That_Nano_Guy Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Anybody seen Florecent orange things like this in thier tank before Link to comment
bbkid43 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 possibly a flatworm? they can take over a tank and cover the rocks and sandbed Link to comment
That_Nano_Guy Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 whats the best way to get rid of them??? Link to comment
winniebagel Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Large turkey baster to vaccum those suckas out.. Link to comment
That_Nano_Guy Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 only a few for now. Do they reproduce quickly? My tank will be unsupervised for the next 10 days, I will be out of town. Link to comment
audiocontrol Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Yea, they do reproduce quickly. I used flatworm exit and strategically sucked a few out, however mine seemed to be photosynthetic?. Worked great but there were always the few that straggled along. What really killed mine was purchasing a 150watt halide over my nano tank...fried every last sucker Link to comment
Snoop Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 thats not a flat worm it looks like a type of snail i got one just like it and they are very good cleaners Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Not a flatworm, though I'm not sure what it is. Does it have a whole lot of stringy deals coming off its body? It may be some type of Medusa worm. I had some (still have a few), never caused any harm as far as I know. Link to comment
That_Nano_Guy Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 I sucked out the ones I could see a week ago and I havent seen anymore. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 yes that is a flatworm. there are white ones as well that are a bit larger and are said to eat the red ones. the red ones can iritate corals so just be on the lookout for more. Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Curious if you have a larger, more detailed shot... Maybe cut out the worm only? Link to comment
That_Nano_Guy Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 This is the largest pic I have. I used my sons microscope to get this. It is magnified 60x. Any Ideas? Link to comment
Diatome Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Flat worm. Had two tanks full. Used flatworm exit. No more. I had some straglers as well. I turned the lights out on the tank and used a light on one corner so they gathered there to be in the light and used a turkey baster on the last few. Link to comment
Reef_Mad_Man Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 If your tank is absolutely saturated witrh them then flat worm exit is not the way to go. When they die the release a toxin which can foul the tank and QUICK! Crashing it. Use the turkey baster 1st, then afte ryou have thinned them out significantly use Fltat worm Exit. better safe than sorry with that stuff. Link to comment
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