Flatworm plague

[Drock169]

4-line or 6-line wrasse, you'll just starve a mandarin.

[bassman]

Originally Posted by Drock169

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.

[Zoaelite]

I have yet to experience a manderine eat flat worms, could be wrong but I would suggest a 6-Line Wrasse.
Levi

[Snappy]

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.

[Chowder]

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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[Delphinus]

I picked up a yellow canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) when I saw flatworms appear and he cleaned the tank of them within a couple weeks.

[Reefer Rob]

Six Line Wrasse didn't work for me. I ended up using Flatworm Exit. If I had it to do over again I'd keep trying the different recommended species fish until I found one that would eat the flat worms.

[Keri]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I picked up a yellow canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) when I saw flatworms appear and he cleaned the tank of them within a couple weeks.

ditto

Plus I really LIKE my yellow wrasse, he's interesting to watch.