My purple fire fish has flat worms.

[MikeC]

You can see them moving on the fish.
These two sleep literally laying flat on the gravle, they look like there dead.
I'm guessing this is how they got them?

I got ride of them with a 4 cup fresh water (RODI) dip for 12 to 15 min. Also added 1/2 tbs baking soda to water to bring up PH. Then I used salifert flat worm exit on the main DT.

Wish me luck.

They are now in the Hospital tank and seem to be doing fine.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ik0DKHxM9E&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I never knew Fish could get flatworms!!!

 

[skene]

Yeah so where is a picture of the flatworm that is on the fish?

 

[MikeC]

Yeah so where is a picture of the flatworm that is on the fish?

? If you look at the video you can see them moving on the fish on the left.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Monogenean parasite.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Hey lfs what are those ! ( god i love asking questions lol ) im not familiar with these thing and how does a fish get em??.?

 

[MikeC]

Monogeneans (flukes) are a group of parasites best described as flatworms.

More important how can I make sure they aren't in my display tank so they don't get them again?

Should flat worm exit work?

 

[marrone]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/pests/99529-monogenetic-trematodes-gill-flukes.html

If you have flukes you need to act quickly, as they're very hard to get rid of and can kill your fish, though it can take some time with the larger one. Flat worm Exit doesn't kill them you need to use Prazipro, which most times it takes 2 treatments to do the job, as it doesn't kill the eggs, so you need a second treatment to kill them when they hatch.

 

[MikeC]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/pests/99529-monogenetic-trematodes-gill-flukes.html

If you have flukes you need to act quickly, as they're very hard to get rid of and can kill your fish, though it can take some time with the larger one. Flat worm Exit doesn't kill them you need to use Prazipro, which most times it takes 2 treatments to do the job, as it doesn't kill the eggs, so you need a second treatment to kill them when they hatch.

Thanks Mod.