Flatworms?

[SaltLifer]

So this torch recently started heading south. Just took out all my sand and replaced the livestock with dry rock (have a seasoned Marine pure block in the sump) and I’m having a small cycle. I thought it was just unhappy about a tiny ammonia spike (everything else is fine) but today I noticed this. Is it some sort of flatworm and eggs? My other torch doesn’t have this.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Polyclad flatworms and alot of them, and eggs, I would remove the coral and dip it and quarantine it before more of the eggs hatch.

 

[KJ]

^^^ A+

 

[marlinmon]

Wooah buddy, the mother load. Time for the Bayer treatment!

Read this:
https://boroaquatics.com/blogs/articles/17033867-proper-dipping-of-corals-the-bayer-method

 

[SaltLifer]

It’s weird. None of my other corals have them and they all seem happy. Even with the small cycle they’re going through. The only thing I’ve added to the system in months is a ball of chaeto. Maybe they rode in on that? I don’t have a QT tank so it might be going in the trash.

 

[reef lover]

Yikes!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

It’s weird. None of my other corals have them and they all seem happy. Even with the small cycle they’re going through. The only thing I’ve added to the system in months is a ball of chaeto. Maybe they rode in on that? I don’t have a QT tank so it might be going in the trash.

Definitely dont throw it out, any coral can be saved. Do a series of dips to kill them

 

[SaltLifer]

Definitely dont throw it out, any coral can be saved. Do a series of dips to kill them

I tossed it. Dipped it but the eggs make me nervous. If I had a QT setup I would’ve tried harder but the coral was pretty far gone as it is. Better to sacrifice one if it means possibly saving the others. It’s a shame though. That torch was one of my favorites.

 

[SaltLifer]

No surprise, I just found some eggs and a couple worms on my other torch. Will these things kill everything or are they specific to Euphyllia?

 

[reef lover]

Euphyllia specific.

 

[SaltLifer]

The saga continues. Noticed more on my torch, dipped it, and now I have flatworms just randomly strolling across the glass. What’s the best way to rid the whole tank? Chemicals? Fish? I think I might’ve brought them in originally on chaeto (it’s the only thing I’ve added in a while and it didn’t get dipped). Should I trash the chaeto and get more or is it too late since the eggs are most likely everywhere?

 

[HolisticBear]

I had different type of flatworms, but a yellow coris wrasse made a huge difference in my tank. What wrasses do you have?

Maybe @reef lover knows if wrasses eat these particular worms.

 

[SaltLifer]

I had different type of flatworms, but a yellow coris wrasse made a huge difference in my tank. What wrasses do you have?

Maybe @reef lover knows if wrasses eat these particular worms.

I don’t have any wrasses. I had a mandarin that just died (I read that they will eat them) so I don’t know if she was contributing to keeping them unnoticeable. I read that 6-line wrasses will eat them but I would rather not get one of those.

 

[HolisticBear]

I don’t have any wrasses. I had a mandarin that just died (I read that they will eat them) so I don’t know if she was contributing to keeping them unnoticeable. I read that 6-line wrasses will eat them but I would rather not get one of those.

Six-line have the reputation for being jerks, but the 8 line, pink, and pygmy wrasses have good reputations. I bought the smallest yellow coris I could find and he's been a model citizen and greatly aided the health of all my corals. When the BRS 160 had monti-eating nudis, wrasses basically resolved the issue.