d2mini's 25g Office Lagoon

malira · Mar 9, 2016

d2mini said:
I also have a couple sps that have stn'd a bit from the tips. Not sure what's causing that but since the only thing I changed recently was adding some Vertex Rox 0.8 carbon, I've removed it. Too potent maybe?

It's interesting you say this about Rox 0.8 because about 3 weeks I added Rox to my system and my Sps took a nose dive. I took it off line about 4 days ago just on hunch. I wonder if this didn't strip to much from the water column.

LILBUDDHA · Mar 10, 2016

d2mini said:
Today's FTS.

Been fighting a bit of green cyano on the rocks and sand bed. Just trying to blow it off with the turkey baster and hoping it eventually passes...

Welcome to the world of managed input and output in a small tank . Hope it cleans up . I constantly have to refrain from adding this or that to keep things cleaner .

d2mini · Mar 10, 2016

Sonofa! :mad:

All over the glass next to my MP10.
Which ones am I dealing with here?

tamu2010 · Mar 10, 2016

what are those?

d2mini · Mar 10, 2016

tamu2010 said:
what are those?

Flatworms.
Just wondering which ones they are.
In person they look brown in color.

McMullen · Mar 10, 2016

Not the AEFW kind

d2mini · Mar 10, 2016

McMullen said:
Not the AEFW kind

Cool, I didn't think so but wanted to make sure.
Looks like I'll be stopping by the LFS for some Flatworm Exit tonite.

TheGrimmReefer · Mar 10, 2016

Planaria sp.

KingTriton · Mar 10, 2016

As a safe guard you may want to try and remove as many of them as you can before treating the tank with Exit.

d2mini · Mar 10, 2016

KingTriton said:
As a safe guard you may want to try and remove as many of them as you can before treating the tank with Exit.

Ya, as far as I can tell so far, I don't have many yet. I can't find any other than on the glass right now. Those little buggers can be really hard to see on the rocks but I just cant find any.

cpllongjk · Mar 10, 2016

Ive had them before and flatworm exit worked great. I had to dose multiple times. The key to the exit was dose the recommended amount and then wait. Dying flatworms is not immediate and takes time. You will see them start floating around the tank. Run carbon after you are done dosing and do a 20%+ water change if possible.

I believe the water change is mainly for the toxin levels in the water. They are supposed to emit a toxin when they die.

urbaneks · Mar 10, 2016

d2mini said:
Sonofa! :mad:

All over the glass next to my MP10.
Which ones am I dealing with here?]

D2- what are you dipping with? What is your dip routine? Any guesses how they got by the goalie?

d2mini · Mar 10, 2016

cpllongjk said:
Ive had them before and flatworm exit worked great. I had to dose multiple times. The key to the exit was dose the recommended amount and then wait. Dying flatworms is not immediate and takes time. You will see them start floating around the tank. Run carbon after you are done dosing and do a 20%+ water change if possible.

I believe the water change is mainly for the toxin levels in the water. They are supposed to emit a toxin when they die.

Yep, I've had them in other tanks so I know the drill. But thanks for the reminder that I need to mix up some fresh saltwater tonite!

urbaneks said:
D2- what are you dipping with? What is your dip routine? Any guesses how they got by the goalie?

There is only one coral I've added to this tank that came from someone else about a month ago (not my 200g) but I dipped it in Bayer.
But i know bayer doesn't kill aefw eggs... not sure about these.