flat worm exit

[idan555]

anyone know this product?
I find out I have an beginning of flat worm outbreak, and my corals are not fully open and I can see some worms on them, so I guess its related.

If there is any other better product you guys know please let me know.

thanks
Idan.

[billdogg]

I wold start with manual removal first. Then a predator. Many wrasses will gobble them up. A pair of Blue Star Leopard wrasses did it for me and my tank was overrun. That was after 2 rounds of FWE - the first at 1.5 x dosage, the 2nd at 2x. Although it did knock them back a bit, the survivors just laughed and continued on their merry way.

[DesertReefT4r]

I dont know how well they work for acro flat worms but it worked really well for me on the flat worms that take over the rock and sand.

[Anemone]

It worked well for me. When they say turn off the skimmer, do so, or you will have an overflow in short order!

Kevin

[mcgyvr]

It works.. follow directions exactly or use slightly less than directed..
It can harm some smaller/weaker snails,etc... too but in general should be fine for most..

[MCormier]

It did not work for me. I followed the directions step by step, but maybe something else was at play. Anyway, six line wrasse took care of the worms nicely for me.

[smatter]

The stuff doesn't work in my experience. I had to increase the dosage with each subsequent treatment and they still came back. My mini brittle star and stomatella population was decimated, and yes I siphoned out as many as possible beforehand and to measures to mitigate any toxins. I'd stay away from Flatworm Exit.

[smatter]

The stuff doesn't work in my experience. I had to increase the dosage with each subsequent treatment and they still came back. My mini brittle star and stomatella population was decimated, and yes I siphoned out as many as possible beforehand and took measures to mitigate any toxins. I'd stay away from Flatworm Exit.

[AlSimmons]

What kind of corals are the flatworms on? A quick freshwater dip will have the worms falling off in a matter of seconds. This along with manual removal might be all that's needed.

[rc4kinu]

Be careful if you have anemones also. I siphoned as many as I could. Then used FWE. You’d be surprised how many are hiding. As they died, my anemone started catching them. The anemone started vomiting them out and was not happy for weeks. Went through a ton of carbon also. And guess what, they came back��

[idan555]

Well that's sucks, few days ago I find few worms ( I'll attach pic) and notice the corals acting funny. 1 head from the torch coral is completely close.
So I made now water testing, everything looks fine as last 6 months, I didn't add anything new/dose or anything like that. This is why I think its related to those worms:
https://imgur.com/a/Ab15b
https://imgur.com/a/Y1xmi
https://imgur.com/a/P02Fa

[idan555]

Here are the photos:
https://imgur.com/a/Y1xmi
https://imgur.com/a/P02Fa
https://imgur.com/a/dJtwmhttps://imgur.com/a/dJtwm

[AlSimmons]

Yeah, if you've got the time just build yourself a siphon similar to the one in the link below. Depending on the coral though a freshwater dip can help too. Don't get me wrong the Flatworm eXit can work, but I'm not really a fan of adding chemicals to a tank so I'd much rather do the work first. GL.

http://www.melevsreef.com/articles/how-to-eliminate-flatworms-red-planaria

[idan555]

I did now the fresh water, nothing really came out from the torch coral

[AlSimmons]

Out or off? The Flatworms should fall off in the container, unless were dealing with something else. Still though freshwater does bring about a shock, especially in smaller life forms like this. Hmm.

[ca1ore]

Count me with those who'd never dose such a thing to my display. Fortunately I don't have to as my dusky wrasse never met a pest he wouldn't eat - including things I'd not necessarily consider pests. Oh well.