Flatworms

[dabruecker]

I wanted to post my frustration with flatworms! I have tried flatworm exit (didn't work on this strain) and am about to use a different de-wormer in my tank. They are the brown flatworms and are a real pain in the neck! All I can say is PREVENTION!

 

[firsttime]

Are you referring to AFEW? Are they on your SPS as well?

 

[dabruecker]

No, they are not AFEW the tank is a brand new set up and has no coral in it. They are the common rust colored FW. However, they are a very hardy strain of the FW because I am having a heck of a time trying to kill them!

 

[MikeB]

6-lines eats those things like crazy

 

[ReeferBill]

I had to use triple the FWE 3 times to erradicate my problem. Have you increased the dose X3? At the end, I dumped the rest in. My tank didnt crash, and they are gone.

 

[TheLivingReef]

I would put a wrasse in there, that way its never a problem in the future.

 

[ReeferBill]

My wrasse could never keep up with the exponential growth. I had several of them, and a nudi branch, and they still thrived.

 

[mr_X]

the flat worm exit itself doesn't hurt the tank, but it kills the flatworms. the mass flatworm death is what makes the tank toxic. if you vacuum out most of them, and then use it, i don't see how using more than the recommended dose would hurt.

 

[ReeferBill]

I did research about the FWE and found that to completely get them all, you needed to do the heavier doses or multiple times of the dosing. People said that the initial dose only killed half. When I saw that the tank was not crashing I just kept increasing the dose until those little buggers stopped moving. Mine were also the rust and brown colored ones.