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What are these weird looking things?!
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! Last edited by Kit with Cat; 05-06-2012 at 01:14 AM. |
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I can't see them
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can't see them either
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OH crap they are red planarias...flatworms? What do I do?!?!
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Get a wrasse yellow coris or malenarius or Mandarin.
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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! |
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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.
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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) |
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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
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