Best acro flatworm eater
 

So I had red bugs... now I have acro eating flatworms :evil: I guess some survived the freshwater dip and squirt with a pipet. Resilient b***ards!

Anyways, I am hoping to nip this problem in the butt (the infected pieces are only frags), and am going to get a wrasse to try and eat them to help out with the problem. My question is what is the best species to do this?

I am leaning on a coris wrasse, but I hear they sleep in the sand. Do you think one would do ok in a bare bottom tank?

Flat worm exit form O.A works a treat one dose all gone and none ever returned.

Are you sure it kills acro eating flatworms? I had heard i doesn't work on this particular species, only works on red planaria (i think i spelled that right). This is the best link I have found for what I am talking about: http://www.mspreef.com and click on the folder beside "acropora flatworms". Read the part about chemical treatment.

I dont beleive it works as well on Acro eating flatworms. I could be wrong though.

Nope sorry just the light brown ones we had in our tanks,not sure if they were eating the acros i found them mostly on the glass.

So back to the original question, anyone ever had a wrasse eat 'em? :biggrin:

sixline works well to

i bet there is a nudibranch that would eat them.

I bet you it looks freaking awesome too!


GAH! STUPID NAKED GILL SLUGS, WHY MUST YOU TEMPT US!

Leopard wrasses are also flatworm eaters. But, like coris wrasses, they also need to bury themselves. Perhaps leave a container of crushed coral somewhere in the tank & place LR around it so its not so visible. Just a thought.

Anthony