Hammer coral & flat worms.

Flatbrook · Oct 13, 2013

For the past 2 weeks I have been watching my green hammer coral seem to get smaller and smaller. Just not extending like it used to. After really examining it closely, I seen what looked to be flat worms on it. Deciding I'm not going to just sit here and watch them totally eat it to nothing, I decided to do a 5 second RO/DI fresh water dip. My hammer is a small 2 head, and I bet 100 flat worms fell off of it in the 5 seconds. It seems to be the only coral at is affected by the worms because all the others are doing great. Now just. Need to keep an eye on the recovery of the hammer.

NanaReefer · Oct 13, 2013

And get some Flatworm Exit!

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Flatbrook · Oct 13, 2013

Is that something that gets added directly to the tank? I can see more worms on the glass.

Flatbrook · Oct 13, 2013

Ok, I read the instructions online, and I got great reviews. The part that I can see being difficult is sucking all the dead worms out of your DT after treatment. I can see it being difficult with sand bed, liverock, corrals. Are you just trying to get some of them, or are you trying to get all of them out? From what I read, they just float around your tank when they die. I am thinking a maxi jet 1200 with a length of 1/2 inch tubing and a filter sock on the other end to catch the dead worms. Kinda like a closed loop system so you are not draining your whole tank trying to back up them little worms.

Tahoe61 · Oct 13, 2013

Flatworms produce a toxin when they die, this is why you remove as many as your can manually prior to treatment, do a large water change and change charcoal out after treatment.

Flatbrook · Oct 14, 2013

Does anyone know if flatworm exit kills copepods?

Lee_is_007 · Oct 14, 2013

Unfortunately in my early stages of this hobby I bought a rock with flat worms from my lfs. I got flat worm exit and it worked amazing! You need to suck as many out as possible before the treatment. They will release a toxin when they die. I had to do 2 treatments in order for the flatworms to go away completely. The second time I used more than the recommended does and nothing in my tank died except the flat worms. Everything did fine... Coral, pods, fish. Just make sure to get as many as you can out the first treatment and you should be good. Flatworm exit worked amazing in my experience. Would use again if I had to.

Lee_is_007 · Oct 14, 2013

Also as the die fish them out ASAP

Flatbrook · Oct 14, 2013

Just want to make sure my large population of pods won't be affected. My manderin wouldn't be happy.

Lee_is_007 · Oct 14, 2013

totally understand

The more you can get out before the treatment the better off everything will be. If anything looks bad in your tank during treatment its from the toxin of the flatworm not the flatworm exit.

Flatbrook · Feb 10, 2014

UPDATE::: dosed my 29 bio yesterday with Salifert Flatworm Exit. Had a good population of copepods and amphipods in the tank before the dosing. After examining the tank this afternoon, I can safely say that flatworm exit does NOT kill pods.

NanaReefer · Feb 10, 2014

Flatbrook said:
UPDATE::: dosed my 29 bio yesterday with Salifert Flatworm Exit. Had a good population of copepods and amphipods in the tank before the dosing. After examining the tank this afternoon, I can safely say that flatworm exit does NOT kill pods.

Yahooo and bravo!!