Flatworms

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by Chance, May 1, 2013.

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  1. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    A yellow coris wrasse would be in heaven. You could also get a leopard wrasse but they are a little more difficult to care for. They are also good for controlling certain nudis and redbugs as well but they will take care of a pod population too.
     
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  3. Corailline

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Moved to--General Reef, until I find a better spot.
     
  4. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Thanks Coralline. :)

    The problem with finding a fish to eat them, is the tank is 5.5g... with barely 4g of display.
     
  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Manual removal and nuke it. Small tank, it should be easy, well easier than a larger tank.

    Read the directions thoroughly, you can move everything except rock into bucket, and then acclimate to new water.
     
  6. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    I don't have any loose frags though, all of my coral, except maybe 2 frags are grown onto rock. I believe I have ID'd them as Amphiscolops. Which according to LFL they are a good thing. I think I'll just watch what happens. I don't want to add any kind of chemicals to my tank. I've gone over a year without testing, or dosing anything. Why not keep that going, you know?
     
  7. yvr

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    FlatwormXit should work to help clear it up. To help avoid future flatoworm problems, I dip all my new corals in an iodine bath like Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure before introducing them into my tank. Understandably I get a bit paranoid about introducing things like flatworms into my display tanks.
     
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  9. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    That's the thing! I did dip all my new frags. My friend who gave me the LR (over a year ago now) told me that he had these kind of flatworms, but his Dragonette ate all of them. And they disappeared. It's a mystery to me.