Red flatworm infestation

[Bugenar]

It’s really bad. I’ve tried velvet nudibranchs, not only do they end up dying, but they’re expensive and rare.

This is single-handedly ruining the look of my tank, it’s a total eyesore. Worse than my aiptasia infestation, at least they were pretty.

Everything red is a flatworm in the pics.

 

[pix4c]

I had them just as bad. I put a six line wrasse in there within a week. I never saw another one.

 

[Rob A]

My Melanurus wrasse took care of all my flat worms

 

[Bugenar]

I had them just as bad. I put a six line wrasse in there within a week. I never saw another one.

heard this before. got a sixline and a yellow coris… didn’t touch a thing. at least they’re pretty

 

[Bugenar]

My Melanurus wrasse took care of all my flat worms

they eat small shrimps and snails, can’t have that in this tank sadly

 

[Jimbo327]

Run carbon. If you have sump, put a new filter sock and siphon the flatworms from display. Suck up as many as you can. Teplace that sock afterwards. The numbers are too much…

This needs some manual intervention. Do this a few times to at least thin out the numbers as they are toxic. A mass die off may cause the other tank fishes / corals to die as well.

 

[pix4c]

I had them just as bad. I put a six line wrasse in there within a week. I never saw another one.

heard this before. got a sixline and a yellow coris… didn’t touch a thing. at least they’re pretty

I should have added I took airline tubing and sucked out as many as I could, and then my six line wrasse took care of the rest

 

[El Patron]

Take your fish out and use flatworm exit. Do a water change after and place fish back in.

 

[Bugenar]

Take your fish out and use flatworm exit. Do a water change after and place fish back in.

definitely on the table for a last resort