Shrooms Developing Spots

[mmatt]

bought a few of these last year bright red, and they have begain to develop blue spots. Not like a superman discoma shroom. At first I thought they might be dead pool shrooms but now I'm not to sure. In thoughts?

https://imgur.com/a/nrkW4E8

 

[Shooter000]

Them spots look like flat worms, not good

 

[mmatt]

Flat worms? I've seen those before and I'm pretty sure they aren't flat worms.i had an issue in the past in an old take with them.. Just on those sshroom. They don't move.

 

[mmatt]

The spots are blue. I also dip anything that goes into the tank. Flat worms hate dip so in sure I would have seen something drop off at some point

 

[Matt1997]

They near any other disco? Param change? Light change?

 

[mmatt]

Just the disco cloves, my T5 bulbs are due for a change but thats it. Parameters are pretty steady, but I haven't checked in at week or two. Everything else in the tank is solid

 

[mmatt]

Well shooter I hate to say it but your right

unfortunately it is flatworms. Only ones I've seen are the bigger ones that destroy eyphillia. Now I have to get my hands on a blue velvet nudibranch. Any other suggestions? Maybe a six line?

 

[Kman]

They looked to be flatworms to me as well. I would suck off as many of them as possible before even considering any sort of medication option. The manual approach is the most effort but lowest risk. Adding a wrasse helps but you need to make sure you have room for one. I have a melanurus and he eats all sorts of stuff like these. But they get big so this option should be used for those who have good sized tanks or you just create another problem down the road. 6 line and green wrasse are options as well.


https://www.melevsreef.com/articles/how-to-eliminate-flatworms-red-planaria

 

[mmatt]

Ya they are flat worms for sure. Next to impossible to see anywhere but on coral. I want to stay away from meds. I have a 180gal so a 25 percent water change is not going to happen if I use Flatworm Exit. I need to use manual removal and natural. Blue velvet nudi would be the best option but im not holding my breathe to find that right now. Hard enough when its not a pandemic. Lol
so wrasse and manual remove is my control plan until I can find one or two nudis.

But need to find a melanurus wrasse too lol dangit

 

[Shooter000]

Six line wrasse, coralbanded shrimp may pick some off as well, mandorin goby,

 

[mmatt]

Ok good to know. I've heard mix reviews on the six line depending on the personality. I might be able to get my hands on melanurus, and local big als say they have yellow coris wrasses coming in on their shipment this week.