FW dips and bacteria

[Neil]

Am i risking nuking all my benficial bacteria in my live rock if i give it a fw dip before throwing it in my new system? I have some flatworms i dont want coming over into the new tank and was wondering if there are any ill effects involved with dipping everything.

[Ruth]

Why not just nuke the flatworms with some flatworm exit before you move it over?

[Neil]

if i can keep chemicals out of my tank i would like to. that would have to be my last ditch effort. was going to use previous systems water for switching over to the new tank as well

[G1GY]

Just wondering.

Is the rock that is up for trades in this thread from the same system with the flatworms?

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=29587

[Neil]

yes there are some flatworms. it hasnt been bad enough for me to take measures against them such as flatworm exit, i just vaccum and they come and go. i wouldnt mind nuking them while i have all the rock out though.

[TNTCanada]

I have used Flatworm Exit a couple of times.... worked great.... never had any problems with the other critters or the Corals in the tank.

Just my $0.02...