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Old 09-24-2008, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by briansmyth View Post
I am familiar with a reefer who had all kinds of flatworms in his tank - and he treated the tank to get rid of them. Unfortunately, the die off of so many flatworms all at once caused his tank to go toxic and he lost more than half of his fish and his corals. So, there is some kind of lesson here about controlling flatworms.
You need to siphon as many out as you can before you treat and after as they are very toxic. You will also kill off your pods and who knows what else.
No treatment kills off just one thing.
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