How do you Battle Flatworms?

[Coralsdaily]

My problem was with flatworms in a Euphyllia, so I was able to dip the coral to get rid of some. Others I found crawling on the glass and was able to take them out by hand. I found if I positioned the coral near the glass they were more likely to crawl onto it. I was also able to dislodge a couple I found crawling on rock. I didn’t have a lot of them and they were of the larger sort so it wasn’t too difficult.

Interesting method, thanks for sharing!

 

[Coralsdaily]

Flatworm stop = for acro eating flatworms as a longer term treatment option

Flatworm exit = wipe out red panaria in one shot (really 2 or 3 shots but it's designed to wipe out in one shot).

You must have had a serious infestation. Just siphon out what you can see first. Use airline tubing and drain the water into a filter sock then pour it back in the tank. Look behind rocks, macro algae ect. Again you must have had a really bad infestation to have so many issues after.

Killing them slowly just gives them a chance to regroup. Wipe out 99% and then dose a few more times to get any stragglers then it's done.

Thanks for the input!

 

[Coralsdaily]

Awww man.
First defense always is to siphon as many as you can. Predatory treatment is safest with addition of 6 lined. Lunate or melanurus wrasse. If you can find one, velvet nudibranch is fantastic
Salifert flatworm exit also works good but siphon dead ones daily as they can release toxins

Yeah my sixline is not earning his keep LOL

 

[Coralsdaily]

He’s right, Melanurus Wrasse handled mine!

Then she really needed to go on a diet.... she looked pregnant, I didn’t want to hurt her feelings and ask her when she was due.... but come on, save a flatworm for a rainy day rather than eat every single one in a matter of days.....

I've seen someone using a spotted mandarin and that was the fattest spotted mandarin I've ever seen

 

[malacoda]

Might also be worth taking a look at the latest issue of Coral magazine (for those who subscribe). Has an article in it about using lanthanum to eliminate flatworms on p58.

 

[Coralsdaily]

Might also be worth taking a look at the latest issue of Coral magazine (for those who subscribe). Has an article in it about using lanthanum to eliminate flatworms on p58.

Wait, Corals magazine is still a thing? The last time I was able to find it in a news stand was last March, and even Amazon cancelled my request to subscribe because they don't carry it anymore. Where on earth can you find Corals Magazine these days?

 

[bsr2430]

Wait, Corals magazine is still a thing? The last time I was able to find it in a news stand was last March, and even Amazon cancelled my request to subscribe because they don't carry it anymore. Where on earth can you find Corals Magazine these days?

Appears someone rather read a magazine then a phone! Props to them!
But I’m to lazy for that, I mean, who has time to hold a paper with two hands? Not me!
Beer in one, phone in other.

 

[malacoda]

Wait, Corals magazine is still a thing? The last time I was able to find it in a news stand was last March, and even Amazon cancelled my request to subscribe because they don't carry it anymore. Where on earth can you find Corals Magazine these days?

Digital and print issues ... in case, like bsr2430, you'd rather read it with a phone in one hand while drinking a beer with the other ... rather than flipping through a magazine with a pint glass with in reach:

Reef To Rainforest Media, LLC | CORAL Magazine | Microcosm Publishing

Reef to Rainforest Media, LLC - publishers of CORAL Magazine, AMAZONAS Magazine, and Microcosm Books for Freshwater, Saltwater, Marine and Brackish Aq

www.reef2rainforest.com

 

[Reab]

Any updates for us?

in my experience, flatworm stop has done jack all to any flatworm, however I have not had AEFW. Flatworm exit has worked well in effectively killing them but not at wiping them out without having multiple sessions. Spotted mandarin, yellow coris wrasse, and bumblebee snails did not put a dent in the population

 

[capt.dave]

BUMP for @stevenliu9 (OP). I'm having the exact same problem with Flatworms in Euphylia. Following and very interested in your results.