What's the life cycle for red planaria?

[Av8bluewater]

I did about 5 treatments over 6 weeks a few months ago. I thought I was getting through the life cycle of new eggs hatching and reproducing. By my last Flatworm exit treatment I did not see any flatworms so I stopped treatment. Well.. they're back.
I'm going to do more treatments again. Maybe a couple months.
Anyone go through this and it actually work? It's already costing a ton of money.

 

[Tschupe]

I did the same thing. Eventually just gave up.

 

[Av8bluewater]

Thanks. So did you decide to just live with them?

 

[Tschupe]

Yes. I have up trying to kill them after 3 bottles of exit. I've had them for years. If they bother my coral I can't tell. If your tank is big enough I know melanarus wrasses eat them. There's a blue damsel that is supposed to as well but I can't remember name.

 

[bluecoyote79]

6 lines eat them, but boy are they bullies. You can try yellow coris wrasses or some of the other peaceful halichoeres wrasses if your tank will support them. I like my red lined wrasse.

 

[Tschupe]

I have a six line. I've heard they eat them also but mine does not. But Yea he is a bully

 

[Av8bluewater]

I have melanuras and green mandarin so can't really add another wrasse.

 

[Av8bluewater]

Any confirms out there on blue damsels?
yellow tail damsels?
They don't really seem to bother anything but it skeers me if something happened in the tank like power outage tank gets a little cool and a bunch of these things die at once. So I want them out.
The flatworm exit is pricey stuff. I'm waiting on black friday sale and get a bunch of it.