Flatworm exit or straight gasoline

[NowGlazeIT]

I’m really leaning towards the kill it with fire technique

 

[Zach B]

Bigger flatworms to eat the smaller ones. Jk, sorry. I've heard people have good results with flatworm exit but also that the die off can cause some crazy spikes in nutrients. I guess it depends on what's in the tank. Best of luck to you!

 

[attiland]

I’m really leaning towards the kill it with fire technique

With that many you will have to go manual at first I think

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Bigger flatworms to eat the smaller ones.

Haha that made me laugh because I did try the bio diversity approach with some wrasses and a dragonet.
If the flat worm exit doesn’t work out, we’re draining the tank and going the gas route

 

[mdb_talon]

seriously as others have indicated manual removal. If you have a sump just get a hose with a siphon into a filter sock in the sump. Suck out all you can see. Then use a powerhead in all the rock crevices/etc and blow around as many as you can. Do the same thing the next day and after that use the flatworm exit (and be prepared for a big WC).

 

[NowGlazeIT]

With that many you will have to go manual at first I think

Yea I agree, thankfully they suck up pretty easily

 

[NowGlazeIT]

seriously as others have indicated manual removal. If you have a sump just get a hose with a siphon into a filter sock in the sump. Suck out all you can see. Then use a powerhead in all the rock crevices/etc and blow around as many as you can. Do the same thing the next day and after that use the flatworm exit (and be prepared for a big WC).

Good call I’ll definitely do this prior

 

[Caseyoidae]

Suck them out with a piece of airline. Then add wrasse. Melanarus seems to be best but others can get it done too. Flatworm exit can be tricky because the worms release a toxin as they die.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Suck them out with a piece of airline. Then add wrasse. Melanarus seems to be best but others can get it done too. Flatworm exit can be tricky because the worms release a toxin as they die.

I think that toxin is why so many of my fish ignore eating these guys. I have a few pest eating wrasse but unfortunately no melanarus as my lfs has not had any for sale In a long time.

 

[dvgyfresh]

I would flatworm exit … you have to have 50% water change ready to go tho. I also hate those worms so I’m going the extreme option , they release toxins when killed, other method is starving them

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I would flatworm exit … you have to have 50% water change ready to go tho. I also hate those worms so I’m going the extreme option , they release toxins when killed, other method is starving them

It was my understanding that these are part photosynthetic. Making them that much more difficult to starve.

 

[dvgyfresh]

It was my understanding that these are part photosynthetic. Making them that much more difficult to starve.

That they are , it would have to be a blackout combined with feeding very little just enough for fish and once every 3 days probly not the best compared to flatworm exit , my six line eats them but it’s not the red ones that I used to have

 

[ApoIsland]

Coral banded shrimp also worked for me. I had a similar infestation in my sump and was cleared in a month or so.

For any rocks that are not attached to corals you can do a fresh water dip for 10-20 seconds and that will kill most of them. Should not really harm the bacteria colonies either.

If you go the flatwork exit route, I would definitely syphon out as many as you can just before using to reduce the die off pollution. Airline tubing worked really well for me in that regard.

 

[FMF0331]

go in this order , hopefully it'll work

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Coral banded shrimp also worked for me. I had a similar infestation in my sump and was cleared in a month or so.

For any rocks that are not attached to corals you can do a fresh water dip for 10-20 seconds and that will kill most of them. Should not really harm the bacteria colonies either.

If you go the flatwork exit route, I would definitely syphon out as many as you can just before using to reduce the die off pollution. Airline tubing worked really well for me in that regard.

I like the shrimp idea! Thanks for sharing

 

[NowGlazeIT]

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go in this order , hopefully it'll work

ahahahah yes!

 

[ChiCity]

Melanarus seems to be best

+1
younger ones are super active hunters!