Flatworm exit 3rd time to wipe out flatworm

[mushy coral]

I have these flatworm in my tank, they start appear 2 weeks ago. Dont know what species they are but they spawn quick and a lot. Ive done 2 seperate round of flatworm exit and they still come back. First round on last monday and second round on last saturday. After 2 rounds there was only few baby ones and i thought that they will be gone after i add a wrasse. Got my pink streak wrasse in yesterday and he did not pick at any of the baby flatworm, only munching on the pods. Should i do another round of flatworm exit with higher dose? The 2 previous round i dose at 80% recommended dosage.

 

[slingfox]

How much of your coral is infested with the flatworms? Have you tried dipping the most problematic coral? If they can be removed from the tank, dipping once a week for 6 weeks straight should eradicate the flatworm population.

Depending on the size of your tank you should consider getting multiple wrasse. Even in a small tank you should be able to fit at least 2 wrasse. Each fish will eat slightly different things.

 

[mushy coral]

T

How much of your coral is infested with the flatworms? Have you tried dipping the most problematic coral? If they can be removed from the tank, dipping once a week for 6 weeks straight should eradicate the flatworm population.

Depending on the size of your tank you should consider getting multiple wrasse. Even in a small tank you should be able to fit at least 2 wrasse. Each fish will eat slightly different things.

The only coral ive seen infested by big flatworm is the hammer. I have bunch of lps, mushroom coral and toadstool but not see any of the flatworm on it except that one hammer. After dip and treat tank with flatworm exit i see no more adult flatworm but the baby still appear. Tank is around 30gallon and I plan to add a yellow coris wrasse which people say its even better in pest control. Still do i try flatworm exit again or straight up buying the yellow coris wrasse

 

[slingfox]

T

How much of your coral is infested with the flatworms? Have you tried dipping the most problematic coral? If they can be removed from the tank, dipping once a week for 6 weeks straight should eradicate the flatworm population.

Depending on the size of your tank you should consider getting multiple wrasse. Even in a small tank you should be able to fit at least 2 wrasse. Each fish will eat slightly different things.

The only coral ive seen infested by big flatworm is the hammer. I have bunch of lps, mushroom coral and toadstool but not see any of the flatworm on it except that one hammer. After dip and treat tank with flatworm exit i see no more adult flatworm but the baby still appear. Tank is around 30gallon and I plan to add a yellow coris wrasse which people say its even better in pest control. Still do i try flatworm exit again or straight up buying the yellow coris wrasse

If you believe the flatworms are limited to the hammer the why not remove it and dip it once a week for several weeks? That would be a more targeted approach. If you are seeing the flatworms elsewhere then doing another dose may be the way to go. I would get a good pest control fish if the current livestock aren’t sufficient.

 

[mushy coral]

S

If you believe the flatworms are limited to the hammer the why not remove it and dip it once a week for several weeks? That would be a more targeted approach. If you are seeing the flatworms elsewhere then doing another dose may be the way to go. I would get a good pest control fish if the current livestock aren’t sufficient.

sorry i did not make it clear. Only the adult flatworm found on the hammer. The smaller baby ones are all over on the front glass so thats the reason why i want to treat the tank with fwe

 

[Mark Goode]

How I got rid of mine:

Two treatments, seven days apart, followed immediately by significant water change (full dose, as per instructions)

Further treatments before every routine water change for three months (big water change should not now be necessary because there should no longer be enough flatworms to poison the water).

I had a persistent flatworm problem until I did this. Six-line Wrasse wouldn't eat them, nor would a Springeri damsel.

 

[mushy coral]

How I got rid of mine:

Two treatments, seven days apart, followed immediately by significant water change (full dose, as per instructions)

Further treatments before every routine water change for three months (big water change should not now be necessary because there should no longer be enough flatworms to poison the water).

I had a persistent flatworm problem until I did this. Six-line Wrasse wouldn't eat them, nor would a Springeri damsel.

So I have 2 more rounds of fwe each 7 days apart to kill any flatworm in the tank and those possibly hatch from egg. Then in the next 3 months I will do the treatment everytime I do water change

 

[Mark Goode]

So I have 2 more rounds of fwe each 7 days apart to kill any flatworm in the tank and those possibly hatch from egg. Then in the next 3 months I will do the treatment everytime I do water change

It worked for me. I haven't seen a flatworm in over a year.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

So I have 2 more rounds of fwe each 7 days apart to kill any flatworm in the tank and those possibly hatch from egg. Then in the next 3 months I will do the treatment everytime I do water change

It sounds excessive to me. I used FE twice over the years, I only needed one dose and it solved the problem, I did not need repeat doses. Are you following the instructions carefully? You done it twice already and still have flatworms, so to me something is wrong.

