Need an opinion

[fireman23]

My tank has a severe case of flatworms and I'm wanting to set up a 10 gallon to house the corals while i clean the 110. My question is can I just use a hob filter with carbon since the only thing that will be in the tank is coral. Also I will have a 175 w halide above the tank( way above the tank). Any advice is appreciated

 

[pickupman66]

Fireman. I do think see why not. That is basically what my frag tank is. A long with a hob skimmer. Corals look better there than my 180

 

[Wrx5803]

I had flat worms pretty baf before. What I did was buy 2 lemon(yellow) damsels and use an airline with a media bag attached on the end. Place the bag in your sump and go to town siphoning them out. I did it everyday for a week and noticed the numbers drop like crazy. I continued to do this and after a few weeks they were gone

 

[Wrx5803]

Also look all around your glass in the back. The first time I had flat worms I removed the rock ect from the tank and noticed a nest like thing.on the back glass. I will try to dig up a pic. It looked like clear mucus with a million tiny dots in it

 

[Tennsquire]

My tank has a severe case of flatworms and I'm wanting to set up a 10 gallon to house the corals while i clean the 110. My question is can I just use a hob filter with carbon since the only thing that will be in the tank is coral. Also I will have a 175 w halide above the tank( way above the tank). Any advice is appreciated

I quarantine all of my new corals, and they go into a 5 gallon tank with a heater, a powerhead, and a small fluval powerfilter that houses carbon; certainly nothing elaborate. How do you plan to eradicate the flatworms? I've had luck in the past with Salifert's product ("flatworm exit" I think).

 

[islander84]

are you referring to AEFW or Planaria flat worms?

 

[fireman23]

Planaria. I treated once already with flwtworm exit and killed aa lot but seems like now they have come back with vengeance. I'm just wanting to get the corals out because all the toxins. Also since its just gonna be coral and no live rock can I just mix up the water and put corals In or should I let go thru a mini cycle?

 

[Dowtish]

I would just take water from the display and fill the 10 gallon.

 

[fireman23]

Chris I'm just afraid to because the toxins and flatworms.

 

[fireman23]

I guess I could just run the water i drain thru a filter sock to catch any worms and let filter pull toxins out.

 

[Tennsquire]

Do a water change and use the water you would normally discard to fill the QT tank. Then you treat the main tank.

 

[fireman23]

I got that but what I'm saying is some of the flatworms are floating. I understand draining from DT . that's why I said I guess I would use a filter sock to catch any of the pests. They are annoying lol