Killing flatworms in live rock

[christyf5]

Well actually, I did dip the sand bed. More than a dip I guess. I let the sandbed sit in freshwater overnight and then rinsed it out. Killed pretty much everything. I figured since I was having to get new rock I may as well totally start fresh. There was nothing living in there anyway, except for bacteria. It kind of sucked though as I had to put all my corals and fish in a holding tank for the past 3 weeks and managed to kill my xenia which started a made the tank pretty gross and started up another algae bloom. So tonight I am scrubbing rocks again and preparing to put my corals in back into the tank as it has cycled already. I'm sure I missed something and hair algae will flourish once again. I don't know for some reason I seem to have an aquatic green thumb. Its black where land plants are concerned but I'm dang good at growing algae.
Anyway, I'll try dipping my rock in freshwater for a minute or so. Hopefully the only damage will be to the flatworms.

Thanks for your help.

Christy [img]smile.gif[/img]