 

[mushy coral]

It sounds excessive to me. I used FE twice over the years, I only needed one dose and it solved the problem, I did not need repeat doses. Are you following the instructions carefully? You done it twice already and still have flatworms, so to me something is wrong.

Uhm actually because there were small worms not big ones so i only use 80% of the recommend dosage and i plan to do full dose this time. The previous round i did not see them die off, they just lose grip on the glass and i syphon them off

 

[Mark Goode]

Uhm actually because there were small worms not big ones so i only use 80% of the recommend dosage and i plan to do full dose this time. The previous round i did not see them die off, they just lose grip on the glass and i syphon them off

I used Flatworm RX, Flatworm Exit not being available in the UK. I imagine the principle is the same though: first treatment kills off all flatworms; over the next week thousands of eggs hatch and flatworms return. The second treatment kills them, and further doses after routine water changes for a while, just to make bloody sure.

 

[exnisstech]

I accidentally did a 200% recommended dose last week and not only killed all the flat worms but all bristle worms as well lol.

 

[mushy coral]

I accidentally did a 200% recommended dose last week and not only killed all the flat worms but all bristle worms as well lol.

Lol then i must try 120% lets see if it can nuke the entire flatworm family

 

[exnisstech]

Its a spare tank with only 2 fish and some overflow corals so nothing high end but I haven't noticed any adverse reactions after dosing. I don't hate flat worms but found it interested that it killed them. They just started crawling out of the rocks and curling up dieing. Flat worms were blowing off my mushrooms, that was pretty awesome to watch lol.

 

[smacrophylia]

This has worked for me. I crushed a heavy pinch into powder and added to display once a day everyday for 2 months which may have been an overkill amount of time but I haven’t seen them since

 

[Reef Jedi]

I accidentally did a 200% recommended dose last week and not only killed all the flat worms but all bristle worms as well lol.

The good old two birds with one stone trick, nice shot lol

 

[mushy coral]

The good old two birds with one stone trick, nice shot lol

But i thought bristle worm is good for tank?

 

[exnisstech]

But i thought bristle worm is good for tank?

They really are beneficial but they can get out of hand and some people have an aversion to them. I've never had an issue with them causing any trouble.

 

[GeoSquid]

I also have some flatworms. I have a 300 gal display and I suck about 10 a day off the glass and corals. Its not a bad infestation yet that I can tell. I'm terrified of dosing something to kill them. I don't do water changes and I don't run carbon. I believe these would be required to dose one of the kill products. Plus, I used chemiclean once, only time in 30 years I ever tried a quick fix. It was a disaster as I got dinos right after. Never again. Something interesting happened last night. I live in the state of green new scam, newscum, and we dont have enough electricity and have blackouts all the time. My power was off for 7 hours last night. Battery backup for 3 hours, then just a couple airstones and me with a big cup agitating manually....all night! This morning, I had about 70 or 80 flatworms on the front glass. I went to town sucking them up. I wonder why and I think i made a big dent in the population. Could this be some kind of control method?

 

[mushy coral]

I also have some flatworms. I have a 300 gal display and I suck about 10 a day off the glass and corals. Its not a bad infestation yet that I can tell. I'm terrified of dosing something to kill them. I don't do water changes and I don't run carbon. I believe these would be required to dose one of the kill products. Plus, I used chemiclean once, only time in 30 years I ever tried a quick fix. It was a disaster as I got dinos right after. Never again. Something interesting happened last night. I live in the state of green new scam, newscum, and we dont have enough electricity and have blackouts all the time. My power was off for 7 hours last night. Battery backup for 3 hours, then just a couple airstones and me with a big cup agitating manually....all night! This morning, I had about 70 or 80 flatworms on the front glass. I went to town sucking them up. I wonder why and I think i made a big dent in the population. Could this be some kind of control method?

In my tank right now for about a week i havent seen any of the flatworm on the glass anymore. Thru 3 rounds of flatworm exit the flatworm babies still appear so i assume that either I underdose the chemical or the worm develop to withstand it. But maybe my pink streak wrasse did something and now i dont see any of the flatworm anymore. If u have a large number of flatworm then u could try nuke them with FWE and then treat the remaining with wrasse, at least this work for me.