Flatworm Exit success!

[sucram]

I used Flatworm Exit yesterday on my 90gal reef. I followed the directions by removing as many of the little

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as I could before dosing. I have about 120gal of water in the system, so I dosed about 120 drops. After about 3 minutes, they started getting really agitated. After 20 minutes, they started dying and floating around in the water. I put a piece of nylon over the end of my suphon hose and caught the bodies of the fallen, and then returned the water to the tank. I did this a couple of times to get as many of the dead ones out as I could. At 45 minutes, I added another 30 drops, after which they really started dying. The water was turning yellow and I threw 2 lbs of activated carbon (wrapped in pantyhose) into the sump. My corals were all looking really stressed at this point. My Xenia were all closed, as well as my Caulastrea, clam, leather, polyps. mushrooms, and open brains. My fish were getting really jumpy and agitated, but after a couple hours, the water was looking much clearer.
This morning, everything looke fine. The fish were asleep, but the corals looked normal again, Xenia pulsing away. When I got home from work...no sign of any living flatworms!
One problem: my Regal Tang's eyes are cloudy. It is staying in the rocks (away from light), but did come out for food. Anyone know what's wrong or what to do. It ate, so I think it might be ok. Any advice?
Just thought I'd share my (apparant) success with this product. If it didn't kill them all, it definitely hurt them real,real bad, and that makes me happy (I really grew to hate those things).

 

[frozenguy]

maybe your fish has cloudy eye?
my angel had cloudy eye, didn' tlike the light but came out for food....
if it looks clouded over........then thats a possible sign...is it around the rim or all over...even in the center......also, is it puffy? even a little?

 

[thomas712]

Good work getting as many bodies out as you can while using the FWE by salifert, other wise they might release the toxins even worse. This is exactly what many have done with their fluvals use the wand to suck out the bodies, I understand it is a tireing chore.
My 6 line isn't doing the job that I had hoped for. So a few questions if you please.
Did you notice any damage to bristle worms? small feather dusters? or any other filter feeders, besides closing up for a day?
Have you pulled the carbon out yet. How about pods anything you notice about them.
Have you retested your water paramiters to see if it affects the tests?
Thomas

 

[sucram]

frozenguy:
The eye is cloudy all over, and possibly a little puffy. How is this treated? What usually causes it? In this case, I know it was either the the medication (it's supposed to be reef safe, but I used a slightly higher dose), the toxin, or stress. Hopefully it goes away on its own.
Thomas 712:
As far as I know, I only have one large bristle worm, and I don't see it very often. I would imagine it's ok. I think that the drug is pretty specific to nematodes. All of my feather dusters retracted during the treatment, but they seem to be fine today. My large feather dusters feathers were slightly curly during treatment and are slightly limp today. The only difference (excluding the complete lack of flatworms) is my Regal with cloudy eyes. I don't see many pods, but my pod population is low anyways (I'm in the middle of setting up a refugium). I haven't retested, but everything looks normal. Maybe someone else knows more about any effects on pods.