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A few new products tried

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On Saturday I finally got around to trying Coral RX, Flatworm Exit, and cyclopeeze. I noticed about a week ago some red flat worms showing up in my tank. Couldn't find a lot of them but seeing them to begin with had my a little upset . So I went on line and ordered FWE, Coral RX and Cyclopeeze. The first thing I tried was the coral RX, since none of my corals are glued in permanent places yet, I took all of them out and followed the directions on the bottle of 4 capfuls per 1 gallon of tank water. I left the corals in the solution for 10 minutes. While they were being dipped I added 1 gallon of fresh salt back into the tank, and set up a "rinse" container for the corals that were being dipped, also of fresh Salt. I then proceeded to use the FWE. I used 5 drops, even though the directions said 4 for every 5 gallons. Every thread I read said more was needed, so I dropped in an extra one for 5 drops total. About 3 minutes after the drops I could see the flat worms starting to really move. FWE was irritating them. Then I started to see them float, and I began vacuuming them out as I saw them. after about thirty minutes I put in some carbon and purigen to remove whatever I could, and did a 2 gallon water change. My tiger goby did hide while the FWE treatment was going on, but after the treatment it did not seem like he was harmed. I let everything run for an hour and started to put the corals back into the tank. A full 48 hours later everything is open and I haven't seen a flat worm yet. Overall the use of the FWE went smoothly and the CoralRx did what it said it would do. After I was done I looked in the CoralRX container that I used for dipping and there were pods, flat worms, a bristle worm, algae, it basically killed anything on the coral, except the coral. Oh, and one of my rocks had some bubble algae on it and after I pulled it out the bubbles were clear, and no longer green. Dead? I'm not sure, I removed it off the rock. I also had what looked like what people call Dragon breath on the same rock, and it went from a red color to a BRIGHT orange color. I left it on the rock to see if it would grow out like that, I guess only time will tell. I would recommend both of these products to people, of course on the FWE I was able to take all of my corals out, which I know is not feasible for everyone, but my tiger goby survived so it must be fish safe. I also fed the tank cyclopeeze for the first time and my palys/zoas all had some to eat, and the tiger goby seemed to love it. I never saw him move for food so fast. The only thing is the excess food floats to the top do they ever sink? So that was my Saturday night, hope I could help some of you out in your decisions about these products!

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  1. stangchris's Avatar
    coral frenzy is another good coral food and it mixes in the tank well doesnt float
  2. melev's Avatar
    Try mixing a little Cyclop-eeze with your normal food for the day, letting it soak. Then when you feed your tank it should stay in suspension until something eats it. I'm assuming you bought the powdered kind, not the frozen?
  3. Douwant2play's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    Try mixing a little Cyclop-eeze with your normal food for the day, letting it soak. Then when you feed your tank it should stay in suspension until something eats it. I'm assuming you bought the powdered kind, not the frozen?
    Yes it is the powder kind, never knew they made a frozen one. I'll try the soaking, thanks.