I have some brown spots on a ricordea, hairy mushroom, frogspawn, and torch. They are small and round and they move. What are they? Are they harmful? If so how do I get rid of them?
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I have some brown spots on a ricordea, hairy mushroom, frogspawn, and torch. They are small and round and they move. What are they? Are they harmful? If so how do I get rid of them?
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Flatworms?
are these good or bad? how do I get rid of them?
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Bad. Look up flatworm exit online. I'm sure you will hear some other opions too.
just read that spotted mandarins eat them is this true?
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Yes, sounds like you have an outbreak of planaria flatworms. A web search will find a bunch of articles about getting rid of the pests. You can perform a freshwater dip (dechlorinated water in a bucket) for a few minutes and shake the flatworms off your coral, watching them fall off in the bucket. Please read the articles before using flatworm exit product-- sounds like you have a severe infection, and the dying flatworms can poison your tank.
ok, I'm gonna go get some RO water right now and dip, thanks for the info guys. Is it true about the spotted mandarin also? if so I need to buy one today
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From what I have read, mandarins are unlikely to eat flatworms. They require a lot of copepods and a large, well-established tank to survive.
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I've got some rodi water and some flatwork exit if ya need bro!
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Post pics of your new fish. GL getting rid of them flat worms.
ok update. I just did an RO dip on my corals that had the worms on them, and as soon as the corals hit the fresh water the flat worms fell off. I got them all off the ricordea and hairy mushroom and the torch and frogspawn closed up so I hope I got them all off. I also just bought a spotted madarin just because I wanted one anyway. Thanks for the input guys
Last edited by !v@n; 02-22-2009 at 05:16 PM.
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Glad the freshwater trick worked. The only problem is that you'll still have flatworms hidden in your rock & sand... I've noticed some flatworms have re-appeared after my freshwater dipping of the most affected rocks & corals.
Good to know, I will keep an eye out for them. If I see them again I will redo the freshwater dip
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