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carriej 02-13-2013 01:17 AM

Reef safe flatworm eating machine
 
Thread title.. I need one

Something that won't eat my little francois (cleaner shrimp)

Clowns haul him around enough. However I have a flatworm issue and I want some type of wrasse anyway.

I don't really want to go the chemical route - too many stories of scary nukings and my tank is hard to get at it vaccuum the little buggers.

kooky 02-13-2013 01:52 AM

Flatworms
 
I had the same problem and bought a yellow and six line wrasse and after 2 weeks no more flat worms.

hillegom 02-13-2013 01:56 AM

Six line wrasse cleaned up my flatworms.
But they are an aggressive fish and would bully my clowns.
He went carpet surfing while my daughter was looking after my tank 4 yrs ago, so I don't have to worry anymore

marie 02-13-2013 02:38 AM

Is your tank big enough for a mandarin? When my tank was sitting fallow for 8 weeks I had a flatworm breakout but after putting my mandarin back in the tank, all the flatworms disappeared again

ScubaSteve 02-13-2013 02:38 AM

Personally I'd get a blue velvet nudibranch. Will make short work of you flat worms. I had one that cleared my tank of them in less than a week.Won't touch anything else as all they each are flatworms.

Delphinus 02-13-2013 03:12 AM

Canary wrasses are nice and usually eat flatworms.. A radiant wrasse (close relative to the canary) might be a good choice as well..

PurpleMonkey 02-13-2013 03:42 AM

Red scooter Benny eats flatworms as well

carriej 02-13-2013 03:51 AM

Thanks guys.

It's a 130 gallon with only a pair of ocellaris as occupants. No livestock and the creepy crawlies get out of hand. Yuck.

Going to have a look at some of those wrasse. However something tells me I better cover my tank. Sigh.


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