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01/07/2008, 01:06 PM
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Flatworms
I cant seem to get rid of this flatworm infestation I have in my tank. Already lost one head of a torch coral to it and now its all over my hammer. Ive gone through an entire bottle of flatworm exit treating my tank 3 times. Looking for any suggestions on how to rid my tank of these buggers.
Thanks, Dave
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01/07/2008, 01:22 PM
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what sort of flatworms are they? the clearish ones, or the yellow ones with the red spot? I had a yellow infestation in a previous version of my reef and after the addition of a manderin the problem was gone.
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01/07/2008, 02:01 PM
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I'll second the manderin suggestion. I had a tons of them, added a manderin, haven't seen any in 2 years. This was in an 80gal system.
It's important to make sure you have lots of natural prey for them when the flatworms are gone. Many of them won't accept prepared foods. 
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01/07/2008, 02:01 PM
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I had a ton that i got off a frag from someone that took out a few euphilias and added a bunch of wrasses and now you cant find one if you try. I cant pin point who exactly did it but I love em all for it.
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01/07/2008, 02:25 PM
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He started the assault I do know that much
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01/07/2008, 03:04 PM
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All of the above should help.
An individual (synchiropis slendidus)Pscheldelic mandarin, may or may not eat flat worms. The (synchiropus picturatus) is a bit more reliable predator. I've used flatworm exit in the past with success. I had to dose 3x over the course of a week and worked the dosage up to 150% of the reccomended dose without ill effect. The danger with this method as you know is the toxins from the dying flatworms. I siphponed up everyone I could. I added a hob filter without carbon to castch the dying worms in the filter pad after administeing the dose. I also placed a small power head on the bottom of the tank to blow into the rocks. After the prescribed period of time( I think it was 45 mins) I rinsed the filter pad and added carbon in the hob. I also did a 30% water change
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01/07/2008, 07:17 PM
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I had them early on in my aquarium. Bought a pseudochromis-springeri and had no more flatworms in the display. Still have em in my sump but the display is worm-free. With the adition of the pseudo, no more flatworms...
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