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FWE has proven unsuccessful for me over the past 10years and levamisole HCL is the main ingredient in FWE. Using the pure form will allow for a stronger regiment specific to my tank than FWE. I will post its outcome after a month of treatment. -Anthony

Forgot to mention, i've had every "flatworm eating" wrasse possible and still no success even with sixlines in there now.

red planaria, yes stocked tank

Hey Everyone, Just looking to see if anyone has any Levamisole sitting around for use of killing flatworms. I have had them for several years now and have somewhat kept them under control using FW dips, FWE, etc... but since i am in the process of starting up my long term big display i would like to rid my tank for good of these flatworms (of course with a new QT system for future additions). I would just buy all new dry rock, but i have so much right now that is fully cultured and covered in coraline alage, bacteria, micro brittles, etc... that i would hate to dry it out/not use it. Plus I'm trying to be cost effective especially for 340gal display. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, especially if you have used Levamisole before. I have followed a ton of threads on RC, but it would be nice to have some WAMAS first hand experienced knowledge. Thanks in advance! -Anthony

Sorry, 96" x 32" x 25.5" ~340gal Bigger than i thought

me too That is a fact!

8' x 3' x 2.2' Thanks to everyone who was able to make it. David, Mike, and Darren, DEFINITELY could not have done it without you!! Thanks a ton, literally Just glad no one got squashed moving it down the stairs. Hopefully, i can start building the new stand in the next couple weeks and get this thing running! Thanks again for everyone's help, it is greatly appreciated! -Anthony

Everyone who is coming to VA, we won't be back till about 6pm

3pm in Ellicott City. PM me for the address if you can make it. Not 100% sure, hopefully no later then 5pm, but i will send you a text when we leave MD to let you know. Thanks guys! -Anthony

Need at least two more people on the MD side.

Just sent you a text message.

Hey everyone, I am picking up a 320gal tank in Ellicott City, md tomorrow at 3pm and need 6 able bodied individuals to help load. I have glass suction cups, just need some extra muscle . I will also then need help in reston, moving it into the house; which includes moving down a flight of stairs to the basement, so ingeniuity is strongly welcome. Please PM or email me ASAP if you can help. This has to be done tomorrow. Thanks in advance!! -Anthony

Well, problem solved. What's an easy way to destroy a very large well established SPS reef over the course of a week... Using pH calibration fluid that went bad. Tom, thanks so much for checking my pH which really made me rethink my probes (both brand new) and reagent solution (now proven bad). Once i recalibrated the probes with the new solution, i dropped it in my tank and the reading was 8.15 (not 8.45 which it was reading prior) and i knew that was it (exactly what you tested yesterday Tom). So, everything makes sense now, being that my bad pH readings were causing the CO2 to run full time, significantly lowering my tank pH and turning my tank into a CaRx with once live coral. Because of the readings i did not add Kalk to my ATO which could have saved me despite the bad readings. Huge lesson learned and i hope others can learn from my mistakes. I'm feeling better now that the cause has been found and corrected and hope to regrow my once living reef. Thanks for all the support, another testament to the benefits of WAMAS outreach and knowledge. Thanks again! -Anthony

i don't use phosphate media, just chateo and zero phosphates. i also haven't run kalk in my ATO for 2 months.

I am using Tunze 7 & 9 reagents, but they may just as well have turned on me. the probe is not near anything, in open flow, no bubbles area. I don't have a frag tank as i have a 300gal tub of rock and skeletons now Again, the only things i lost were SPS and clams, but zoas, palys, mushrooms, and nems do not look happy at all. LPS look great I guess i could put a frag in, but i can still tell everything else is still not fairing that well. The only thing at this point that i can think of is that i have red planetaria (flatworms) and there's a possibility that hundreds have been dying off at a time (though i don't notice it as you can usually smell it, plus i run carbon) making the water toxic. I have at this point also conducted multiple 50-75% water changes so i feel that would rule that out.

Tom, thanks for taking the time to check that out. I will pick up new reagent tomorrow and see what happens. I also have 2 new unopened backup probes just to verify. If it's not my pH being the problem for my tanks demise, what else could it be? Still not completely ruling pH out until i test again at the source in time, but the sample i gave you should not have changed and should be valid, so we'll see tomorrow. -Anthony

Not that i know of and i haven't smelt any ozone in the house.

Ok, just let a cup of water aerate outside for about an hour. Took the pH probe directly out of the tank and within 2 seconds of placing it in the cup of exterior water it dropped from a reading of in-tank 8.43 to a reading of exterior water 8.26. So, what should i do as i am assuming there is a greater amount of CO2 outside then in my house? pH in tank - 8.43 pH in exterior water - 8.26

I'm using a Salifert kit.

I haven't tried a chemical test, but yes my reagents should be good and are high quality. Again, something is off even if pH was reading inaccurately because everything went and is completely downhill. I will aerate it outside and let you know what happens. About a month ago when this all started my Alk was about 12dKh if i remember (Ca and Mg were also high). That's why i cut off the CaRx about a month ago. -Anhtony

Haven't dosed a single thing in over 2 months. I ran the intake to my skimmer outside one day last week, but no noticeable change in pH (constantly read through the Apex). You are correct, 35 ppt for my salinity. I really don't want to have to constantly run CO2 to maintain my parameters, as there should be a better alternative. -Anthony

Test Results: Alk - 9.6 Ca - 500 Mg - 1275 Cu - 0 N03 - 0 pH - 8.24 (10:30am) (but will typically hit 8.54 by 4pm)

Dave, I 100% agree with you. These are the most common large frag setup containers and have proven no problems. I was just going through process of elimination of new things i changed from my new setup. I am just using pH probes through the Apex to test the pH. I am about to go retest the Alk, as i do remember it being high a few weeks ago, but so was Ca and Mg. -Anthony

I do have aeration not only from the skimmer, but two aerators rated for 125gal, and an MP40 & MP60 at the surface. i guess i should get new reagent, but i know something is still off since all my SPS and clams died and everything else looks ok, definitely not happy though.

I never keep my windows open, so theoretically i should have a low pH. I didn't even hook up my beckett style skimmer which had the air intake plumbed outside, to help increase the pH.