Round flatworms?

[Rick Winans]

Help with the idenitiy of these flatworms, and a remedy for them, tank is loaded with them, is there something that will eat them?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Possibly Convolutriloba sp.
Red Menace flatworm. Remove them. Manually siphon them out, also a wrasse may eat them.

 

[Rick Winans]

Help with the idenitiy of these flatworms, and a remedy for them, tank is loaded with them, is there something that will eat them?

Thanks for info

 

[Lazys Coral House]

Flatworm exit will take care of them. Siphon out what you can and have a water change ready in case you have any issues after dosing.

 

[ScottandAlisa]

I just got rid of a bunch of flatworms yesterday! I took 1/4” airline tubing and siphoned through a mesh bag in my sump. This way I could trap the planaria and continue siphoning without worrying about taking out any water. Hopefully by doing this a few times I wont have to add any chemicals to the system. If you do the siphoning I suggest getting a stool because my back was hurting pretty bad after bending over for so long! Good luck!

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Yep, looks like red planaria. I'm fighting those now. Trying to siphoning out as many as possible before I do the flatworm exit. From what I have read they become toxic when they die.

 

[Rick Winans]

Flatworm exit will take care of them. Siphon out what you can and have a water change ready in case you have any issues after dosing.

Thanks

 

[Rick Winans]

I just got rid of a bunch of flatworms yesterday! I took 1/4” airline tubing and siphoned through a mesh bag in my sump. This way I could trap the planaria and continue siphoning without worrying about taking out any water. Hopefully by doing this a few times I wont have to add any chemicals to the system. If you do the siphoning I suggest getting a stool because my back was hurting pretty bad after bending over for so long! Good luck!

I like that idea, dont want to use chemicals, I also bought a six line wrasse..thanks

 

[Rick Winans]

Yep, looks like red planaria. I'm fighting those now. Trying to siphoning out as many as possible before I do the flatworm exit. From what I have read they become toxic when they die.

Thanks, i’ll try the siphoning, giving six line wrasse a chance also

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Scooter blenny

 

[ScottandAlisa]

I like that idea, dont want to use chemicals, I also bought a six line wrasse..thanks

Please update if you see it eating theses flatworms. Been thinking about getting one.

 

[Rick Winans]

Please update if you see it eating theses flatworms. Been thinking about getting one.

Have not seen it eating, but there are less on the glass

 

[ScottandAlisa]

Scooter blenny

Are these known to eat planaria? I thought they just ate copepods...

 

[Rick Winans]

Are these known to eat planaria? I thought they just ate copepods...

Its said that the spotted mandarin, sixline wrasse and there is a damsel that eats them, I am trying the wrasse, only been in tank for a week and just now getting comfortable, we will see

 

[Rick Winans]

I like that idea, dont want to use chemicals, I also bought a six line wrasse..thanks

To help save your back take and zip tie the tubing to a small dowel rod. That way you won’t have to put your arm down in the tank..

 

[kirstyflash]

To help save your back take and zip tie the tubing to a small dowel rod. That way you won’t have to put your arm down in the tank..

Awesome idea!

 

[hdsoftail1065]

This was my approach. Toilet fitting, it is pretty ridged, I just cut off the end and the tubing fit perfectly. They come in a couple of different lengths. I do not recommend the filter bag as the holes in the mesh was to large, I recommend a filter sock.