Keep in mind that acro flatworms are not the same as the ones you're trying to kill with flatworm exit. That treatment won't get rid of them.

ya, them too!!! :razz:

Don't let it get to you. I have had the acro flatworms and the red bugs, still waiting for those monti nudibranchs :lol:

The best luck I have had fragging is just trying to handle the pieces as little as possible. Also, I you are going to glue the frag to a rock, I have heard it is beneficial to glue the healthy end, as the cut end will heal fast and there is less risk of recesion. I don't always follow this though....

Good luck!

chin maybe you should look for a flatworm eating nudibranch.

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didn't really think about that....... thanks for the idea. will look into it

So I hacked it into nine pieces today.... we'll see how they do... You know I had planned all along when I bought it to frag it... but I wanted to let some growth happen, and let everything stabilize before fragging.. :eek:

So a couple of things...

Brad - I don't really know what I'm looking for other than what I have read about and seen online... and nothing jumped out at me.. but do tell if you can explain... and even then.... what do you do to get rid of THOSE?

As far as flatworms go... I am really divided on this... there are so many schools of thought... whether they are harmful at all... whether or not they should be treated or let run their course... finding predators... then feeding the predators afterwards...

(IME - 6 line wrasses aren't the answer! While an interesting colourful fish with a great personality, mine does NOTHING to eliminate flatworms - though again I have read of quite a few instances where the opposite has been the fact.)

The amount I had last night compared to what I had 2 weeks ago was a minute fraction - hopefully what I had left did the trick... I have yet to see any alive today... *crossing my fingers*

Chin - The tissue expulsion started Thursday morning... I first noticed it as a white band that was only visible when the actinics were on.... then the next day bigger and very obvious... the one I had do this before receeded from the tips and was much more rapid than this one, but the end result is basically the same I guess... next time I see something like that I'm thinking I'll just frag right away... but we'll see how these ones do....

RJ - How DO you frag without handling it much? - I used an Iodine dip while I was working on it, and clasped the piece of rock as much as I could while snipping the dead parts off... but then mounting the pieces... I don't know how you would be able to without handling ...

I'm better today - but still haven't put the axe away... :razz:

To find the acro flatworms, take a coral out and place it in a white bowl. Use a turkey baster to blast around the base and see if anything comes off. The flatworms are about 5mm long and have a speckled brown coloration!
Freshwater dips kill them, but once they're in the tank, you may need to use a sixline wrasse and train it to eat them. You can do that by dislodging them from the corals with a baster again so that the wrasse sees them. Then it should go looking for them on it's own.

Thanks Brad... I already have the 6 line... but don't think I have that type of flatworm - I'll be watching though!

FW dips... what's the school on that? I've done it to fish to try and rid them of parasites with poor results - (after matching temp & pH)... so how long should a coral be dipped for? Should you add anything like Iodine or anything?

Thanks again.

OK! I put the axe in the shed! :mrgreen: