Hey all,
I am setting up my new larger system and I have been suffering from red planaria in my current system. I would like to keep my live rock in my current tank and transfer that into my new tank. However, I have a massive RP infestation. What should be the best course of action?
I have a couple ideas:
- Cycle my new tank, move every coral and fish into the new tank, (dipping the corals as I go) then use FW exit on the current tank to kill off all the flatworms, then move my rock over. Well, perhaps use FW exit on my current rocks in a bucket of old tank water? Like maybe have a bucket of saltwater with FW dosed into it and take one rock at a time to slosh it around in the bucket then move it over?
- Cycle my new tank, move everything over at once, slosh the rocks around in a bucket of tank water to hopefully knock them all off. Then pray my future melanarus wrasse likes flatworms.
- Treat my current system, following the directions, and pray I do not have a total tank nuke.
- Completely start fresh in my new system, remove and dip all my corals I possibly can, and extend the process of cycling my new tank to hopefully get it mature enough to take on my corals without losing any.
Some of my corals are grown onto my rocks, so I will have to likely just accept that some flatworms are gonna end up into my new system regardless.
I am setting up my new larger system and I have been suffering from red planaria in my current system. I would like to keep my live rock in my current tank and transfer that into my new tank. However, I have a massive RP infestation. What should be the best course of action?
I have a couple ideas:
- Cycle my new tank, move every coral and fish into the new tank, (dipping the corals as I go) then use FW exit on the current tank to kill off all the flatworms, then move my rock over. Well, perhaps use FW exit on my current rocks in a bucket of old tank water? Like maybe have a bucket of saltwater with FW dosed into it and take one rock at a time to slosh it around in the bucket then move it over?
- Cycle my new tank, move everything over at once, slosh the rocks around in a bucket of tank water to hopefully knock them all off. Then pray my future melanarus wrasse likes flatworms.
- Treat my current system, following the directions, and pray I do not have a total tank nuke.
- Completely start fresh in my new system, remove and dip all my corals I possibly can, and extend the process of cycling my new tank to hopefully get it mature enough to take on my corals without losing any.
Some of my corals are grown onto my rocks, so I will have to likely just accept that some flatworms are gonna end up into my new system regardless.