Flat worms in my refugium!
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gratefulhippie
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Please say it ain't so! Yes they will get into your main tank! I absolutley hate these mother _____! The only way to rid of them is to keep your h2o absolutley perfect(zero nitrates) and hope they die from starvation! I actually bought a huge skimmer as I was afraid of usuing flatworm exit as a last resort. My Sixline wrasse helped but they just grew faster than his appitite so i went overboard and did religous water changes and kept feeding to a minimum. Now thank God they are almost gone. I've read and read about them and have found no answeres to the problem so I had to go about it myself and have found the cleaner the water the fewer of these ugly ____ I've had! On a lighter note my coral look absolutley wonderful now as i hope they do after dumping over a grand in filtration for a 29 gallon reef tank! Yes I hate flatworms that much!
cranberry
Active Member
I never mess with my flatworms. I've had them EVERYWHERE but let them burn themselves out population wise. Alot of them actually eat copepods, so simply reducing your nitrates and improving your water quality does not ensure you will get rid of them. It helps, because they also eat the muck in your tank, but a perfectly clean tank, with a good population of copepods, can have flatworms.
gratefulhippie
Member
Then flatworm exit is the only hope? I can't handle them anymore! They just won't die!