Red Palania Flastworms

[LuckySingh]

Frustrated already with these red bugs all over the my new setup . I know couple ways to treat em but is there any easy and efficient way to treat em that you have experienced ???

[Big_Pun]

all ready got reef stds. doesn't zeovit make a treatment

[LuckySingh]

Yea zeo sort has a dosing regime routinely to prevent em but not really to eliminate em . Or maybe or maybe it's not so effective to kill em .

How's that stuff called salifert flatworm exit works

[kkiel02]

You said you don't want wrasses right? I've tried the flatworm exit but they came back. This was a few tanks back though probably 3 years.

[LuckySingh]

Which wrasse is the best

[kkiel02]

Just searched. Wrasses they said to try were six line, melanarus, yellow coris and leopard. They also said these were hit and miss. Found a article by Julian sprung about the blue velvet nudibranch eating them.

[Dean]

I have a yellow coris. Model citizen. Minds his own business and pays no attention to the other fish.

[grouch]

Salifert flatworm exit works but be prepaired to run carbon and a good sized water change. You have to treat more than once cause it doesnt kill the eggs. Can't remember exactly but I think second treatment should be in 5 to 7 days and a third just to be safe you got them all. I've used it and you will be surpised how many you actually have when they start dieing off. Best to siphon them as they die off before they release toxin. A wrasse will just control the population but not eliminate them.

[grouch]

Here's the link I read: http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

[mkengr45]

All good info above.

Wrasses will be hit and miss. I too have heard of the blue velvet nudibranch but have never used one. I've done the FWE but they always came back after time. I used silicone to attach a turkey baster to a piece of hose and used this to suck them up during water changes...you'd be amazed at how many you can up this way.

I'd give the nudibranch a try since that would be easier to remove than a wrasse if needed.

[LuckySingh]

Thanks guys above article was really helpful and had made today's reefkeeping really easy . Process started couple days ago as I hooked up the chiller and slowly over the 1st day period I adjusted the tank temperature to around 74 degrees and side by side started working on siphoning flat worms as many as I could and on the side mixing 20gln of water . 2nd day I ran my tank at 74 deg all day and siphon some flat worms again .

My tank has roughly 40gln water volume including sump . This morning I mixed the 50 drops of salifert flat worm exit in a small container with the tank water and than added it to the high flow area of tank . Over the period of 45 minutes I started noticing all the flat worms falling and dying . After 45 min I am running 1 cup of carbon and did a 20 gln of water change . Filter sock was changed and skimmer was clean . So far do not see any flat worms and all the live stock seems fine .
Planning to change another 10glns after couple days and repeat the process again next week just in case

[Dean]

That's great Lucky. My fingers are crossed that you nuked all of them!