Euphyllia eating flatworm eggs???

[KingAlee]

Please tell me this is not euphoria eating flatworm eggs… if so why is there SO MANY.

We’ve only found one larger flatworm after thoroughly inspecting all euphyllia. I’m going tomorrow to start dipping and putting in iodine. What dip is recommended for these guys and any dipping process would be helpful!! This is on a HG colony I bought recently. All flesh bands are in great shape including the heads we found the flatworm on a completely different torch not near it…

 

[Marine Betta]

Please tell me this is not euphoria eating flatworm eggs… if so why is there SO MANY.

We’ve only found one larger flatworm after thoroughly inspecting all euphyllia. I’m going tomorrow to start dipping and putting in iodine. What dip is recommended for these guys and any dipping process would be helpful!! This is on a HG colony I bought recently. All flesh bands are in great shape including the heads we found the flatworm on a completely different torch not near it…

This is really common unfortunately. Euphyllia from wholesalers are often covered in euphyllia eating flatworms. I’ve seen colonies with hundreds of them on there.

I would use Revive. You could also use Coral RX, but Revive has become the industry standard in recent years. Follow the instructions on the bottle in either case. Scrap off any eggs you see because the dip won’t kill the eggs you miss. You will likely have to dip 3-4 times.
My LFS has a coral QT system where he keeps all of his new corals, and he will sometimes have to keep the euphyllia in there for over a month to make sure there are not any more flatworms.

You may have to dip all of your euphyllia to make sure they don’t have flatworms. I have an old biocube that I use as a frag tank/coral QT/coral hospital tank for situations like this where I can isolate corals that may have pests.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Please tell me this is not euphoria eating flatworm eggs… if so why is there SO MANY.

We’ve only found one larger flatworm after thoroughly inspecting all euphyllia. I’m going tomorrow to start dipping and putting in iodine. What dip is recommended for these guys and any dipping process would be helpful!! This is on a HG colony I bought recently. All flesh bands are in great shape including the heads we found the flatworm on a completely different torch not near it…

The red parts shown in the first few pivs are a bryozoan (harmless filter-feeder); the clearish patches shown in the other pics are suspect though. Any chance you've got some pics of those under water?