flatworms on my mushroom and LPS

[SkiCurtis]

Ok so I have flatworm's but not on my SPS. I have done some iodine dips and some freshwater dips. but it is in my display tank. will I always have them? I can't treat my whole tank because of all my inverts and clean up crew. man sometime this hobby sucks! too mant pests.

Curtis

[Jan]

Ok so I have flatworm's but not on my SPS. I have done some iodine dips and some freshwater dips. but it is in my display tank. will I always have them? I can't treat my whole tank because of all my inverts and clean up crew. man sometime this hobby sucks! too mant pests.

Curtis

 

Natural means of control

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general...ral_pagesid=362

Some wrsse will eat them and maybe they wont.

Blue velvet nudibranch eat them! Chelidonura varians nudibranchs

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/may2002/short.htm

 

Read about them here.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_di...amp;pcatid=2198

[lanman]

And something I read recently says that after a while (6 months) - they are likely to just disappear. Apparently some trace nutrient they need?

 

bob

[gsedlack]

I've noticed a few on some blue mushrooms, but they haven't moved to others as best I can tell - I've has worst pests

[zygote2k]

Here's a different thought- Maybe they're not pests. There are some that are coral feeders and there are some that eat other things. I'd hold back on any treatment until you actually see them destroying coral or you can 100% identify them.

I have a few large flatworms in my tank that eat algae.

[Mich]

I get flatworms often. Usually they last for 3 or 4 months and finish eating whatever is sustaining them and dissapear. If you have so many of them that they're shading out your lps, you could throw in a six line wrasse. Most will eat flat worms in my experience.

[SkiCurtis]

And something I read recently says that after a while (6 months) - they are likely to just disappear. Apparently some trace nutrient they need?

 

bob

 

 

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