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03/01/2009, 03:04 PM
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what are those red stuff?
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Nothing else is more exciting than reef. Current Tank Info: 180g |
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03/01/2009, 03:06 PM
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03/01/2009, 03:19 PM
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Called red flatworms/planaria. Relatively harmless. Their numbers can increase to the point where they can smother corals if the conditions are right. When they die they do emit a toxin, and if enough die at once they can pollute the tank to the point where other animals are stressed or even die. There is treatment for them called Flatworm Exit. It works to some extent, but you need to make sure that the population of them is very low when you use it ( follow the instruction carefully). Other methods might be siphoning them out with some 1/4 inch airline, and there are some fish reported to eat them but they are hit or miss. Generally their population will increase to a point then they fade for one reason or another. I siphoned them as often as possible until I rarely saw them anymore and the population has never returned. Occasionally I do see one but thats it. May not even be the same species though.
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-David- President - New Hampshire Reef Club There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave Current Tank Info: 100 gal lagoon/seagrass, 100 gal sump, Lifereef 72" skimmer, 180 inwall, 125 inwall seagrass/lagoon in progress |
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03/01/2009, 03:29 PM
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I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock |
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