Help, I used Greenex!!!

[PFB]

Help……

I had an extremely bad case of flatworms…..so, I tried the Greenex treatment.

I dosed 2 drops in my 3 gal., waited 3 days, did a 1 gal WC.

Still had tons of flatworms.

Waited 3 days and dosed again with 2 drops, waited 3 days and did a .5 gal WC.

Well, after a week I still had tons of worms, so dosed again last night with 2 drops.

Came home from work, no worms but everything looks stressed.

The Corals are all closed, my clown Goby is sitting on the bottom gasping for air and my snails and worms look alive but are not moving.

I just did a .5 gal WC.

What should I do, another .5 gal or 1 gal WC and cross my fingers????

Is it the Greenex or dead flatworms, my guess it's the worms.

Flame, away but try and help please.....

[Rocket_155]

you'll find that it is the flatworm, as they can release a toxin into the water as they die.

 

did you try to syphon them off in the beginning?

 

do another W/C and throw in some carbon in as well.

[PFB]

Too many to syphon, guess I waited to long.

Will try carbon, but don't have a hang on power filter to place bag in.

I will try to secure bag to PH.

I will do another WC this evening and again tomorow morning, didn't want to stress more than they already are.

Thx

[Dave ESPI]

too many to siphon? WTF? d00de.

 

nevermind.

 

stress = LESS if environmental ballance is restored.

 

get the dead stuff OUT, and yes what rocket is correct.

 

Get a Vhortex diatom filter, they will be able to seperate dead flatworms from the water and return it to your tank as you work the intake end around in the tank "vaccuming" them up.

works like a charm

[PFB]

OK, so I siphoned another .5 gal last night and again this morning. Gotta go to work.

The fish looks a little better and the Xenia is open and pulsing and Candy is sending out feeders.

Strange thing is that the flat worms appeared to have just totally dissolved. I don’t see dead ones on the substrate nor LR.

I will continue WCs and get some carbon today.

Thanks all – posting so folks can learn from my experience….

[PFB]

Update and we will close this one out.

I have changed a total of 3 gal.

I added carbon from a Hagan mini power filter by attaching it to the bottom of my PH.

The Clown Gobie looks great and is now eating. All corals are open and the Xenia looks better than before the Greenex treatment.

Zero worms, all gobe, no trace of them.

Gonna wait another day or two and do another .5 gal. WC and wait maybe a week before I remove the carbon.

Thanks all for the help!