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skabooya 04-21-2014 06:53 PM

Another Flatworm topic
 
Yup, got flatworms in my 29 now. LOTS! I have read on how to get rid of them and I would like to do it biologically. BUT here is the thing... I have amazing life on my rocks and I would like to keep it. Shrimp are breeding, snails, crabs, pods of all sizes. What can I get that will fit my 29 and not destroy my teeny shrimp, snails, crabs and starfish. I have no fish currently... yet.

NIVLEM09 04-21-2014 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by skabooya (Post 893170)
Yup, got flatworms in my 29 now. LOTS! I have read on how to get rid of them and I would like to do it biologically. BUT here is the thing... I have amazing life on my rocks and I would like to keep it. Shrimp are breeding, snails, crabs, pods of all sizes. What can I get that will fit my 29 and not destroy my teeny shrimp, snails, crabs and starfish. I have no fish currently... yet.

You could get a Blue Velvet nudi and dip your corals in Lugols solution.

freezetyle 04-21-2014 09:41 PM

springeri damsel sometime eat it

hillegom 04-22-2014 12:01 AM

I think there is a wrasse that will eat them. Name escapes me right now.

jorjef 04-22-2014 04:24 AM

Melanurus

FishingGoalie 04-22-2014 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jorjef (Post 893295)
Melanurus

He wants to keep everything else that they eat.

fiorano 04-22-2014 04:38 AM

siphon them out with water changes, reduce your photo period, less food if you are feeding, and increase your flow... that is assuming these are the photosynthetic flatworms and not the coral eating sort. basically make your water as pristine as you can and increase your flow so its hard for them to settle. that combined with siphoning them out and they will disappear. at least it worked for me!

jorjef 04-22-2014 04:38 AM

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Madreefer 04-22-2014 05:01 AM

6line wrasse or yellow coris wrasse. The 6lines can be huge wrasse holes though. And skabooya is a she fishingoalie

FishingGoalie 04-22-2014 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Madreefer (Post 893306)
And skabooya is a she fishingoalie

Oops My apologies to skabooya


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