ID Please

[ReefMonkey13]

I know its' a pest . . but I need to identify to plan for the treatment. .

Thanks in advance

 

[fishman1069]

Flatworm. Looks like a red one. I forgot the name. Its something like" red planaria". I definitely spelt it wrong lol

 

[ReefMonkey13]

Thanks Fishman . . if that is the one then i will definitely need to treat the entire tank.

 

[CoralReefer]

def red flatworm, I would first take out any hammers or frogspawn, etc... and Dip them first b.c those little boogers like to hide inside of the skeleton then I would use flatworm exit and siphon them out with small 1/4 tubing as they die and start floating around the tank. If you get as many out before using flatworm exit it will be a lot easier on your tank. I have never dealt with them personally only AEFW but this is what I have gathered from my readings

 

[ReefMonkey13]

Thanks CoralReefer. I was planning to suck out crevices of rocks and around the tank over the next couple of weeks before medicating with flat worm exit.

Funny you mentioned hammers and frogspawns. I actually think that is where I got them or at least saw them first.

 

[CoralReefer]

Thanks CoralReefer. I was planning to suck out crevices of rocks and around the tank over the next couple of weeks before medicating with flat worm exit.

Funny you mentioned hammers and frogspawns. I actually think that is where I got them or at least saw them first.

Your welcome. A friend of mine asked me to hold a couple corals for him while he was transferring tanks one time. It was just a octospawn and a couple zoas and I was just going to throw it right in my tank but I decided to dip everything just to be safe. After I dipped the corals in CoralRx I saw about 25 red flatworms swimming for their lives almost instantly. The lesson learned was dip everything before it goes in your tank just to be safe.

 

[Jan]

Flatworm exit kills red planaria and won't harm anything else. Be ready for water chnages because when these flatworms die off they release a toxin and that's what can harm corals and other livestock.