Acro eating flat worms

[michika]

I ment acro eating nudis, not monti, I clearly need some sugar/coffee or a nap...sorry about that...my bad.

Can you point me towards anything about the camel shrimp? Its very interesting, I haven't heard anything about this before now!

[Haloreef]

Matchika, I believe that I read on the Zeovitt web site that they use Camel shrimp to treat their Acro's. It was around two weeks ago that I read this so my memmory is a little scethchy. I think it said that they keep a tank of Camel back shrimp for just this treatment but it did say that there was a time limmit. (20-30min.)? The danger was that the shrimp would eat all of the flatworms and eggs and start on the Acro.

Hope this helps.
Check the Zeovitt site and, maybe you can find the article.
I think it was Zeovitt.
Man now I have to find, and read it again.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Haloreef

Check the Zeovitt site and, maybe you can find the article.
I think it was Zeovitt.
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Ya, I heard this info was obtained from that site...

[Chaloupa]

I heard it/read it on the Manhattan Reefers or Boston Reefers Site...can't remember...will try to find it again.

[fishmaster]

Originally Posted by whiteice669

the only sure fire way I know of is to aquire Dino's (aka brown snot ) after a real short time nudi's,flat worms and red bugs are a thing of the past...

Great way to rid your tank of those pesky corals too...

[fishmaster]

An iodine dip will wash off the flat worms. You will have to carefully inspect for eggs. They are small, hard to see & iodine does not kill them. The only way to be sure is to manually remove them. I use a jewlers loop to carfully inspect each piece. If it is an infected colony, I figure it's almost impossible to be sure you've caught all the eggs. Therefore fragging the colony is the best alternative to be sure you get all the eggs.

[Chaloupa]

Originally Posted by fishmaster

Great way to rid your tank of those pesky corals too...

yeh, how true is that!

[super7]

Thanks for all the comments. The Camelshrimp might work for me as well as the iodine treatment.
I think it was tang daddy (?) who told me about some way of ridding acro eating flatworms from a tank.
Thanks Super7

[tang daddy]

tmpcc 10x the recomended dose for 45mins and then use a maxijet or turkey baster to blast the coral after inspect under a desk lamp for eggs and stragglers that may have hung on, take no prisonners!!

[Snappy]

Catherine,
Here is a link about AEFW & camel shrimp.
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/...ad.php?t=31109