best dip for flatworms

[SkiCurtis]

What is the best dip for the red and white flatworms ? And how long of a dip to kill all of them?

Thanks Curtis

[lanman]

What is the best dip for the red and white flatworms ? And how long of a dip to kill all of them?

Thanks Curtis

 

Wish you lived closer - would love to find out if my garlic dip kills them (Acoel Flatworms) as well as it kills AEFW. When I was switching tanks, from one infested with those things, I used Salifert eXit and tank water at double recommended dose in a bucket. Dipped for about 20 minutes, rinsed them off vigorously in a bucket of tank-change water (to shake loose any hiding in the rock or coral), and put them in the new tank. I ended up with no flatworms.

 

bob

[Jon Lazar]

When I acclimate a new coral or piece of LR, I add a few drops of Flatworm Exit to the bucket.

[SkiCurtis]

thanks guys I did not know if the Lugol's solution ,iodine or revive,but it is more for sps. it just seems like the falt worm exit is expensive. When doing a fresh water dip on zoos does it kill them off.

[lanman]

Hadn't considered the expense of eXit ... try to find the smallest bottle of Allicin 6000 you can, and see if it's a savings over eXit. Get a pill crusher, or mortar and pestle, or crush them somehow. For a DIP only (haven't tested either the efficacy or safety of whole-tank treatment) - put one crushed pill per half-gallon of water in some tank water, mix well, and soak them for 15 mins. See if the flatties die!

 

Do this on a night when you're having something with garlic for dinner, and you won't even notice the slight odor.

 

bob

[SkiCurtis]

well it's not to much money I just have so much other dip stuff and wanted to see if it worked. Thanks for the input, I will just use a gallon and then put the solution in several canisters and dip them that way.