What are these and would anyone like some?
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- Thread starter Bearjohnson
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flatworms
I recently found them in my tank. I was told to let them be unless they are so numerous that they smother your coral. I've seen flatworm exit at my LFS.
I have a ton of them. They aren't bothering any of the corals but I have so many it looks like a diatom bloom.
Will a wrasse do the trick?
Obviously they didn't get to be so many over night in my tank I just thought they were brown algae. However I have a ton... so much that about a 1/4 of my rock is covered. Leave them in until what? they completely take over?
Not a clue...just lucky I guess.
Oh and the good news is, I just transfered about 15 corals from the 150 to the 125 and I'm starting to now see them in the 125
Yea and as luck would have it I just lost the one I bought 3 weeks ago in QT.
Looks like I'm back for another 2. This suks
What about Prazipro?
I mean right on the bottle it says "treats conditions cased by: flukes, tapeworm, flatworms, turbellarians"
Worth a try?
Worth a try?
reeferman
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i think that treats the fish.never heard of it being used to kill flatworms.but again,im not certain.flatworm exit is the chemical means.you can keep them in check by siphoning them with airline tubing or when you vacuum for a wc.a wrasse and persistant vacuuming and you can rid them without chemicals.
Luukosian
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Should be able to vacuum out quite a few of them if there are that many. I hear they release toxins in the water when they die in great numbers. Haven't had them myself but I remember reading this article a while back and that vacuum idea sounded like a good solution to get the numbers to a manageable level.
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