Flat worms what will eat them?

1979fishgeek · Jul 29, 2016

I never dipped a new coral and as punishment for my stupidity I have a flat worm infestation, it's not a plague yet but the numbers are building.

Anyone recommend a predator that eats them? A wrasse of fish of some sort?

Thanks

nc208082 · Jul 29, 2016

What type of flatworms are you talking about AEFW??? The only fish that will eat flatworms are wrasses usually. The melanarus and yellow coris wrasse are your two best bets. If you can see the flatworms then you already have a plague IMO. I hope its not AEFW for your sake.
Good luck.

hybridazn · Jul 29, 2016

Melunarus, yellow corris, 6 line are your best bets for really any type of flatworms. If it's planaria you could also try the blue velvet nudibranches.

Pruett-nc · Jul 29, 2016

Go to Walmart etc. And buy a turkey baster . If you can see them suck them out . The " less " you have in the tank the better .

Labridaedicted · Jul 29, 2016

+1 to Melanurus. Those things are pigs

blindskater02 · Aug 1, 2016

hybridazn said:
Melunarus, yellow corris, 6 line are your best bets for really any type of flatworms. If it's planaria you could also try the blue velvet nudibranches.

+1. Those are your 3 best wrasses for flatworm defense.

Irsug1 · Aug 1, 2016

I used a piece of rigid airline tubing connected to soft airline tubing. Siphon into a filter sock in a bucket. Siphoned out as many as I could see and dumped the water back in.
Then used flat worm exit.
I have a melenarus for preventative measures now.

SeaDweller · Aug 1, 2016

If you're talking about the red planaria flatworms, skip the wrasses: they may never touch them. Use salifert Flatworm Exit. Works wonders, follow the directions.

If you're talking about AEFW that's a different story. You need to remove as many frags and colonies as you can and dip them in Bayer or Melafix or both to kill them, 1-2x/week, every week for a few weeks. Sometimes doesn't help as they're in the rocks. Flatworm exit does NOT work on AEFW btw...