Ugh - flatworm?

[Sirspeedy77]

Found in a Florida mushroom a few minutes ago - I’m scared of the answer but would like confirmation-

 

[KrisReef]

Appears to be a flatworm.

 

[TankCandy]

It is what you think it is but its not as bad as you think it is..
Look into Salifert Flatworm Exit, Suck out as many as you can with airline hosing and get a 6 line wrasse.

 

[Sirspeedy77]

have sixline, will start hunting and get flatworm exit going. Just freaks me out to lose coral to this..

 

[TankCandy]

There are tons of great discussion on here about the flatworm exit. I would start with removing any visible ones you see. Doing this will lower your chances of having an ammonia spike after dosing the tank. Also depending on how many there are get ready to do a water change after and run carbon if possible. Your coral should respond positively!!

 

[SifuMemphis]

Can you get a better picture? It could be Polyclad flatworm... and in that case, flatworm exit wont work on it. Also, if it is polyclad, they are too big and most wrasses wont eat it

 

[Sirspeedy77]

Can you get a better picture? It could be Polyclad flatworm... and in that case, flatworm exit wont work on it. Also, if it is polyclad, they are too big and most wrasses wont eat it

Not really I just flushed it and can’t seem to find any more. I have had several snails die recently, I thought it was because they got tipped and couldn’t right themselves? Lol.

 

[KrisReef]

I don't think they all eat coral, but I wouldn't trust them not to.

I just used Hikari Prazipro and I am hoping they are gone.

There are new reports of lanthanum chloride also being useful but I am not sure how that works except outside of a tank.

And yes, that looked like a larger polyclad worm.

 

[SifuMemphis]

Yeah, I had Euphyillia eating polyclad worms. They were easily spotted late at night with a flash light. From what I gathered, not many fish ate them cause they were too big, and flatworm exit didnt work. I had to be pretty diligent in dipping the torches i had, once a week. First round was to knock them off the torch (then scraped off eggs) waited a week, and dipped again, just incase the eggs hatched.

 

[dochow]

Flatworm? Good or bad?