What type of worm?!
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Better pic, but seems to have the shape of a flatworm.
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Pic still fuzzy but looks like polyclad flatworms. While they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them
With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny
these eat corals.
they’re euphyllia eating flatworms,
otherwise known as eefw.
you’ve a got a long road ahead of ya,
because that infestation looks bad…
(i can count 7 adults on here!)
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eat them. Just looked on larger screen than phone and they are indeed AEFW. Not good
Dips may or may not work with them. When you think you got them, you see another and then the issue with eggs and finding them for removal
you’re going to have to run a search…
but basically, you have two options…
remove their food source (euphyllia) from the tank and treat them separately in another tank and let your main system run fallow for about 6-8 weeks to break their life cycle.
or
you can treat the euphyllia individually,
twice a week…
for about 6-8 weeks.
removing, dipping, scraping and returning to the tank each time
dipping in iodine works, you just have to baste the adults off and scrape for eggs each time
(qt’n new arrivals would of avoided all of this)
but basically, you have two options…
remove their food source (euphyllia) from the tank and treat them separately in another tank and let your main system run fallow for about 6-8 weeks to break their life cycle.
or
you can treat the euphyllia individually,
twice a week…
for about 6-8 weeks.
removing, dipping, scraping and returning to the tank each time
dipping in iodine works, you just have to baste the adults off and scrape for eggs each time
(qt’n new arrivals would of avoided all of this)
yeah it’s a pain…
i know it’s not practical for most folks,
but maintaining a small 10g qt tank at all times to place new arrivals into will help you avoid mishaps like these in the future
i know it’s not practical for most folks,
but maintaining a small 10g qt tank at all times to place new arrivals into will help you avoid mishaps like these in the future
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