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Posted: January 26 2007 at 5:24pm |
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Hello all,
I am wondering if there is a small fish that will eat flatworms.
I have a mild case of red flatworms that I would like to get rid of.
The tank has pretty good water flow and take good care of it I just dont want the worms to get out of control.
I am kinda hesitant about using chemicals considering that fact that it is only a 5G tank.
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Posted: January 26 2007 at 8:19pm |
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I have heard a manderine Dragonette will.
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Posted: January 26 2007 at 8:56pm |
I also think a 6 line wrasse will, but from what I understand it is doubtful that they will get rid of all of them, just most.
Actually didn't Suzy have a chromis that ate some?
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Posted: January 26 2007 at 9:23pm |
It is hit and miss; mostly miss. The two that are readily available that might eat them are sixline wrasse and Target Mandarin. A sixline will eat pods and a mandarin does exist on pods but they each sometimes develop a taste for red-planaria which are our common pest flatworms.
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Posted: January 26 2007 at 11:05pm |
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I have really bad flatworms and I have a six line wrasse and 2 mandarin dragonettes.. So for me it was 0 out of 3. Blue Velvet Nudibranchs eat flatworms exclusively, and the wrasse that is known to help with red flatworms is the halichoeres melanurus which may/may not be reef safe as they may eay crabs/snails but that is the extent of my knowledge on that wrasse.
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Posted: January 27 2007 at 9:10am |
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I wonder if the red flatworms I had were a different species? I really think I eradicated the kind I had with a mandarin in one tank and a blue chromis in another. I haven't seen one for months....
I really have a lot of zooplankton, and I thought I could support the mandarin, but I have not seen him for a long time.....
Lyscer, I wonder if you just have too many for the fish to eat? If you have a sump, it is really easy to suck some of them out with a piece of acrylic tubing hooked up to a longer piece of flexible tubing to a sock in your sump?
(I don't mean a filter sock, just a plain ol' cheap man sock. I found some new ones at Harmons for $2 bucks and they are huge! They are also great for sucking out valonia!Plus, they are buy one, get one free.
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Posted: January 27 2007 at 9:26am |
 Suzy wrote:
Lyscer, I wonder if you just have too many for the fish to eat? If you have a sump, it is really easy to suck some of them out with a piece of acrylic tubing hooked up to a longer piece of flexible tubing to a sock in your sump?
(I don't mean a filter sock, just a plain ol' cheap man sock. I found some new ones at Harmons for $2 bucks and they are huge! They are also great for sucking out valonia!Plus, they are buy one, get one free.
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When I had flatworms I did the same thing. Syphon them out with a sock on the end of the tube and in the sump. If the pump is on you can syphon all day and the pump keeps the water levels fine.
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