Lance's 225 gal tank

[gregzz4]

Wow
I guess they get an easy meal in there

[Lance]

Hey! It's been a while since I posted anything on the tank. (have been very busy with this & that)
Not much has changed, except for the fact that I had to treat a red flatworm infestation yesterday. I siphoned out as many as I could and then used a half dose of Salifert Flatworm Exit. Suckers were dying within 15 minutes. There was easily 5x more of them than I thought. I scooped out literally thousands of dead ones that were swirling around in the water column. Via a Fluval 405, and 2x TLF reactors and 1x BRS reactor I ran about 5 lbs. of carbon. Even with this much carbon the corals and Nem showed distress almost immediately. Pretty scary there for awhile! It wasn't until early evening that some of them started to open up again. Everything looks ok this morning. I've never had to treat for flatworms before, should I leave the carbon running for a bit longer?

[Leah]

I would change some of the carbon and let it run for longer.

[Lance]

Ha! I just changed half of it 10 mins ago.

[Leah]

Originally Posted by Lance

Ha! I just changed half of it 10 mins ago.

Atta boy!

[Skimmerking]

if you can treat again Lance i would trust me. the big thing that people dont understand is the amount of worms in the tank. they can multiply so fast too. so when people are calculating the amount of water and rock and sand they underestimate. Just make sure you over estimate if you are running that much carbon it wont effect your stuff trust me. GL

[Lance]

Thanks Mikey. I'm going to let things be for a few days first I think. Some of the corals are still pouting.