Using Flatworm Exit as a prophylactic

[Larry Soderblom]

What do folks think about dosing with Salifert's Flatworm Exit say once or twice a year just to keep an infestation of planaria from re-emerging. I just cleaned up one of my three tanks and the other two do not show any signs of the red flatworm but I am suspicious that it's in them as well. So what do folks think about dosing them as well. I understand the medication is safe for all (except planaria) so I would think that it wouldn't hurt and would dissipate with normal water changes and carbon filtration.

 

[talamasca]

Couldn't you just manually remove what you can everytime you stare at the tank? You can kind of cut out the middle man so to say IMO.

 

[Larry Soderblom]

Yup, I always suck them out when I can via MEVLEV's syphon method. But the real question for me is if you use Flatworm Exit as a preventative, do you have to use it in a full-strength dose or would lesser, e.g. half doses, do the trick?

 

[Dmorty217]

I would use it as a dip for new corals and rocks but I wouldn't use it in a tank just because.

 

[hbrochs]

If you use Flatworm Exit in a dip for new corals, would you use it in combination with Coral Rx or Bayer's? Or would you do one dip after another?

 

[Dmorty217]

If you use Flatworm Exit in a dip for new corals, would you use it in combination with Coral Rx or Bayer's? Or would you do one dip after another?

Bayer should kill all pests, including flatworms