Help!

Western_reefer · 07/30/2009, 08:28 PM

I got some HUGE corals from a local and they have tons of flatworms all over and the corals are currently in a bucket of water. What can I use to kill the flat worms? Will Iodine Lugol's Solution work? How much do I add per gallon(s)?

danrobberg · 07/30/2009, 09:17 PM

salifert makes something called flatworm exit. try that

Western_reefer · 07/30/2009, 09:22 PM

Don't have any and all the LFS are closed right now. I do have 3 wrasses in my tank, Yellow Coris Wrasse, Fairy Wrasse, and Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura Wrasse. They eat them up right? I'll scrub them all off the coral and add it to the tank? Good idea? lol

danrobberg · 07/30/2009, 09:27 PM

how big r the flat worms? mandarins eat them too

Western_reefer · 07/30/2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally posted by danrobberg
how big r the flat worms? mandarins eat them too

They are tiny.

Western_reefer · 07/30/2009, 09:30 PM

I do have a Mandarin fish BTW.

tank o tang · 07/30/2009, 10:05 PM

Put your wrasse in a qt with the corals.

Western_reefer · 07/30/2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by tank o tang
Put your wrasse in a qt with the corals.

I dipped the corals several times and cleaned the corals off, not a single flatworm.

07/30/2009, 08:28 PM	#1
Western_reefer Reef keeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 70° 17' 59.176"/-83° 6' 27.2768" Posts: 5,734	Help! I got some HUGE corals from a local and they have tons of flatworms all over and the corals are currently in a bucket of water. What can I use to kill the flat worms? Will Iodine Lugol's Solution work? How much do I add per gallon(s)? __________________ -Moses, the reef/azoox nut. Food comes with it's own flavor. Anything that has to steal flavor from other food just so it can have flavor is not a food. That is Current Tank Info: 120 gallon Mixed Reef, mostly SPS dominated

07/30/2009, 09:22 PM	#3
Western_reefer Reef keeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 70° 17' 59.176"/-83° 6' 27.2768" Posts: 5,734	Don't have any and all the LFS are closed right now. I do have 3 wrasses in my tank, Yellow Coris Wrasse, Fairy Wrasse, and Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura Wrasse. They eat them up right? I'll scrub them all off the coral and add it to the tank? Good idea? lol __________________ -Moses, the reef/azoox nut. Food comes with it's own flavor. Anything that has to steal flavor from other food just so it can have flavor is not a food. That is Current Tank Info: 120 gallon Mixed Reef, mostly SPS dominated

07/30/2009, 09:30 PM	#6
Western_reefer Reef keeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 70° 17' 59.176"/-83° 6' 27.2768" Posts: 5,734	I do have a Mandarin fish BTW. __________________ -Moses, the reef/azoox nut. Food comes with it's own flavor. Anything that has to steal flavor from other food just so it can have flavor is not a food. That is Current Tank Info: 120 gallon Mixed Reef, mostly SPS dominated

07/30/2009, 10:05 PM	#7
tank o tang Thread Lurker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CT Posts: 1,527	Put your wrasse in a qt with the corals. __________________ A 5 gallon bucket of water dosen't look like much till it's on your living room floor Current Tank Info: 180gal

07/30/2009, 09:17 PM	#2
danrobberg Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 962	salifert makes something called flatworm exit. try that

07/30/2009, 09:27 PM	#4
danrobberg Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 962	how big r the flat worms? mandarins eat them too