little brown worms

[mkengr45]

I had flatworms bad once. I sucked them out during water changes, increased circulation, had every friggin wrasse known to man, had velvet nudis, yada yada yada yada. Finally I broke down and used the flatworm exit. After siphoning out as many as I could, I used 4 times the regular dosage. I waited for about 45 miniutes the did a water change and started running lots of carbon. I didnt lose 1 single fish, invert, or coral. Now I dont have any flatworms at all and my tank looks much better. It has been about 6 months since I did this. Hope you rid your tank of these guys quick because they reproduce like crazy.


Randy

[GaryP]

I'm going to try using Melafix as a sort of experiment.

http://www.seahorse-nw.com/Flatworms.html

[Shep]

I think i've figured out what im going to do, thanks everyone who put in some advise......and happy b-day GaryP
-shep

[Thunderkat]

Sounds kind of like bristle worms. I had an infestation when I lived in Hawaii, I talked to many people there and they said the fish will not eat them and there was no way I could get rid of them.

I would use my fish net and remove hundreds of those worms with each sweep I did. I did this a few times a day every day. I don't think I even put a dent in the population.

Finally I took my fish out, drained the water, and filled the tank up with fresh water and let it set for a while then took out the fresh water and put some aged salt water back in and replaced my fish and the worms were gone (along with everything else).

[GaryP]

Some wrasses and arrow crabs will eat bristle worms.