Why are flatworms so crazy hard to kill off?

[Leonard]

Turns out, they can regenerate from a SINGLE living adult cell :headwally:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/flatworms-can-completely-regenerate-from-a-single-adult-cell

Ugh!

 

[tkeracer619]

good thing for flat worm exit.

 

[Leonard]

FWE didn't work for me. Most accounts I've read also say long-term, full eradication is the exception, not the rule. Right after FWE treatment, it might appear like they're all gone for a few months, but then they'll start cropping up again. Now we know as long as a single cell survives (not even a whole adult specimen), the struggle never ends.

 

[tkeracer619]

You are supposed to do multiple treatments.

I have had 100% success with flatworm exit.