Die! Flatworm! Die!

[Jakef150]

Sorry if I offense you

Basic info :

Biocube 29 w/ approx 20-25 lbs rocks and approx 22 SW.

Used salifert flatworm exit

I removed purigin bag and chemi pure elite then I dropped 22 ( I want little strong )..wait approx 25-30min and saw some fw floating...started siphon and put purigin and chemi pure in and wait 15 min, water change 5 gal...new filter floss and carbon pAd...

Everything looks fine (fishes and corals) so far.

I will change filter floss tonight

I will re-do next week if I see damn fw coming back lol

Any tips?

Should I do water change Again tomorrow ?

Thanks!

 

[MIKE NY]

Jake give Jarrett (JarrettShark) a PM he went through hell with AEFWs and finally got rid of them

 

[Jakef150]

LOL! Will do



Thanks!

 

[ming]

Sounds like Jakef150 is treating for the red flatworms, not AEFW. Flatworm Exit does absolutely nothing to AEFW. Please do not confuse the 2.

IMO, the most critical thing is to siphon as many dead bodies as possible, and running carbon and aggressive skimming. Preferably the biggest water change as possible after as many bodies as possible were siphoned out. The water change the next day IMO is insignificant, assuming you did the prior steps (which if you didn't, then you might have fish and corals dead already from all the toxins they release after dying) The skimmate usually turns orange from the few bodies you missed.
Also, I would dose a second time the following week, regardless if you see any, and possibly a third time the week after.

Everything you really need to know is here http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

 

[Jakef150]

First what does aefw stand for?

I siphon fw (orange/red) out all week until today to nuke it. I think it's much less toxic in tank..
I do see dead fw floating around but it's not like Mannnnnyyy!! Just some.

Say, I have 22 saltwater in tank... How many gal to change cuz instruction say 25% water change so I'm assuming 5 gal? I'll do it again to water change other 5 gal in few hrs

Fishes and corals look fine after 4 hours..finger cross

Thanks
JAke

 

[ming]

AEFW = Acro eating flatworms

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

flatworm exit works great on the red flatworms. I think thats what you have.The AEFW is another story that i will post on my tank thread on how I killed them because you cant see them in acros only when you turkeybase them

 

[Jakef150]

Ok I just did 5 gal water change...

I found one fw that is struggle to crawling upward on rock and fell I used turkey blaster to suck it out.

I had this feeling I will need one more job to do it on sat
Thanks

 

[Jakef150]

so far all are good this AM (corals and fishes)


Jake