Red Flatworms

[redstratplayer]

My first saltwater tank a 20g long now has flatworms :'(

I think this is from water the cardinals and Priolepis were baged in at Reef encounters(Hackensack)

Ive had this tank set up for 4 months.
20lbs live rock
fish
1 green clown gobie
2 bangi cardinals
1 Priolepis semidoliata

coral
1 dendro
1 acan
1 porcillapora
6 polyps BPE ;D(brown people eaters)

OK so i love this tank and now it has flat worms.
Whats the first step?

 

[reeferwanabe]

I never ever ever put water in from bags at lfs.

 

[MikeNapoli]

Aquatic Obsessions in Woodbridge sells Flatworm eating Nudibranchs.

 

[Brian]

Triple dose of Flatworm exit, then a big water change....Search the website for cures...There should be a few different threads on ridding your tank of Flatworms.

I'm not sure you got them from water in a bag...they can come in on rocks and coral frags, you usually won't find them floating around in the water column unless they are dead/dying.

 

[mynd]

Flatworms contain toxins that will crash your tank.. I strongly suggest that you siphon out as many flatworms as you can first because if there are a lot of them they will kill your corals. Get as many out of the tank as you can before using flatworm exit.

 

[sgarron]

I read on melevs reef that six line wrasse, leopard wrasse or mandarin "may" eat flat worms. Any one try this method?

http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

 

[chessmanmark]

http://www.reeflounge.com/showthread.php?t=17048&highlight=flatworms

 

[panmanmatt]

Aquatic Obsessions in Woodbridge sells Flatworm eating Nudibranchs.

These only eat flatworms and will slowly starve to death once the flatworm population is gone. IMHO, not a wise investment unless you have a large sustainable population of flatworms.

 

[Hawkeye]

My first saltwater tank a 20g long now has flatworms :'(

I think this is from water the cardinals and Priolepis were baged in at Reef encounters(Hackensack)

Ive had this tank set up for 4 months.
20lbs live rock
fish
1 green clown gobie
2 bangi cardinals
1 Priolepis semidoliata

coral
1 dendro
1 acan
1 porcillapora
6 polyps BPE ;D(brown people eaters)

OK so i love this tank and now it has flat worms.
Whats the first step?

In addition to the prior posts - just wanted to say that for future purchases - might want to consider setting up a small QT - it doesn't have to be very large, just something large enough to temporarily hold your purchases so you can closely monitor for disease or bad hitchers.

Good luck!