Red Planaria life cycle? How often do they need to be removed to decrease population

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This is for a 10g sexy shrimp reef - I do not want to use flatworm exit since there is a ton of micro fauna in the tank and I am trying to attempt to raise their babies (in a separate tank). This also eliminates any flatworm eating creature except that nudibranch which I would never be able to get locally.

So I have been removing them a couple times a week, I haven't really kept track but after removing most of the visible ones the population will explode a few days later. I probably should just do this everyday but would like to know if every day is needed or if every other or every 3 days is enough to reduce the population. I'm aware over time their populations tend to level off but since this is a small tank with not a lot of filtration I also want to avoid a mass die off. I'm fine spending a few weeks doing this manually but it feels like every time I slip for a few days I'm back to square one.
 
The one way I got rid of them was with a nudibranch, then I maintained yellow corris and pipefish in my tanks.
If you can order a nudibranch, it worked wonders for me. I think I purchased two or three at the time and let them do their thing.
My ex added a frag covered in them. He also added an acro eating crab. Bad bad days....
 

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