Is it a flatworm??

[chull13]

I recently bought a piece of frogspawn from one of our local LFS and it seemed to be doing great for about 2 months. Now the tenticles seem a bit skinny and they seem to draw in more often. I noticed a little flat reddish brown thingy (I believe that is the Scientific Name) on one of the tenticles the other day and have seen it since then on different ones. I have never seen more than one at any given time though. As I look closely at the tenticles it does seem that a lot of them have little tiny spots that I am guessing are bite marks. I can't get a pic but does this sound familiar? If so how do I get rid of it?
Thanks, Chris

 

[burdundi]

if you can get the piece out, then just give it a quick fresh water dip. If there are flatworms on it, they should float off.

The next step would be to treat your tank with flatworm exit.

Here is a good article: http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html">http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html</a>

Hope that helps,

Andy

 

[chull13]

I can easily get the piece out. How long should I leave the piece in fresh water?

 

[burdundi]

10 - 30 seconds or so should do the trick. I usually FW dip all my softy's and LPS that I get, just to make sure. If its zoa's I will mix in some flatworm exit and some lugol's iodine.

-Andy

 

[burdundi]

Keep in mind that the flatworms could be elsewhere in your tank. So if you dip, keep on the look out for them to return.

Good luck,

Andy

 

[schwaggs]

I have never heard of flatworms eating a hard coral like that...

If they are flatworms, flatworm exit is the ticket...