Monti disaster!!!

[blueheaven]

Saw this disaster just now while stirring up detritus to feed my corals

Superman monti FULLY COVERED WITH FLATWORMS!!!

Took the colony out and flushed it with freshwater and this is what I got

Flatworms are by the hundreds!!

[WaNeR]

oh man

wat causes dat?

its way too many

[flying carpet]

Holy cow that is a disaster alright!!!!

Sorry for your lost man.

How abt giving a check on your other sps.

[Reefaholic]

Its common, no need for the alarm.

[jervismun]

Oh dear... that's scary

[ReDDeviLs]

sick! to hell with the worms!

[LoReNsIa]

my super man monti was cover with nudi.. juz few week backs.. but urs wad scary too..

[godzillaliu88]

where did those worms come from?

from your rocks or from the monti itself?

[blueheaven]

It can't be the LR cause my tank's almost 2 years old already

Think it probably came from one of the SPS

[fishtalk1517]

It can't be the LR cause my tank's almost 2 years old already

Think it probably came from one of the SPS

did u recetly added any corals ? I got to see tat mostly flat worms could hitch hike from mushies, pratas and candies etc.... and got to intro into the main tank. jus my thoughts

[Achilles Tang]

Welcome to the club.

Hope it won't discourage you as it did me... multiply that 1000x!

[blueheaven]

did u recetly added any corals ? I got to see tat mostly flat worms could hitch hike from mushies, pratas and candies etc.... and got to intro into the main tank. jus my thoughts

Yea I'm guessing it came from a coral I added

[blueheaven]

Welcome to the club.

Hope it won't discourage you as it did me... multiply that 1000x!

I learnt a lot from your experience with flatworms bro

What not to do when there's an outbreak

Now I'm looking for biological solutions to this problem

[Reefaholic]

There is no cure for that unless u have a quarantine tank or dont put in anything in the main tank.

[Achilles Tang]

Plague proportions are by no means controllable by biological means. Unless you throw in 10,000 black velvet nudibranchs!!

[blueheaven]

Luckily these flatworms only affect montis and there are probably like around 10+ left unless they are in some places I can't see

Well, I've encountered mushie flatworms before and they just fade away without any damage so I'm still hoping for the better

[angelfish]

suggest to dip new coral with lugol's solution mixed before placing it into your tank

[aquavista99]

Saw this disaster just now while stirring up detritus to feed my corals

Superman monti FULLY COVERED WITH FLATWORMS!!!

Took the colony out and flushed it with freshwater and this is what I got

Flatworms are by the hundreds!!

The red flatworms are also called "Acoel flatworms." Salifert Flatworm Exit works well with these worms.....A 6 hour treatment followed by a water change and immediately using activated carbon as soon as the worms start to die off should be enough. Also, you want to try to remove as many flatworms as possible before treatment because as soon as these worms begin to die off, they release a toxic substance into the water.

For more info about the red flatworms, check out this link:

http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=5836

I had a superman coral that had monti eating nudis attached to it.....killed lots of othe montipora corals as well. I now QT all corals. Apparently, the superman corals come from one region (Tonga) which has monti eating nudi problems. Here is another link on how do deal with montipora eating nudibranchs

http://www.qualitymarineusa.com/article.as...C5-0913F83DCB60