pj86 Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Thanks y'all. My tank has taken quite a beating this past month and a half. The sun coral is really upset and I need to start feeding it again. Some algae took over the monti and blasto so I will be removing those once I find a replacement. Everything else is thriving. I have fragged so many times that my back up tank is already full. So here is a FTS. Link to comment
parishilton Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Are those flatworms on the bottom of the front panel? I am also having the same problem. Do you have any plan to deal with? Link to comment
andrewkw Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 people will keep saying it doesn't work but flatworm exit really works wonderful. Used it many times on several tanks. You just have to double or triple dose. Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Yep those are flatworms, I was planning on upgrading and during the upgrade treat each piece separately. But upgrade has been put on hold, so I have been siphoning them out every so often. Link to comment
gritchie4 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Flatworms are annoying. They are ugly little creatures too. I have some, not as many as you lol, but i just siphon as many out during water changes. I'm hoping they will just diminish after awhile like they have for some people. The tank as always looks great though. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Once again flatworm exit is an excellent product with no ill effects. Anyone who has problems is not removing as many as possible before and after the treatment and not doing a water change. I have some in my frag tank right now, it's not at infestation level yet so I'm just going to double dose and do a water change. Link to comment
Formula462 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Flatworm exit can cause mucho ill effects! If you have a bad enough infestation it can cause insane ammonia spiking when the little bastards start dying off. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Flatworm exit can cause mucho ill effects! If you have a bad enough infestation it can cause insane ammonia spiking when the little bastards start dying off. If you don't siphon sure, but if you get rid of some before, and some after and do a water change you're fine. I'd go as far as to say it's the best pest removal stuff on the market unlike say joe's juice or aiptasia x, this stuff works 100% as long as you OD it. Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 Yea flatworm exit works but I don't think I would use it in my pico which is so densely packed. I remember reading in el fab pico thread that he didn't have a great experience with flatworm exit in his pico. So currently I will just manage the flatworms. Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 The pico is looking better! Some things I changed, first syphoned thousands of flatworms, cleaned the glass, moved the blue zoas' a bit, got a new piece of monti, fragged some more GPS and removed algae. Also, lowering the temp to 78.5 with a fan is helping everything. Pics soon. Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 Well I took just one photo...lol. A FTS. The sun coral is making progress but it is going to be a long recovery process. Everything else is doing great even the flaming scallop. Lowering the temp 2 degrees has made everything happier. Here is a photo, enjoy. Any comments are always welcome. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 looks cool still. whose tube is that right under the living monti? did you get a new fan worm? Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 looks cool still. whose tube is that right under the living monti? did you get a new fan worm? Yep, got another one. The old one is the one under the monti, and just didn't come out during picture time. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Do you vacuum your sand bed? Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Do you vacuum your sand bed? Nope Link to comment
.Newman. Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 hows the sea cucumbering coming along lol? can we get a roll call of all the non-coral inverts and verts in this tank? Link to comment
bwoodward0012 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 even with the problems your tank still looks amazing. between you and rehype i cant decide if i like the full look or beauty in simplicity. lowering my temp from a normal range of 79-81 to a range of 77-78 has made a huge difference in my coral health as well (in my 40 breeder), but i also started to do weekly (instead of monthly) waterchanges as well. either way, both seem to be working, so keep it up and reap the rewards. Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 bwoodward0012, thanks hows the sea cucumbering coming along lol? can we get a roll call of all the non-coral inverts and verts in this tank? I have now 5 cucumbers, 2 of them split. I updated the list in my first post. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 you forgot to list the flame scallop Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 you forgot to list the flame scallop Thanks for the reminder, totally didn't see that. The flame scallop is still in the same spot, doing great, hard to see him completely, but o well, if it is happy then I'm happy . Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 So one of the things that has made everything stabilize again is a fan running to cool the pico down. I believe the heat was causing some problems. Update on the pom pom, so I thought it would be impossible for the pom pom crabs to hide in my 3 gallon pico but apparently they are able to do a good job at it. So far I've only seen them once, and somehow one of them found a tiny aptasia and has decided to use it as a pom pom. Hopefully they start coming out more. Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 So far I've only seen them once, and somehow one of them found a tiny aptasia and has decided to use it as a pom pom. LOL Link to comment
andrewkw Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 So one of the things that has made everything stabilize again is a fan running to cool the pico down. I believe the heat was causing some problems. Update on the pom pom, so I thought it would be impossible for the pom pom crabs to hide in my 3 gallon pico but apparently they are able to do a good job at it. So far I've only seen them once, and somehow one of them found a tiny aptasia and has decided to use it as a pom pom. Hopefully they start coming out more. I rarely see mine. About monthly and that one time is usually the middle of the night, or if he's REALLY hungry he will come out and grab food. He hides so much I worry his pom pom's don't get enough light. Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 I rarely see mine. About monthly and that one time is usually the middle of the night, or if he's REALLY hungry he will come out and grab food. He hides so much I worry his pom pom's don't get enough light. Err, and your pico is 2 gallons. Guess it is going to be like a treasure hunt to find them. Link to comment
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