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09/22/2007, 10:29 PM
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Please help with ID? Possible Flatworm?
I noticed the below pests in a tank that I used to use as a QT tank. Right now I have a lot of zoo's, mushrooms, and leathers growing in there to possibly frag. I went away on vacation and came back to a tank full of these guys. They are an off yellow with a red mouth and move rather slowly. I didn't notice any on the corals until tonight when I saw some moving rather fast on my green tipped leather. Are they flatworms?
 I know the picture isn't the best but you can see the red mouth that I'm talking about. I will try to get another picture but I can't seem to find the better camera. Any help would be appreciated. |
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#2
09/22/2007, 10:35 PM
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My guess is flatworm. They multiply faster than you can think. I suggest suck them out as many as you can after that use flatworm exit.
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#3
09/23/2007, 02:20 AM
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Carefull when using FWE to kill FW's.. make sure to suck/take out as much of the worms as much as possible.. people have experiece nuking tanks due to killing massive amounts of FWs and as they die in the tank.. they release toxins.. which in large amounts can nuke a tank...
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09/23/2007, 10:58 PM
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Well I tried to get out as many as possible before using flatworm exit. It wasn't easy because they were everywhere. I did my research on various websites before using the product. Since this tank is plumbed in to another QT tank what I did was use enough flatworm exit for the first tank. Once I noticed the worms dying off I opened the valve to the other tank and circulated the water. Since the tanks are the same size it created a pretty good water exchange. After about a hour I set up a UV light and put in 5 pounds of activated carbon in a chamber between the tank for maximum flow exposure. After two hours I did a small 10 gallon water change. All my corals seem to be fine after about 10 hours and I'm guessing I would have seen some negative affects by now. I plan on doing another water change tomorrow of about 20 gallons, followed by two days of nothing. I will then reassess the situation to see if the tank needs to be dosed again with flatworm exit.
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