrinking/expanding exercises.
I did a series of two baths, one to get them to fall off (gotta make sure that all crevices of the coral are exposed), the second to let the coral soak in before transfer. No further flatworms fell off in the second bath (there were probably, between the 3 corals, about 100 flatworms in the first bath!), and with my flashlight I was unable to locate anymore on any of the pieces after the two baths.
So, although this stuff does not kill the flatworms in the time recommended for a bath, I consider it successful in that the worms drop off in no time flat. I'm not so concerned about flatworms as I've treated displays for them before without problem, and have also had a mandarin and sixline that eventually ate them in a previous system. So, these corals are going in the display and I will post back in a while to let you know if I find any flatworms in the system.
-A:wave:
