I have questions about Flatworms

[joe&rae]

ok i have has many sw tanks over the past few years and have not seen or heard of flatworms till now?? i have read some things that say all flatworms are bad and some say that the white ones are ok? the ones that i see in my tank are withe, are they cause for concern or what? there are quite a few of them in the tank, it is a mostly coral tank! What should i do, if anything???

 

[mrg02d]

From what I understand, the ones that are not a problem are only so because they tend to stay under control. If you have alot of them, they are not under control, and I would consider that bad.

If it was me, I would remove them. What are they on? Do they swim in the water column? Do they spend a lot of time on the corals?

I think others here will suggest you keep your nutrients low to combat the flatworms. I used to have them, and they spent their time on my mushroom corals. I removed as many as I could by sucking them off the corals with a syringe and then put effort into keeping nutrients low in the tank. They havent been back since.

Matt

 

[joe&rae]

They are hanging out on my glass and shrooms. And I noticed a crap load of tinyones on the glass.

 

[melosu58]

Read this

Melevsreef.com - Flatworms | How to eliminate them!

 

[podman1973]

I have recently had a big issue with flat worms! After 1.5 yrs of no problems that record came crashing down mine were not the white ones but the evil brown and redish ones.

 

[joe&rae]

And the day i posted this my nitrates went through the roof??? 40ppm nothing is new or changed , could this be related?? i have never havd my nitrates jump that fast without cause!