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Riverton_Ten 
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 Posted: December 17 2010 at 11:46am |
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Who's got Flatworm exit for the best price? Seems I need some.
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Posted: December 17 2010 at 10:08am |
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FWE works great. I had to dose a couple of times before I finally got rid of all of them. I wouldn't waste your time with a six line wrasse; it may or may not eat the flatworms and even if it does eat them it won't be able to keep up with them. Don't wait on the treatment! The sooner you can kill them with a limited population the better off your tank will be.
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I agree, wrasse is a hit/miss. Get rid of them before they take over...Fast! Remember, you can only see a fraction of the worms...you will have more than you expect.
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Posted: December 16 2010 at 5:07pm |
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FWE works great. I had to dose a couple of times before I finally got rid of all of them. I wouldn't waste your time with a six line wrasse; it may or may not eat the flatworms and even if it does eat them it won't be able to keep up with them. Don't wait on the treatment! The sooner you can kill them with a limited population the better off your tank will be.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 6:47pm |
 to flatworm exit. Used it many times with great results.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 6:44pm |
I had a small problem with flat worms...I tried six line wrasses...They couldn't keep up with the flat worms. Pretty soon I had a BIG flat worm problem. Here is how I got rid of ALL flat worms: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42112&PID=366720#366720Since then, I have not seen ONE flat worm.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 6:21pm |
Well I just got back from aquatic dreams and I picked up a sixline, and some flatworm control. I am going to keep my skimer on and put some new Activated carbon in, I will keep you posted on how my little problem is going. O and just to answer some questions. I dont have a ton of flatworms yet, but they are starting to get worse. I can probably see about 20 between my display tank and my sump. I just know they can be a pain in the but if they get out of control. Thanks for all of your quick post
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 4:58pm |
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FWE is the way to go, this will permantly get rid of the Flatworms, and will not have problems if the sixline wrasse is eating them or not. If the population is huge dont use all the 100% dose it will nuke your tank, syphon all of the Flatworms you can and then dose 10%, each day increase dosage until you reach 100% and all of your Flaworms will die.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 4:46pm |
I would use flatworm exit (or a similar product). I have done this multiple times. As long as you read the directions carefully you will be fine. If you do have a large population then it is a good idea to dose light the first time to kill off a portion and then run cardon, do a water change and then a few days later dose again.
The only problem with the sixline is I have never had them get rid of all the flatworms. If you are not going to trade corals with people then it wouldn't be a problem, but if you plan on doing in fragging then you need to eradicate them.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 4:45pm |
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When I had flatworms my sixline was great at getting rid of them.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 4:40pm |
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Any reason not to go with a sixline? They help control a lot of other pests as well and you don't run the risk of losing corals.... plus price wise they're about the same.
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 4:35pm |
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How big is the population of flatworms?... that really will tell you what you need to do. If its just a few you see, do what the box says.... if its a lot, then do a lesser dose, and a big waterchange. The flatworm exit won't be what hurts your tank. Its all the decompsoing of the flatworms
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Posted: December 03 2010 at 4:09pm |
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Should I dose my tank with the flatworm killer? I am thinking about buying a six-line, but was wondering if I dose my tank with the flatworm killer, and then do a huge water change and use activated carbon if my corals will still be ok. Or is there anything else I can do to get rid of them? Thanks for the help
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