How many people dip corals in Flatworm Exit?

catran

catran

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I brought about 4 frags home Friday and put 3 in the RSM 250 and one in the RSM 130D. Sunday, I thought I saw some reddish brown spots on my rock in the 130d, but Monday, they were gone. Well, Tuesday, when I got home from work, they were back. Today, I found them in the 250 too.
I'm afraid to use FE in the 130d because I have Anemones in there. I can't vacuum them out of the 250, because they're on my zoa frags.

Things aren't looking good here. Although my long nose hawkish may be munching on a few in one tank, I don't think he's eating enough so,
I bought a green wrasse Tuesday. I put him in the 130d tank, and he disappeared. Today, I bought a yellow coris for the 250, and HE disappeared!
I'm not sure what I can do now... I may go looking for a couple of 6 line wrasses Friday, but I hate to add more fish if these two died in there!
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engineer goby

engineer goby

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I always dip my corals is coral rx. Are you sure the wrasse is dead and not just burrowed under the substrate? I hope you fix this problem as joyfull as this hobby can be its equally frustrating and heart breaking
 
catran

catran

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I dipped in coral Rx, but only for a couple of mins because I was late for work. Now, I wish I had left them longer and been later for work!
I haven't seen the green wrasse since Friday, not even when I fed the fish and nems mysis. I haven't given up on the yellow coris yet, but I'm not confident that he's okay because I lost a solorensis in the same tank 3 weeks ago. He flew in the back, and I never saw him again.


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engineer goby

engineer goby

Has been struck by the ban stick
Best of luck. It's odd in fresh water when a fish dies you know it but in saltwater it's a mystery. It's like the show on ID Discovery channel Disapeared
 
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sikpupy

Member
Do you have a mantis shrimp in there or something? 3 fish gone!? Hmmm... Well, yea, not a lot that can be done without nuking the tank, unfortionatly.
 
catran

catran

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Great news, the Yellow Coris appeared in the big tank and shortly later, the Green Wrasse appeared!!


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jjmoneyman

jjmoneyman

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This is my opinion on FE and this worked for me in my DT last year. You have to use lots more FE than recommended. I just kept adding until I didn't see anymore on the glass (it took A LOT). 15 minutes later I did a 50% water change and changed my filter sock. An hour later I did another 50% water change and changed my sock again. The next day I changed my sock again. And a couple days later did another water change. During this whole thing I ran carbon and changed it out a couple times during the process. And guess what, I don't have the pesky little guys anymore and nobody was harmed in the process including my nem. Please keep in mind I didn't have a lot of them but I wanted them gone anyway.
 
catran

catran

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I just can't take the chance since I have the baby nem recovering in the small tank. I don't want any stress that might affect his recovery, including moving him until he fully recovers. I would rather try natural methods in the big tank first too. I lost way too many expensive zoas in the tank crash.


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