Flatworms alert for those I traded with

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:26 am

I'm guess that a few of the local stores carry it. I decided to get it on line since i had a couple of other things I wanted to get. From what i saw most of your regular on line sites had it.

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:26 am

I had flatworms from hell in my 10 gallon and did the siphon thing several times which yes, it made them look like they had gone for the most part. Give it a couple hours and your tank will look like it had never been siphoned.

When I moved from my 10 to my 40, I took every piece of coral and rock that I was going to use in the 40 and dipped in FE. The way I did it was to take a small rubbermaid bowl - big enough to put stuff in - and put several drops of flatworm exit in with water from my new tank and dipped/soaked the corals and after several minutes, did a clean water dip (also with water from the new tank) then put the corals into the tank. I even dipped all my snails/crabs. I have no flatworms at all now in my 40 gallon.

I'd recommend flatworm exit, dipping any new corals/snails, etc.

Dys · Post by **Dys** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:25 am

salifert actually has a flatworm exit... didnt know about it till I ran into it doing an order.

JIM · Post by **JIM** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:56 am

Flat worm exit is the sh-t.Works great I did a back to back dose
and two water changes added carbon and bam! no dam worms!

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:08 pm

I'm in the middle of my first dose. Might just let things settle and do a second one tomorrow. Its funny just watching the flat worms just fall off the glass. I have some water waiting for a water change. wish me luck. :

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:11 pm

Make sure you siphon out as many as you can (I'm sure you already knew that though).

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:52 pm

All i could see were the ones on the glass. They were a lot smaller then the ones that i've seen on line. I did see most of them on the glass just fall off. I let it sit for about an hour and a half and put in the second dose. I still see a few on the glass though. I guess I need to get more FE and treat it again. I also did a decent size water change after the first dose just to get the dead out and help remove the toxins. I had one cap pull in its polyps before the water change but everything looks good

andy4499 · Post by **andy4499** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:26 pm

Where is the cheepest place to get some flatworm exit? So far the cheepest that I have found is $19 through Rich @PM.

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:55 pm

andy4499 wrote:Where is the cheepest place to get some flatworm exit? So far the cheepest that I have found is $19 through Rich @PM.

yeah it aint cheap...... local that is a good deal I think

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:42 pm

And after 4 doses I didn't eliminate my flatworms... go figure. I took out about 95% but there are some still kicking. I guess i have some that are resistant to the stuff. I dont' think they are problem FW's but with how they all of a sudden coverd the glass last time they can become a visual problem. I guess I need a yellow coris wrasse. I heard they will pick. I can't go with a 6 line because they will probably kill my fairy wrasses.

Taddster · Post by **Taddster** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:25 pm

I never had them before in any of my tanks. Whats so bad about them? Won't the fish eat them? Especially Racoon Butterflies (which will just about eat any invertebrate).

pete

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:47 pm

Taddster wrote:I never had them before in any of my tanks. Whats so bad about them? Won't the fish eat them? Especially Racoon Butterflies (which will just about eat any invertebrate).

pete

The real problem is that if you have too many the toxins that they contain will kill the fish. Mandarin gobies and 6-line wrasses may eat them but it is a gamble. The red planaria are more of a nuisance. They will cover anything that doesn't move. There are other types of flat worms that eat corals. Some are immune to the FW Exit.

Taddster · Post by **Taddster** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:34 pm

There are not other fish that may eat them but those? Wow! What a mess.

pete

andy4499 · Post by **andy4499** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:43 am

Marin Depot had it for a few cents more so I bought it there. I would have spent more if I went to PM, because every time I go there I always buy something else. I hope to nock this problem out very soon.

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:06 am

So I'm at a lose of what to do. Just 1 week after doing a second dose they are coming back again. I'm debating doing a 3rd dose with the entire bottle and shutting everythng down for a few hrs. The other options are:

velvet nudibranch
Yellow coris wrasse
mandarine
halichoeres melanuras --> Wardley's wrasse (these are nice looking and tim had two in a few weeks back).

Either way I just thing i have a strain of FW that will just not die with the FWE. I see no visible damage to anything they are just annoying to me on the glass.

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