Another Flatworm topic

[skabooya]

Yup, got flatworms in my 29 now. LOTS! I have read on how to get rid of them and I would like to do it biologically. BUT here is the thing... I have amazing life on my rocks and I would like to keep it. Shrimp are breeding, snails, crabs, pods of all sizes. What can I get that will fit my 29 and not destroy my teeny shrimp, snails, crabs and starfish. I have no fish currently... yet.

[NIVLEM09]

Originally Posted by skabooya

Yup, got flatworms in my 29 now. LOTS! I have read on how to get rid of them and I would like to do it biologically. BUT here is the thing... I have amazing life on my rocks and I would like to keep it. Shrimp are breeding, snails, crabs, pods of all sizes. What can I get that will fit my 29 and not destroy my teeny shrimp, snails, crabs and starfish. I have no fish currently... yet.

You could get a Blue Velvet nudi and dip your corals in Lugols solution.

[freezetyle]

springeri damsel sometime eat it

[hillegom]

I think there is a wrasse that will eat them. Name escapes me right now.

[jorjef]

Melanurus

[FishingGoalie]

Originally Posted by jorjef

Melanurus

He wants to keep everything else that they eat.

[fiorano]

siphon them out with water changes, reduce your photo period, less food if you are feeding, and increase your flow... that is assuming these are the photosynthetic flatworms and not the coral eating sort. basically make your water as pristine as you can and increase your flow so its hard for them to settle. that combined with siphoning them out and they will disappear. at least it worked for me!

[jorjef]

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[Madreefer]

6line wrasse or yellow coris wrasse. The 6lines can be huge wrasse holes though. And skabooya is a she fishingoalie

[FishingGoalie]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

And skabooya is a she fishingoalie

Oops My apologies to skabooya