Flatworms how do I get them out!!

[reefgazer]

Ok guys, Please help. I have these little red flat worms in my tank. They are on my glass and all over my rock and substrate. How do I get rid of them with out killing my fish? These little guys are said to be toxic when they die. I have a book that’s tells me to use Bio x but I can't find it anywhere. Please Please help [email protected]

 

[cyberpanther]

I have the same problem and am interested in hearing some replies to this as well.

 

[DEAN_480]

get a turkey baster and suck them out of your tank you will be suprised how many you can get this way

 

[Jon Lazar]

I siphon them out every time I do a water change, and this helps a little.
Some people have reported that mandarinfish or other dragonets will eat them. I bought a mandarin and it wasted away without eating any of the planaria.
Also, I've heard that there's a particular nudibranch which will eat planaria, but I've never tried that route.
FWIW, the planaria are not know to hurt anything, although they look nasty when they get to plague proportions.

Good luck,
Jon

 

[Bodine]

If you can get your hands on oomed.

 

[danmhippo]

Use a rigid airline tubing to suck them out. Make an angle cut on the tip so you can lightly scrape them off the surface without damages(eg. surface of leather...).

This will work for the ones on the coral and hard surfaces, but do not use this method on the sand as you will most likely get the siphone tube stuck. Wait for them to relocate to hard surface and siphon them out then.

If you can take the rock, coral out, freshwater dip/rinse will remove most, if not all, of them. They will instantly fell off the surface.