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06-08-2014, 12:48 AM
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Sorry to hear about the flatworms.
I see on your new build you will have a Zeo system. Were you not using it on the tank you are tearing down? Did you use the flatworm stop? Has anybody used it? I ask because I am starting my system with Zeo and I was planning to use the flatworm stop from the get go. Guess I am asking if your flatworm problem could have been avoided if you used this product (without being insensitive about your losses)? Following along with the new build! 
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06-08-2014, 01:22 AM
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Flatworm stop does not stop the flatworms from existing. It makes the tissue of the coral thicker giving a bit more resistant. Also flatworm stop needs a min of three months before you may see a benefit It's also good for richer colors
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06-08-2014, 01:38 AM
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Zeo has nothing to do with flatwormStop, and no, I haven't used it. As Proteus said, it doesn't stop them, just slows them down. Using it for no reason sounds expensive, and I think the money is better spent on dip and a magnifying glass. Dipping all incoming pieces, every.single.time should avoid them. I go them because I missed dipping a couple pieces that I shortly after realized were infected. I thought I'd got the affected frag out in time, but apparently not
 As for losses, I've only lost one full piece, and half of another. So far no other coral has shown them after dipping.
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06-08-2014, 02:29 AM
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Good info, thanks guys!
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06-11-2014, 12:23 AM
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Have you considered powerhead and wrasse method?
I have AEFW in my 325G, there was no way I was going to take 30 plus colonies out and dip/frag them ect... I have 2x 6line wrasses, melanarus, 3x blueside fairy, 3x lubbocks, 2x leopard. Powerheading the colonies every chance I get, which ends up to be only once a week (not enought at first). Flatworms fly off and get eaten by the wrasses. So far I have noticed improvement in the colonies. On a few in particular the coral has healed where there had been bite marks, and no further signs of distress. I have heard some of the great German tanks have had success with this also. This may only be a means of control, but time will tell....
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06-11-2014, 12:30 AM
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Not something I wanted to do. Not fond of wrasses, and I'm not going through the tank with a power head twice a week. And so far, it seems it was only 2 colonies that had any. Weird. But, it's an excuse to rebuild and the new tank will hopefully fulfill a vision I missed with the current tank.
I am willing to bet that if I had just left things alone, the corals would have been fine (mostly)
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