Hydrogen peroxide for flatworms

[Lifer]

@badxgillen or @Lexinverts, last year at a club meeting you clued me in to using hydrogen peroxide as a pre-treatment to flatworm exit.  Can you (or anyone else) remind me of the recommended H2O2 dosing level?

[Colbymac92]

The ratio depends entirely on the type of coral. 

[Lexinverts]

3 hours ago, Lifer said:

@badxgillen or @Lexinverts, last year at a club meeting you clued me in to using hydrogen peroxide as a pre-treatment to flatworm exit.  Can you (or anyone else) remind me of the recommended H2O2 dosing level?

1 ml per gallon

[half-astronaut]

4 hours ago, Lexinverts said:

1 ml per gallon

Just for clarity, that’s with 3% H2O2. 

[shaywood]

Isn't there an OTC called flatworm exit. Worked for me years ago. 

[Lexinverts]

11 hours ago, half-astronaut said:

Just for clarity, that’s with 3% H2O2. 

The stuff from the dollar store, whatever that is.

[Lexinverts]

10 hours ago, shaywood said:

Isn't there an OTC called flatworm exit. Worked for me years ago. 

This is a pre-treatment before using flatworm exit. You add the H202 and then many of the worms float in the water column where you can net them out of the system.

It prevents you from killing as many in the system with flatworm exit because dead worms release a toxin you then have to deal with.