Flatworms-red planaria

[muggle0981]

Any other guidance on how to eradicate or are there just always going to be some

180g

Mixed reef-not doing flatwork exit

Have tried a blue velvet nudi-it was there for a minute and then went MIA

Have a yellow coris wrasse-

Thought about adding a springer damsel but dont need him to turn into a problem csuse once he is in-he’s not coming out

Been sucking them off with a baster-mostly seem to reside in my mushroom coral colony’s

 

[tzabor10]

Following. I have them too. Used flatworm exit once. Tank looked terrible after. Did 100% water change. Was thinking about using a canister filter to suck them out. Then try flatworm exit again. Good luck

 

[X-37B]

I had them in my 15g nano cube.
It took 2 doses, back to back, of flatworm exit to eradicate them.
Never saw any issues with the system.
Suck out as many as you can before starting. Suck them out during treatment also.
10% WC after second treatment worked well.
6 month old nano today.

 

[bobnicaragua]

I’ve had them multiple times over the last 30 years. Flatworm exit doesn’t kill the eggs, so you have to dose multiple times. The first dose is the one that is hardest on the tank since dead planaria are toxic and there are usually so many of them.

Last time I had them, I dosed flatworm exit 3 times 5-7 days between doses. You need to give the eggs time to hatch, but not enough time to reproduce.

 

[skey44]

I’ve always found a fish that would eat them. Add more wrasses (haliochoeres, macropharyngodon, and psuedocheilinus genus are all a good start) and Chrysiptera damsels. Springer damsel’s aren’t problem fish IMO. I love my azure which is the same genus. I’ve had good luck with Starcki damsel in the past too. Minds it’s business. Stays out of the bigger fishes way.

 

[banik]

I have them, but none can be seen in my display because of some combination of: springeri, yellow coris, possum wrasse, and melanurus. I've tried multiple flatworm exit doses but they always come back.

 

[skey44]

Learning how to live with things and manage them biologically is just part of being a reefer. This is luckily one of those things a lot of fish like to eat. Tell your canary wrasse to get to work lol

 

[BonnieB]

If it breathes and isn’t a fish (excepty female clown that it chases into her nem ) or coral my six line picks at the rocks all day long.

 

[muggle0981]

I know right now have coris wrasse a d a blue fin fairy wrasse was debating if try snd add another wrasse

 

[muggle0981]

Tank is 180g

Blue tang
Scopas tang
Orange shoulder tang
Foxface
2 clown
Yellow Coris wrasse
Bluefin fairy wrasse
3 bangaii cardinal
Flame angel


Could i add one more wrasse

 

[BonnieB]

Tank is 180g

Blue tang
Scopas tang
Orange shoulder tang
Foxface
2 clown
Yellow Coris wrasse
Bluefin fairy wrasse
3 bangaii cardinal
Flame angel


Could i add one more wrasse

I think the fish experts need to weigh in. I’m wanting another but my six line I feel might be a bully!

 

[capt_alaver]

I'm dealing with them, but in a 2.6g system where fish-control is not an option and Flatworm Exit is a nuclear bomb.

Considering "renting" a Blue Velvet Nudibranch.