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03-17-2015, 01:00 AM
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There is nothing wrong with flatworm exit, the problem is that when they die, the release poison, which you know. I spend a week syphoning out all the worms I can see into a bucked running the airline tube into a filter sock then return water and keep going. Once you have 70-80 % out you will minimize the toxin released.
Once you add the meds, then suck out all that you can see. Run carbon and then do 25% water change and then another 20-25% the next day. In the boat your in, change water, lots of water and carbon. You might also want to remove anything alive and quarantine them. then treat your tank like crazy and then do lots of carbon and massive water changes. 
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03-17-2015, 02:20 AM
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A nudibranch that eats them is often available as well. I tried one once with a heavily infested 50gal. Within 2 months it ate 90% of them but then I think it couldn't find the rest and starved. I should have passed it onto someone else slightly before that happened then treated with Flatworm Exit.
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03-17-2015, 02:42 PM
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Dose again, this time 2-3x the recommended amount. I'm not kidding. Have a large (50%) water change & fresh carbon ready to go.
I spent a week or two (like Freeze) pre-siphoning out anything I could see. I used airline tubing attached to the feeding probe. Sometimes I'd squirt a little water out of the feeding probe the loosen the nudi's off of the rock. Once you're happy with a couple weeks worth of back breaking siphoning... dose the crap out of the tank. The nudibranchs can become immune to lower doses, and all you'd be doing is ensuring the strongest survive if you dose at the same levels again. Follow the directions closely (aside from dose concentration) and wait until you see them coming off of the rocks. At that point I activated the carbon reactor, started netting them out of the water column with a fine mesh net, and siphoned them out of the nooks & crannies in the rock. I also took a powerhead and aimed it into the rocks to get out the remaining flatworms. Once you're happy with your work do the water change. Best of luck.
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