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04/30/2008, 09:09 AM
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Flatworms...
So, for a long time, there's been a few flatworms in my tank (very small pink ones) living on my xenia. They didn't seem to cause any problems, so I assumed they weren't so bad. They seem to be really reproducing now, though, and some of the xenia with a lot of the worms living (and I now assume feeding) on them don't look very healthy. What can I do to get rid of the flatworms before they really start to wreck havoc in my tank?
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Confucious say: Man who stand on toilet is high on pot. Current Tank Info: 120g Malawi Cichlid (hap/peacock)... and there's a male Hemichromis sp. "Muanda" and a femals Synodontis eupterus in there too!; 30g Reef... |
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04/30/2008, 09:36 AM
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Flatworm Exit is a reliable product which when combined with siphoning them out does work. If you use it follow the directions carefully,keep the air exchange up and run extra carbon after dosing to remove toxins from the dying worms.
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Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals. |
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04/30/2008, 09:59 AM
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I bought a yellow coris wrasse he demolishes them!!!!only wrasse ive seen that always eats them if you dont wanna use the exit.
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04/30/2008, 11:18 AM
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I had a major problem with flatworms, Then I heard that six line wrasses would eat flatworms. So I read up on wrasses and decided I would give that a try, so I went to the LFS and checked out the wrasse selection. I saw one wrasse was trying to eat pods and other things off of the tank wall, he looked like the warrior I needed to help me with my problem. So I purchased a six line wrasse, and to my amazement I have not seen one flatworm since. I have heard on this sight that it is touch and go with wrasses eating flatworms, so that is why I looked at the behavior of the fish before I purchased it. And just an added note the wrasse and my clown fish are super best friends, they seem to play together all the time, cruising in and out of the rocks and so on.
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04/30/2008, 06:02 PM
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Would the flatworm exit stuff have any adverse affects on any other invertebrates, or on my Foxface Rabbitfish? I'm a little leary on using chemicals to treat problems in an aquarium, but I hate to go out and get another fish to fix it for me, too...
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Confucious say: Man who stand on toilet is high on pot. Current Tank Info: 120g Malawi Cichlid (hap/peacock)... and there's a male Hemichromis sp. "Muanda" and a femals Synodontis eupterus in there too!; 30g Reef... |
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04/30/2008, 06:20 PM
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It will not harm your invertebrates IME. The dying flatworms are toxic and you need to run extra carbon after treatment, changes some water and remove the dying worms. You will be amazed at how many ae in there?
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Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals. |
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04/30/2008, 06:20 PM
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You will be fine just read the direction and it works.
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