Flatworms

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  1. VooDoo

    VooDoo Fire Shrimp

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    So I get home today and as always the first thing I do is look at my tank, and notice flatworms! I look at my tank for hours a day and this is the first I have ever seen of them. I have to many corals to list but the fish list is 3 yellow tail damsels, 1 purple firefish, 1 perc clown, 1 lawnmower blenny and a PJ cardinal. Is there anything besides flatworm exit that will take these dudes out? That stuff is a little pricey!
     
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  2. bioreefdude

    bioreefdude Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    well r they the bad kind or harmless because they dont get that bad .And set up a qt tank son!!! lol can i get a picture of these worms
     
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  3. VitalApparatuz

    VitalApparatuz Feather Duster

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    There are bad ones and good ones? I never knew this!
     
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  4. bioreefdude

    bioreefdude Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    yep i learn something new everyday too Ron Shimek's ... Flatworms
     
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  5. VooDoo

    VooDoo Fire Shrimp

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    Yeah I'll post a pic and I do have a qt tank! They are the bad ones....brown!
     
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  6. bioreefdude

    bioreefdude Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    KILL THEM ALL :rifle::rifle::rifle::hammer::hammer::hammer::whip::uzi::uzi::uzi::hothead::hothead:
     
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  7. bioreefdude

    bioreefdude Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    u kinda have too use the flatworm exit soon as u can it works good but if there numbers get to big killing them all will harm ur corals they are toxic but sooner the better
     
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  8. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Flatworms:

    Flatworm exit
    Blue velvet nudibranch
    Some wrasses and damsels
    Manual removal
    Reduction in lighting ( Brown/Red are photosynthetic)

    The ones you see are usual a small % of the number actually present.
    If the population explodes, when they begin to cover corals they inhibit gas exchange and lighting intensity which will eventually cause the corals stress.
     
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  9. VooDoo

    VooDoo Fire Shrimp

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    Yeah....I knew this wasn't going to be easy!
     
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