White flatworm infestation

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lungfish

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Help...I have a major outbreak of white flatworms in my tank (about a million). I did a search on the board regarding these little buggers, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with them.
Are they hamful to any corals or fish?
Is there any need to rid the tank of these pests?
Is there any "sure/natural" way to get rid of them, other than a nudibranch?
At present my tank #'s have been great, except for a mildly low calcium level (which is coming up).:help:
 
jdm_ae86

jdm_ae86

Member
You 100% sure theyre flatworms?
Yeah, they are harmful to corals.
Six line Wrasses are natural predators of flatworms..or you can try those flatworm traps they sell(not too sure how reliable those things are though)...
 
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lungfish

Guest
Yeah, I looked at that link before...it sure does look like them. Maybe 2-4mm long, white, look like little arrow heads that "worm" (move) along pretty quick. I don't appreciate any spots on them like the ones in the link though.
My soft corals have been doing well, I have one elegance coral that recently lost one of its polyps, and my brain is slowly dying. I've been attributing that to low calcium levels that I have been working on to get up.
Currently I only have 3 fish (maroon clown, purple tang, and a lawnmower blenny). I had to move the tank over a year ago, and still am working on stocking it as $$ allows.
 
coxy101

coxy101

Member
What about regular 'ol flatworms? The red kind?
I did a flatworm exit a couple months ago. They all seemed to die, but then they repopulated REALLY quickly and were climbing all over my coral. So I did another treatment this last week.
Now I look in my tank and some are still there. I don't want to keep having to do a treatment every couple of months when the numbers get to levels where they are affecting my coral.
Thought about a sixline, but was told they would be aggressive to my firefish.
Any thoughts?
 
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