Caught a FlatWORM!

bobssecrtsn · Dec 31, 2012

man, so as many of you know Flatworms are bad, in my case i did not get AEFW, but i got RED PLANARIA Flatworms, i found 1 of this in my tank, took it out and inspected and rechecked, it came out to me a Red Planaria, what do i do from here? should i treat my tank with Flatworm Exit or wait till i see more? like i said i only found 1 but they can be more...

My tank is SPS dominate and i do have a QT tank set up, idk how this got passed my dips. I do use the Bayer Method for my dips.
i dont however have any fishes in my tank, because if my Ich cycle, i maybe putting this to a stop and adding some wrasse's.

so what should i do?
1. Use Salifert Exit
2. Wait till i see 5+ more?
3. Get some Wrasse's

MattL22 · Dec 31, 2012

I've used fwe with sucess but need more then recommended dose and solid wc after treatment

bobssecrtsn · Dec 31, 2012

thanks Mat, ill wait till mid January and check the population and perform the FWE.

butts182 · Dec 31, 2012

Get a wrasse

ladyreefer1983 · Dec 31, 2012

ive seen more than 10 in my tank...got a yellow wrasse,flatworm gone...then my yellow wrasse keeps stirring my sand and burying my zoas so i got rid of it...spotted a few flatworms again...got a sixline wrasse and no more flatworm i see...

nova65ss · Dec 31, 2012

If you have one you likely have thirty...they really are not that bad and really are nearly impossible to get rid of in my opinion. Flatworm exit will knock them down a bit but it never got rid of them all in my frag tank and I overdosed it several times this was in an 18 gallon. My 34 has had them and they come and go it seems at one point they were everywhere I never did anything and have not seen one in several months.

spscrazy · Dec 31, 2012

Get a Christmas wrasse (from figi). I got one a few months ago. He hunts the rocks all day long looking for bad boogers. lol. I dont recommend a 6 line. Mine killed every fish I tried to add after him and had to tear down my tank to get him out

Rydogg420 · Jan 1, 2013

+1, a 6 line will kill any other fish u add to the tank.

ladyreefer1983 · Jan 1, 2013

ladyreefer1983 said:
ive seen more than 10 in my tank...got a yellow wrasse,flatworm gone...then my yellow wrasse keeps stirring my sand and burying my zoas so i got rid of it...spotted a few flatworms again...got a sixline wrasse and no more flatworm i see...

correction...i bought my 6 line and got lucky to have found a juvenile,very small when i got him..he's probably like almost an inch in size..so far i have not lost any fish...he is docile IMO..i guess i got lucky...