anyone know what these are?

[jamie]

hi guys, so i left for the weekend came bck and noticed these little guys on the glass this morning. anyone know what they are

 

[glee]

Flatworms. Planaria

 

[ashburn2k]

Aka, kill them.


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[Kensington Reefer]

kill kill kill!
they will become a plague and annoy your polyps

 

[jamie]

best way to kill them, read that flatworm exit is good, but will decimate my copepods.

 

[Flagg37]

Unless you have a mandarin then copepods aren’t a necessity. And even if you do, you can treat and reseed the tank with new pods pretty quickly.

 

[Chromis]

best way to kill them, read that flatworm exit is good, but will decimate my copepods.

It won’t completely decimate the copepods though, and their populations should be back in a week. Make sure to buy enough Salifert Flatworm Exit to do a 2-4x strength dose though if needed. I suspect that over the years, people didn’t make sure to kill all their flatworms and what was left was a more resistant strain so now we all have to use a higher dose.

 

[jamie]

i dosed earlier today let it sit for an hour then i added the carbon, i used 3 times the recommended dose. i will dose again this sat to get the eggs that hatched. hooing for the best

 

[Chromis]

If we’re talking about planaria, they don’t lay eggs. Just make sure to add enough FWE to kill them all at once.

 

[Wlachnit]

If we’re talking about planaria, they don’t lay eggs. Just make sure to add enough FWE to kill them all at once.

FWE has worked well for me. good luck