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Old 06-18-2008, 02:23 AM
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Default Flatworm plague

Anybody know if mandarin fish are the best for getting rid of these little guys or if I should use a flatworm pesticide in my tank Suggestions?
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Old 06-18-2008, 02:25 PM
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4-line or 6-line wrasse, you'll just starve a mandarin.
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4-line or 6-line wrasse, you'll just starve a mandarin.
Do Mandarins not eat these too? Just curious as I am sitting on the fence right now deciding between a 6-line and a Mandarin.
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I have yet to experience a manderine eat flat worms, could be wrong but I would suggest a 6-Line Wrasse.
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Old 06-18-2008, 09:26 PM
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Mandarins main diet is pod "larvae" which is why you need an established reef. I have heard of them eating other things but it's hit & miss so if you bought a mandarin to eat flat worms you would likely be disappointed.
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Old 06-18-2008, 09:47 PM
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I would second the six line wrasse. I've heard that it is the phsychedelic mandrin or spotted mandrin that sometimes eats them. It would though be advised to have a well established tank full of pods to keep one.
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Old 07-13-2008, 06:15 PM
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Default zeolites affected?

I've got much more extension today, still my milleporas aren't looking so good. My water doesn't stink anymore. Now i guess i just have to wait for colors to come back to my sps.
Do you think that my zeolites may have been affected from the treatment? I have continued with the dosing schedule hoping to bring back the color my corals used to have.
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Old 07-23-2008, 12:07 AM
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Everything is back to normal. Color and extension are coming right back now. My corals are still a little brown, but the zeovit system is doing its job.
Thanks for all the input!!
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:40 AM
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I had flatworms for the second time in 10 years. I was really very lazy this time. The first time I just kept sucking and blowing....they disappeared relatively quickly.

Low and behold, I finally got down to doing that again....

Flatworms gone. Amen.
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Thats what I did when I saw a few all gone now.
I sure would not want to kill all my pods.
I heard that they will come and go. You just need to control them before they really get out of hand.
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