did they inverts come with the flatworms if they did i probably wouldnt buy them from that source
I treated my whole tank with Flatworm Exit and didn't lose anything really. That was several years ago, there may even be a thread here about it from way back when.
I believe the only toxicity is really coming from the dead flatworms, and if so, I'd find it hard to believe that there would be enough flatworms hiding in shells or whatnot to actually cause a problem.
My tank was infested with the red bugs many moons ago. I took out each rock and treated it outside of the tank. In the meantime I vac'd out all the worms I could see. Then I treated the main tank. Then I put all the rock back in and treated a second time a few days later after a big water change.
No losses to speak of and no more bugs. I did hear some bad stories from other people, but that's why I believe the flatworms contain the toxins, not the medication.
Peter's prob just trying to be overly careful... It's not like he has a tank he'd like to keep pest free
I still think Preston is going to do something to that tank when he gets older because you never sing to him Peter
i didn't get a mass die off, i didn't have teh brown flatworms that make beds and can get huge populations-I had the white FW that are supposedly harmless. I syphoned out one flat worm and one gallon of water and did the drop test to find out how strong the flat worms were and the proper dripping dosage of fwe to actually kill the flatworms. I had to dose WAY MORE than the regular dosage on the box...that may have been why some inverts in my tank died. On the box the fwe said something like 1 drop per 1 gallon it ended up being alot more like 4 or 5 per gallon if i remember correctly....what inverts pete?
once you see those suckers start to die off you gotta start siphoning them out or your ammonia levels will skyrockett. Those little guys are toxic!!from my understanding, its not the actual flat worm exit product that kills inverts, it the mass die-off of the flat worms that release chemicals when they die and decompose causing spikes in ammonia and nitrate (as well as who knows what else) that kill the inverts in ones tank...
i didn't get a mass die off, i didn't have teh brown flatworms that make beds and can get huge populations-I had the white FW that are supposedly harmless. I syphoned out one flat worm and one gallon of water and did the drop test to find out how strong the flat worms were and the proper dripping dosage of fwe to actually kill the flatworms. I had to dose WAY MORE than the regular dosage on the box...that may have been why some inverts in my tank died. On the box the fwe said something like 1 drop per 1 gallon it ended up being alot more like 4 or 5 per gallon if i remember correctly....what inverts pete?