EEFW… ugh… battle thread

[Lemons]

While you have a battle, you have a great grasp on this task and tons of good info here. The best part is it appears you caught it early before serious damage occurred. At the rate you caught it and are taking action, I doubt you lose a single one.

Hahaha thanks man! I’ll keep this thread updated for future references for those unfortunate enough to be in this situation too

 

[vetteguy53081]

How do you know the difference? I found flatworms on my hamers yesterday too. I had some flatworms on my goniopora’s too a few months ago. I dipped them once and never saw them again on the gonis…

Your pictures show these which are Polyclad. I accidentally said planaria

 

[Troylee]

ok thank you I had truly never seen one, want to know what to pre scan from lfs corals thank you.

Found these on one of my torches! Big boys and a ton of eggs.. scraped them off months ago and never checked again since everything seems happy..

 

[brandon429]

those look like the leeches from stand by me heh

 

[Troylee]

those look like the leeches from stand by me heh

I find these aren’t really harmful like aefw so I don’t sweat them personally..

 

[Lemons]

Found these on one of my torches! Big boys and a ton of eggs.. scraped them off months ago and never checked again since everything seems happy..

Wow wow wowww!! Look at those monsters!!! And they look almost identical to the ones i have i wonder if I didn’t catch it this early they’d be that huge

 

[Coffee Soundboard]

I found what I assume were also EEFW on 2 torches in my coral QT tank. Thankfully they aren’t in my display. They looked identical to those posted here. Do these flatworms eat only euphyllia? I have a few other corals in the QT and didn’t find anything on them.

 

[Lemons]

Your pictures show these which are Polyclad. I accidentally said planaria

Hahaha yea I’ve seen red planaria tons of times but to me any weird polyclad gets the boot in my tank. Bad apple theory and what not

 

[Troylee]

Wow wow wowww!! Look at those monsters!!! And they look almost identical to the ones i have i wonder if I didn’t catch it this early they’d be that huge

And they weren’t affecting the torch at all.. I noticed the eggs that’s when I found them.. that tells me they were on there for a long time with no I’ll effects.. they don’t bother me any more lol

 

[Lemons]

I found what I assume were also EEFW on 2 torches in my coral QT tank. Thankfully they aren’t in my display. They looked identical to those posted here. Do these flatworms eat only euphyllia? I have a few other corals in the QT and didn’t find anything on them.

Oh man super lucky!!! I wish i had the room to do a coral QT.

I don’t think they go after anything else??

 

[Christian0505]

Hahaha thanks man! I’ll keep this thread updated for future references for those unfortunate enough to be in this situation too

That is appreciated haha, luckily your torches are a size which is still able to get dipped pretty easy…

if my flatworms make their way to my 100 head torch I am screwed haha

 

[Bucs20fan]

And they weren’t affecting the torch at all.. I noticed the eggs that’s when I found them.. that tells me they were on there for a long time with no I’ll effects.. they don’t bother me any more lol

They were using your torch as a house while they werent out hunting!! LOL.

 

[Troylee]

That’s how I realized I had them

 

[Lemons]

And they weren’t affecting the torch at all.. I noticed the eggs that’s when I found them.. that tells me they were on there for a long time with no I’ll effects.. they don’t bother me any more lol

Well for both our sakes i hope you’re right! But for me I don’t like the cut of their jib

 

[Coffee Soundboard]

Oh man super lucky!!! I wish i had the room to do a coral QT.

I don’t think they go after anything else??

That’s what I would like to know

 

[Lemons]

That’s what I would like to know

I think i read somewhere they can roam around and cover some serious ground, but I don’t imagine they would go after anything else?? After all they are called euphyllia eating after all LOL

 

[Coffee Soundboard]

Apparently emojis don’t work here. I tried using a laughing face lol.

I think i read somewhere they can roam around and cover some serious ground, but I don’t imagine they would go after anything else?? After all they are called euphyllia eating after all LOL

Apparently emojis don’t work. I tried using a laughing face lol. My reply wasn’t meant to sound like I was being grumpy. I assumed as much, but wasn’t sure.

 

[Bucs20fan]

That’s how I realized I had them

You know what they say, big eggs, big worms. Im just sayin..

 

[Troylee]

I think i read somewhere they can roam around and cover some serious ground, but I don’t imagine they would go after anything else?? After all they are called euphyllia eating after all LOL

I’m sure that the case but all my torches and hammers and acans are happy so I don’t bother dipping or searching any more.. if I see a problem I’ll deal with it then.. I am upgrading tanks right now so I’ll dip them all as they go in my new display and never again.. lol

 

[Lemons]

Update

I have set up my battle station, waiting for water to mix so I don’t cause any salinity swings.. but i doubt 5-6 gallons of water will do too much to 110 gallon system.

anyways! I have got some rough denture cleaning tools as they’re pretty stiff and look like they might be good for getting any eggs off! In addition I *AHEM* procured some tools from my girlfriends beauty kit (she said she never used these before but i still boiled sanitized em) and they appear to be some sort of steel so should be okay!

And for the dip I’m going to do a mixture of revive and iodine. Might do a slightly stronger dip maybe 1.4x with the revive as they will be sort dips but im thinking

5cap fulls per gallon
And 40 drops of iodine. (Roughly a full dropper)

i have used stronger iodine dips before and for longer to boot. And usually for infection scares and stuff so i figure this concentration should be okay for a dip