Salifert FLATWORM EXIT

Tanthaitrung · 11/17/2018, 07:13 PM

Dear friends

I found some worms in my display tank. And would like to treat with Salifert FLATWORM EXIT.

Salifert said it’s quite safe to fishes and invertebrates. Do you think this product is safe for my clams and carpet anemones?

Thanks

sdemon367 · 11/17/2018, 07:35 PM

Make sure you suck out as many worms as you can. What hurts the fish and inverts is the toxins released when the flat worms die. I have Kenya trees, acans, candy canes and a condy anemone. I got out as many as i could but wasn't enough. I treated my tank with flatworm exit and could watch the worms die they excreted some kind of long silk looking stuff and it went everywhere. After about a hour or so I could start seeing my fish rapid breathing and all the coral and anemone starting to close up. So I did a 20% water change as soon as I saw the stress. I saved everything including the worms

. From now on I will always dip anything before it goes in my tank especially from a frag swap.

Suck out as many as possible.
Have a water change ready.
And monitor closely.

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Tanthaitrung · 11/17/2018, 07:53 PM

Thanks so much for your reply

sdemon367 · 11/17/2018, 07:58 PM

You're welcome. It may take a few times to get rid of them all.

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Tanthaitrung · 11/17/2018, 08:00 PM

Thanks again my friend

Tanthaitrung · 11/17/2018, 08:04 PM

I don’t what kind the worm is. But I saw my Sohal Tang ate them

bertoni · 11/17/2018, 09:07 PM

I suspect it's not Convolutriloba retrogemma, the usually red plague, but Flatwork Exit might help. I agree with remove as many flatworms as possible, and netting them as they die might help, too. Water for changes and carbon can be handy. I always had to use two doses a few days or maybe a week apart to get all of them. I speculated that any eggs in the tank hatched in that time frame.

Tanthaitrung · 11/17/2018, 09:30 PM

Thanks so much.

I searched your words “Convolutriloba retrogemma“ and saw this picture (sorry, can not attach file)

The worms in my tank don’t look like this. My Sohal Tang eats them. Do you think think the worms that the fishes can eat is safe?

bertoni · 11/17/2018, 11:08 PM

If the fish is eating them, I'd ignore the flatworms. The only problems with C retrogemma are that nothing will touch them, and they are not very esthetically pleasing.

Tanthaitrung · 11/18/2018, 12:40 AM

Big thanks

bertoni · 11/18/2018, 01:24 PM

You're welcome.

smatter · 11/19/2018, 03:31 PM

Flatworm Exit will never get all of them and they just come back stronger and you'll have to double and triple the dose. When I got to the higher doses certain things in my tank were negatively impacted. A flourishing community of Stomatella snails was wiped out, as were a large quantity of my mini brittle star population. I'd stay away from that product. Damsels of the genus Chrysiptera eat them. I've had several different types over the years and prefer C. springeri to do the job now. My red elongated dottyback also eats them.

Aslmx · 11/19/2018, 06:56 PM

Get a melanurus wrasse. Flat worm exit won’t work. They will just come back.

Tanthaitrung · 11/19/2018, 07:03 PM

Thanks so much all of you

Scrubber_steve · 11/20/2018, 08:26 PM

Speaking of Salifert Flatworm exit, I followed this recommendation http://www.practicalcoralfarming.com...-flatworm-exit to get rid of Nudies on a zoa rock (couldn't remove it from tank to dip). It did nothing for the nudies, at all. I seem to however killed the cryptic sponges in my zone.

Tanthaitrung · 11/20/2018, 08:32 PM

Thanks so much for your information

Scrubber_steve · 11/20/2018, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tanthaitrung

Thanks so much for your information

My pleasure

laverda · 11/24/2018, 08:53 PM

Several fish eat them including Scooter Blenies, Target mandarins and a few wrasses.

