Flat worms and Radion

[Kensington Reefer]

My bacon is different this morning. View attachment 45455

Those flatworms must have been the size of your leg!

 

[PjFish]

What are these? Had to squirt the torch to get them out. View attachment 45453

Those look like a completely different organism compared to your first torch pic?

 

[popper]

100's from my pink goni. Wouldn't notice them if I didn't use radion.

 

[PjFish]

Any new additions in the last month or 2 ? Cucs or corals?

 

[popper]

Any new additions in the last month or 2 ? Cucs or corals?

one zoa about 2-3 weeks ago, but it didn't make it...it died within 24 hours of adding the tank. I'm very positive these nuisances aren't from that frag.

 

[H2OPlayar]

They look more like red planaria to me, a pretty common flatworm which I have had in my tank for a couple years with no real ill effects. Freshwater dips upset them, as well as high flow. I haven't tried flatworm exit as someone from this forum (I don't remember who) told me flatworm exit may harm the coral, and I still see plenty of growth even with the flatworms.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Daymn. Depending on the size of your system. Flatworm exit and ones like it. Can get really expensive. I’ve done it for almost a year a bunch of years ago. Flatworms always came back. Wrasse are your friends.

 

[grizfyrfyter]

They look more like red planaria to me, a pretty common flatworm which I have had in my tank for a couple years with no real ill effects. Freshwater dips upset them, as well as high flow. I haven't tried flatworm exit as someone from this forum (I don't remember who) told me flatworm exit may harm the coral, and I still see plenty of growth even with the flatworms.

Flatworm exit itself doesn't hurt much. The dying flatworms are the issue.

 

[popper]

Daymn. Depending on the size of your system. Flatworm exit and ones like it. Can get really expensive. I’ve done it for almost a year a bunch of years ago. Flatworms always came back. Wrasse are your friends.

What type of wrase? I have 3 in tank.

 

[RandyC]

They look more like red planaria to me, a pretty common flatworm which I have had in my tank for a couple years with no real ill effects. Freshwater dips upset them, as well as high flow. I haven't tried flatworm exit as someone from this forum (I don't remember who) told me flatworm exit may harm the coral, and I still see plenty of growth even with the flatworms.

Yeah, after seeing more pictures and then in a bucket, more likely red planaria.

 

[Turkeysammich]

What type of wrase? I have 3 in tank.

I use yellow, leopard and six line. They won’t get rid of them but help. There are a lot of wrasse that will eat them. Those are just the ones that I have.
Springer damsel is supposed to eat them too.

 

[grizfyrfyter]

Wrasses are good to keep them in check after you have eliminated most of the population

 

[CaseyP]

I hear melanurus and yellow coris are good for flatworms. I have three leopards and never had flatworms, but don't now if any were ever introduced to the tank in the first place. The springer damsel I had in a separate frag tank didn't do squat to the red planaria infestation in there.