Using Salifert Flatworm Exit For Zoa Nudi

[Jeremyan7]

I recently started a new reef tank and have been slowly stocking it with frags. One frag I purchased from Big Al's came with a hitch hiker (at least one). Nudi (white, about the size of a large grain of rice). I removed it. I can assume there are more...

Meanwhile, my Zoas won't open. They were open for the first 2 days and now have not been open in almost 2 weeks.
Water Params PH8.2 No2:0 No3:5 Alk:11dkh SPGV:1.027 temp 82f, Ammo:0
Moderate light cycle on about 6 hours a day.

I purchased Salifert Flat Worm Exit on the advice of a friend.
Anyone have experience using it in aquarium?
I'm told to use it twice (a week apart) to kill nudi's and eggs.

Thoughts?

 

[Luke.]

Be very vey carful I just about crashed my tank with that stuff .. only use once every month n a half , I would recommend getting a wrasse that eats them I personally have a yellow purple tail wrasse , or if you have a small tank there is the 6 line wrasse.

 

[kapelan]

"Bayer Advanced" can be purchased from US about $50
kills everything

 

[Jeremyan7]

Well, the advantage to my tank NOW, is it's only 3 months old, and not much "stuff" in it. So my ability to use more powerful stuff is greater..
I like a wrasse, but.. wow, they literally jump at any opportunity they get . I lost a clownfish a month ago to jumping.. I'll consider that though..

"Bayer Advanced" can be purchased from US about $50
kills everything

Be very vey carful I just about crashed my tank with that stuff .. only use once every month n a half , I would recommend getting a wrasse that eats them I personally have a yellow purple tail wrasse , or if you have a small tank there is the 6 line wrasse.

 

[Kman]

To be clear for that last point if you use Bayer the coral needs to be removed and treated in a separate container as it will kill your tank. Do a google search for directions. Bigshow also has the steps. I myself like to use a melanurus wrasse to take care of things like this.

http://bigshowfrags.com/bayer-advanced-coral-dip/

 

[Luke.]

I guess it’s true about wrasses jumping , I do have a glass lid on my tank so he never gets to far . But honestly wrasses are amazing pest controllers and there for less work for you and no adding chemicals .

 

[Kman]

I don't like using chemicals in the Reef tank. To me that is not a fix. I would rather take the coral out and treat even if that means taking the cock that the corals is on out.

 

[thehvacman]

I don't like using chemicals in the Reef tank. To me that is not a fix. I would rather take the coral out and treat even if that means taking the cock that the corals is on out.

Take what out! Little typo
Bayer works good but from what I understand it only temporarily paralyzs pests and if they aren’t blown off or scrubbed off the coral and skeleton, they will come back from so called death. I agree with Kman don’t use chemicals in reef, remove the coral to treat it is the best.

 

[Kman]

haha the rock...

 

[TheGreenStag]

I would suggest going with the wrasse and a cheap mesh lid against dosing any chemicals. You never know what it can do to your tank mates.


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