Flat worm toxins/bad day at daycare

[fishytime]

Eeeek .....sorry to hear.....Personally, I wouldn't do the flatworm treatment yet..... I would let the tank settle down from the flood incident and make sure things are good before I cause the tank another minor trauma..... But I tend to be over cautious about things

[gobytron]

You're better off adding a wrasse, now that you have some extra bio capacity IME.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by gobytron

You're better off adding a wrasse, now that you have some extra bio capacity IME.

+1 although iv had REALLY good odds with 6lines eating pests but since it's a bigger tank I think yellow wrasses are known pest eaters as well

[cathyg_99]

that sucks... but how could you loose almost all of your water??

[mark0933]

Originally Posted by cathyg_99

that sucks... but how could you loose almost all of your water??

Poor design on a closed loop system - pump could not be hard plumbed, so had to use a short piece of flex hose and a hose clamp - and guess what corroded and let go...

Mark

[mark0933]

Originally Posted by cathyg_99

that sucks... but how could you loose almost all of your water??

Poor design on a closed loop system - pump could not be hard plumbed, so had to use a short piece of flex hose and a hose clamp - and guess what corroded and let go...

Here is a pic - the system works great for circulation but I wish it was all hard plumbed. (no hose clamp in the pic as this was just dry fitting)

Mark

[imcosmokramer]

Really sorry to hear.

step 1. run a lot of carbon ASAP. That will clear the toxin from the system. After 24 hours, throw the carbon away, and replace with normal amount. Not sure if you see dead FW floating, if you do, try to siphon them out as best as you can.

Step 2. Wait a week and do Flatworm Exit treatment, again, with carbon section.

if you want to be really careful, you can run another treatment after a week.

PM me with any questions.
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[PoonTang]

If the clowns are the only thing left then why not just pull them out and re home them for a bit? It would give you ample time to Nuke the FW's or what ever and allow the tank to settle and restabilize.