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Kit with Cat
12-28-2011, 01:37 AM
They look like for lack of better words, huge amoebas. They have a reddish looking head, and rush out of the substrate at night, but you can still see them hanging around in the daytime.
I don't see any detrimental effects yet on any corals or fish, but it looks like its starting to be quite a few. Any thoughts?
Thanks!

Wayne
12-28-2011, 02:13 AM
I can't see them :confused:

eli@fijireefrock.com
12-28-2011, 02:15 AM
can't see them either:question:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=8691&d=1325039733http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=8690&d=1325039733

Kit with Cat
12-28-2011, 02:54 AM
OH crap they are red planarias...flatworms? What do I do?!?!

Wayne
12-28-2011, 02:58 AM
http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

BlueTang<3
12-28-2011, 02:59 AM
Get a wrasse yellow coris or malenarius or Mandarin.

Kit with Cat
12-28-2011, 03:15 AM
Thanks for the links and the advice so far! Really appreciate it!
I have just purchased a psychedelic mandarin...would that eat them? (I know its sorta like dependent on individual mandarin but I've only read that green mandarins will eat red planaria...is that true? Do I need to get a sixline wrasse?)
My reef tank setup:
running 8 months
90 Gallon
1 regal blue tang
2 false perculas
1 bicolor dottyback
1 psychedelic mandarin
1 blue spotted jawfish
1 diamond goby
2 cleaner shrimps
hermit crabs and snails, 1 x pompom crab, 1 x emerald crab 1 x tuxedo urchin

It just occured to me I have a refugium and that maybe where the red planaria are coming from? Should I get rid of it?
Thanks everyone!

Madreefer
12-28-2011, 03:27 AM
No dont get rid of your refugium. As cool as 6 line wrasses are most of them turn in to huge wrasseholes as they get older. Bluetang gave you some good suggestions.

Kit with Cat
12-28-2011, 03:31 AM
HAHA "wrasseholes"
Thanks for the advice all. That Melanurus Wrasse looks amazing...I'm asuming that's gonne become a wrassehole too? Too bad...so pretty!
I'm worried the yellow coris wrasse will not get along with Mr. Bicolor Dottyback...he's a real jerk to all the newcomers into the tank(though he's left the Mandarin alone)

Wayne
12-28-2011, 03:34 AM
I know my 6 line wrasse can take car of himself against a much bigger tang. Plus hes faster too if he needs to run :lol:

Madreefer
12-28-2011, 03:43 AM
Ya they may getted harassed by the dottyback but it pobably wont last long. If you have a fine sand bed it's a good thing for the mentioned wrasses as they can hide out in the sandbed if chased. 6 lines just dont give in until whatever they hate dies, I have a dottyback that usually gives up the chase after a couple of days.

reefwars
12-28-2011, 03:47 AM
my sixline is the worst in my tank drove 2 black clowns out the tank gave my mandarin quite the harassment but they get along now ,is a peacefull fish untill new fish get added especially fish his size with similar colours :)

Starry
12-28-2011, 04:26 AM
I'd go with the yellow corris, took care of my nudi problem in no time.

fishoholic
12-28-2011, 02:54 PM
HAHA "wrasseholes"
Thanks for the advice all. That Melanurus Wrasse looks amazing...I'm asuming that's gonne become a wrassehole too? Too bad...so pretty!
I'm worried the yellow coris wrasse will not get along with Mr. Bicolor Dottyback...he's a real jerk to all the newcomers into the tank(though he's left the Mandarin alone)

Melanurus Wrasse's are usually fairly peaceful.

paddyob
12-28-2011, 05:05 PM
Get a wrasse yellow coris or malenarius or Mandarin.

A spotted mandarin to be specific. They would clean them up in no time.

paddyob
12-28-2011, 05:07 PM
No dont get rid of your refugium. As cool as 6 line wrasses are most of them turn in to huge wrasseholes as they get older. Bluetang gave you some good suggestions.

My sixline is big. I can't add new fish, but he bothers nothing in my tank.... Not even flatworms.