Am i overthinking? Flatworm exit without carbon reactor. Bad idea?

[Rooles]

Hi. I noticed flatworms on my lps corals and got some carbon and flatworm exit. The plan was to put the carbon in media bags and put it onto my overflow boxes.

After reading the instructions they made it clear you need a reactor which I dont have. Should I order one and wait until then to treat? Or will bags in the overflow be ok?

Thanks everyone.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi. I noticed flatworms on my lps corals and got some carbon and flatworm exit. The plan was to put the carbon in media bags and put it onto my overflow boxes.

After reading the instructions they made it clear you need a reactor which I dont have. Should I order one and wait until then to treat? Or will bags in the overflow be ok?

Thanks everyone.

While they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them

With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Definitely siphon out what you can.

My dad used this idk 10 years ago and nuked his tank as the 1000s of flatworms released toxins

 

[Rooles]

While they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them

With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny

Definitely siphon out what you can.

My dad used this idk 10 years ago and nuked his tank as the 1000s of flatworms released toxins

Okay will do

 

[Rooles]

While they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them

With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny

Okay I will try that thank you

 

[Blitheran]

Get a wrasse problem solved naturally

 

[Rooles]

Which wrasse would work best in a 32.5g reef tank? Im afraid of the bad reputation 6 lines have

 

[Blitheran]

Yellow Wrasse is the best

 

[Justfebreezeit]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...ps-ataenia-–-the-pink-streaked-wrasse.392373/

Pink streaked. I had a few flat worms show up. Once mine went in, never saw another.