Flat worm toxins/bad day at daycare

[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.

[imcosmokramer]

Originally Posted by 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.

well....it's never "only the clowns", you have to take into account all the life that is actually in the tank (pods, etc). Although you can re-introduce later on, it's a good idea to save what you can
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[gobytron]

I used to have a serious flatworm problem in my 95...
they were literally everywhere, covering corals in some cases.

I added another 3000gph tunze pw and over the course of a month, there was virtually no sign of any.

They thrive in lower currents and can't seem to maintan a population with greater flow.

Anyone out there who can back this up?