the dreaded worms

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by briansmyth

I am familiar with a reefer who had all kinds of flatworms in his tank - and he treated the tank to get rid of them. Unfortunately, the die off of so many flatworms all at once caused his tank to go toxic and he lost more than half of his fish and his corals. So, there is some kind of lesson here about controlling flatworms.

You need to siphon as many out as you can before you treat and after as they are very toxic. You will also kill off your pods and who knows what else.
No treatment kills off just one thing.

[psuedo]

I am hoping that I killed the only flatworms that were in the tank today as I only saw them today after I dumped in my 2 boxer crabs. I won't feed for a few days to help control nutrient level.

I am just gonna keep my fingers crossed and hope that they won't come back. My sixline wrasse always looks for things to eat so hopefully he is stealth in this tank