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I just got home and I noticed a small spot of what appeared to be coraline algae on my front glass. I though to my self that happened fast. I hit it with the mag float and it shrivled up and morphed back into shape. I think it is a flat worm.

Then I noticed 2 more on the glass and there are 2 more on my chalice.

If they are flat worms, how can I get rid of them before it gets out of control. Right now I can only count a total of 5...that I can see and I'm sure tht there are more.

Would the "flatworm exit" be the way to go? or is there another (safer) way, since it is early in the infestation?

Please help!!

I would like to nip this one in the bud before it get out of hand.

 

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Here's a photo

I put a styrofoam plate behind the glass so I could get a decent photo with m phone.

 

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anyone?

 

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Yes. The Pseudeceros sp. (tunicate predator) under the polyclad flatworms section. That is what it is.

I also noticed a s*** load on my fuzzy mushroom. They are the same color as the coral and almost impossible to see.

It looks loke I'm on the verge of an actual infestation. How would you recommend getting rid of these little pests?

How would I know if these are the acro eating type? If, by chance, they are not, what would the harm be in leaving them alone?

 

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Right now I have a rainbow fairy wrasse and I don't think he is eating them. I heard that the Six Line wrasse will eat them but I don't know of anyone having success with that method. Maybe get one after the treatment as a preventative measure against future infestations.

I took a close look again this morning. They are on every one of my corals. Especially my fuzzy mushroom, which is completely covered. They are the same color so its really hard to see them on it. There must be hundreds in the tank.

I don't think that I am not going to waste my time trying to suck out as many as I can. I'm just going to go with the "flatworm exit".

How big of water changes should I expect to do when using the product?

I guess this is my excuse to finally get a RODI unit. I have been trucking water in buckets from my LFS for over a year now but I'm not going to, if I have to do a bunch of, say, 50% WC's. LOL

 

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So Maybe I should not completely worry just yet? They are present on all of my corals, just that they seem to be more concentrated on the mushrooms. Now maybe that is just where they originally hitchhiked in on. I do want to say that thay mushroom has split twice since I put it into the tank. I started with one about 1.5" and now I have three that are 4-5" across. This happened in about 2 months.

This being said, I don't necessarily think that they are killing my mushrooms. It doesn't mean that they are not. None of the corals seem to be bothered.

You can see them on the fingers of my frog spawns and everything still fully extends as normal.

I am not really comfortable with doing FW dips with any of my corals.

Do you think that I should still do the treatment?

 

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I looked at this link that was posted earlier and about 3/4 of the way down, there is a photo that looks exactly like it. It is the Pseudeceros Species of Flatworm.

Since they are on my corals they must be eating or ?sucking? on them. I am not sure if this is a parasitic relationship or not. I am going to go out on a limb and say that it is. Nothing has shown any damage yet, however I think that it wouldn't hurt to go ahead with a treatment.

I am going to order my spectrapure today and during the time that it takes to arrive, I am going to keep a really close eye on things.

 

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Oh. I have never heard of Lugols. If I can find some I might try that with the frog spawn(s) and the other corals that are not attached. The problem is that the ones that are attached to the rocks...I don't think I can dip those.

Perhaps just pull the rock with them attached and use a spray bottle to squirt the solution on them?

Also, what about the ones that are not an anything in paticular like the ones on my glass?...and I'm sure that there are some wandering around my rock work as well.