FOUND FLAT WORM ON BOUNCE BUBBLE

[PegasisR]

I thought it was the colour of the bubble till i saw it moving, its a blood red flatworm. What can i do about it? Its on mybounce mushroom i added in just 2 days ago. Do i dip it? Ill get a better picture if dipping it is fine and the way to go

 

[Hemmdog]

Do you have any wrasses?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Dip would be a start. Add melanurus wrasse or 4 lined

 

[PegasisR]

Do you have any wrasses?

Ive got 2, lineatus and rhomboid

 

[PegasisR]

Dip would be a start. Add melanurus wrasse or 4 lined

Okay ill add one!

 

[VB313]

Had them on a ricordea frag last year 2 min freshwater dip worked better the coral dip

 

[PegasisR]

Had them on a ricordea frag last year 2 min freshwater dip worked better the coral dip

Okay ill do that aswell! Should i wait, since i added the coral in 3days ago? With stress and what not?

 

[Hemmdog]

Okay ill do that aswell! Should i wait, since i added the coral in 3days ago? With stress and what not?

Your rhomboid should take care of them on its own. I’d monitor the flatworm population for a few days.

 

[PegasisR]

Your rhomboid should take care of them on its own. I’d monitor the flatworm population for a few days.

So far its only one and would these flat worms be hazardous to softies?

 

[Hemmdog]

So far its only one and would these flat worms be hazardous to softies?

Hard to say without a pic, but most flatworms aren’t directly harmful, but if their population gets big enough their bodies can block out the light that the coral would normally receive and that can lead to it dying.

 

[PegasisR]

Hard to say without a pic, but most flatworms aren’t directly harmful, but if their population gets big enough their bodies can block out the light that the coral would normally receive and that can end to it dying.

Its just a tiny one, the size of a tip of a toothpick and its on the bounce bubble moving around