I've used flatworm exit with great success. I treat my 15 gallon with 12 drops. 15 minutes later they start crawling out and i suck as much out as I can from the water column so the toxins don't harm anything.
Unfortunately, a week or two later I still see a few pop up, and then they spread again like wildfire.
How can I assure that I get all of them? I even tried to add drops right after the waterchange in the new water just to make sure I get any that weren't killed in the treatment... still no luck exterminating all of them.
How can i make sure they all wind up dead and dont repopulate?
The product works wonders, and all my fish and corals are fine... I just really want to be done with them.
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I know that waiting a while and letting them lose any built up immunity works well, like a month or two minimum. Then do a 2-3x dosage (at your own risk) and siphon them out. They grow quickly due to high phosphates and long light cycles though, how long are your lights on for and how often do you feed?
just sharing my experience, but I've used 4 times the dosage 1 one week apart and they are gone 
Lights are on for approx 12 hours daily. I may cut back to 10 just in case that helps.
Phosphates are zero according to API test kit. I religiously maintain my 30% water change weekly, and feed my only clown once every two days.
My only thought is I buy my freshwater from the walmart RO unit, and I know those are unreliable in terms of consistent clean water.
I'll be buying an RO/DI unit next month, so hopefully that will help a bit with the meticulous water quality. But otherwise all my corals are thriving.
I just hate to look into the tank and see those damn things popping up the next day after treatment.
Phosphates are zero according to API test kit. I religiously maintain my 30% water change weekly, and feed my only clown once every two days.
My only thought is I buy my freshwater from the walmart RO unit, and I know those are unreliable in terms of consistent clean water.
I'll be buying an RO/DI unit next month, so hopefully that will help a bit with the meticulous water quality. But otherwise all my corals are thriving.
I just hate to look into the tank and see those damn things popping up the next day after treatment.
QUOTE (skp @ Nov 6 2009, 11:57 AM) 
This would be great, but it says it would slowly starve to death without a food source. If you could get one and with your local reef club share the slug to help anyone out with a flatworm problem then I could see this as working great.
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