Tanthaitrung · 11/24/2018, 09:46 PM

Thanks so much for your info

11/17/2018, 07:13 PM	#1
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Salifert FLATWORM EXIT Dear friends I found some worms in my display tank. And would like to treat with Salifert FLATWORM EXIT. Salifert said it’s quite safe to fishes and invertebrates. Do you think this product is safe for my clams and carpet anemones? Thanks

11/17/2018, 07:35 PM	#2
sdemon367 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 20	Make sure you suck out as many worms as you can. What hurts the fish and inverts is the toxins released when the flat worms die. I have Kenya trees, acans, candy canes and a condy anemone. I got out as many as i could but wasn't enough. I treated my tank with flatworm exit and could watch the worms die they excreted some kind of long silk looking stuff and it went everywhere. After about a hour or so I could start seeing my fish rapid breathing and all the coral and anemone starting to close up. So I did a 20% water change as soon as I saw the stress. I saved everything including the worms. From now on I will always dip anything before it goes in my tank especially from a frag swap. Suck out as many as possible. Have a water change ready. And monitor closely. Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk

11/17/2018, 09:07 PM	#7
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I suspect it's not Convolutriloba retrogemma, the usually red plague, but Flatwork Exit might help. I agree with remove as many flatworms as possible, and netting them as they die might help, too. Water for changes and carbon can be handy. I always had to use two doses a few days or maybe a week apart to get all of them. I speculated that any eggs in the tank hatched in that time frame. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/17/2018, 11:08 PM	#9
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	If the fish is eating them, I'd ignore the flatworms. The only problems with C retrogemma are that nothing will touch them, and they are not very esthetically pleasing. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/18/2018, 01:24 PM	#11
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	You're welcome. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/17/2018, 07:53 PM	#3
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Thanks so much for your reply

11/17/2018, 07:58 PM	#4
sdemon367 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 20	You're welcome. It may take a few times to get rid of them all. Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using Tapatalk

11/17/2018, 08:00 PM	#5
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Thanks again my friend

11/17/2018, 08:04 PM	#6
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	I don’t what kind the worm is. But I saw my Sohal Tang ate them

11/17/2018, 09:30 PM	#8
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Thanks so much. I searched your words “Convolutriloba retrogemma“ and saw this picture (sorry, can not attach file) The worms in my tank don’t look like this. My Sohal Tang eats them. Do you think think the worms that the fishes can eat is safe?

11/18/2018, 12:40 AM	#10
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Big thanks

11/19/2018, 03:31 PM	#12
smatter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,055	Flatworm Exit will never get all of them and they just come back stronger and you'll have to double and triple the dose. When I got to the higher doses certain things in my tank were negatively impacted. A flourishing community of Stomatella snails was wiped out, as were a large quantity of my mini brittle star population. I'd stay away from that product. Damsels of the genus Chrysiptera eat them. I've had several different types over the years and prefer C. springeri to do the job now. My red elongated dottyback also eats them.

11/19/2018, 06:56 PM	#13
Aslmx Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cullman,alabama Posts: 329	Get a melanurus wrasse. Flat worm exit won’t work. They will just come back.

11/19/2018, 07:03 PM	#14
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Thanks so much all of you

11/20/2018, 08:26 PM	#15
Scrubber_steve I'm really very likeable Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Down Under Posts: 676	Speaking of Salifert Flatworm exit, I followed this recommendation http://www.practicalcoralfarming.com...-flatworm-exit to get rid of Nudies on a zoa rock (couldn't remove it from tank to dip). It did nothing for the nudies, at all. I seem to however killed the cryptic sponges in my zone.

11/20/2018, 08:32 PM	#16
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Thanks so much for your information

11/24/2018, 08:53 PM	#18
laverda Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 6,902	Several fish eat them including Scooter Blenies, Target mandarins and a few wrasses. __________________ 240G mixed reef, 29G SPS/LPS clam tank, 50G mixed reef Current Tank Info: 300g mixed reef, 50g cube

11/24/2018, 09:46 PM	#19
Tanthaitrung Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 565	Thanks so much for your info