Red flatworms

[Rmckoy]

Without being able to change more than 10% water at any given time .
If I were to use a air line to suck out as many as possible before water change ,
Running carbon in a repair , have a separate mesh bag filled with carbon , and running rowa pho’s in another reactor .
will using flatworm exit be a bad idea ?
I’ll try to get a picture , but they’re pretty bad , I suck them out weekly but seams like they multiply faster .
the fish I’ve picked up that were supposed to help with them don’t eat them ..

I’ve tried cutting feeding down with no improvement

 

[o2manyfish]

Mandarin Goby or Velvet Nudibranch will suck those all up no problem with a lot less risk to the rest of your tank.

Dave B

 

[PanchoG]

Coris and melanarus wrasses are very effective at pest control too.

 

[GainesvilleReef]

+ 1 on the Mandarins. I got a pair from Biota. It took about a month to start to notice a difference. But they got fatter and the red planaria got fewer. Plus they are so darn fun to watch. I also feed them frozen Calanus once per day.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Without being able to change more than 10% water at any given time .
If I were to use a air line to suck out as many as possible before water change ,
Running carbon in a repair , have a separate mesh bag filled with carbon , and running rowa pho’s in another reactor .
will using flatworm exit be a bad idea ?
I’ll try to get a picture , but they’re pretty bad , I suck them out weekly but seams like they multiply faster .
the fish I’ve picked up that were supposed to help with them don’t eat them ..

I’ve tried cutting feeding down with no improvement

use 3/8" or 1/4" tubing to siphon them out and have them land into a nylon stocking and discard them. If many,
The following wrasse will eat them:
yellow coris
lunare
melanurus
6 line wrasse

If they are out of control, salifert flatworm exit will work but be sure to siphon them daily as dead ones will release toxins. Also for next 2 weeks- look for presence of eggs which are really tiny. Those will need to be scraped off as they will not die chemically.

 

[Rmckoy]

use 3/8" or 1/4" tubing to siphon them out and have them land into a nylon stocking and discard them. If many,
The following wrasse will eat them:
yellow coris
lunare
melanurus
6 line wrasse

If they are out of control, salifert flatworm exit will work but be sure to siphon them daily as dead ones will release toxins. Also for next 2 weeks- look for presence of eggs which are really tiny. Those will need to be scraped off as they will not die chemically.

I have a yellow wrasse , a Mel wrasse , tried 2 six line wrasses and both were very lethargic. Hiding most of the time

have 1 green spotted mandarin that’s said to eat them .
also springeri damsels ( I have 2 ) they don’t touch them .

The yellow wrasse and Mel wrasse and green spotted mandarin pick as something it’s hard to see exactly what .

 

[Rmckoy]

Mandarin Goby or Velvet Nudibranch will suck those all up no problem with a lot less risk to the rest of your tank.

Dave B

I’ve tried finding blue velvet nudis but can’t find any .
I’ve been avoiding chemicals and tried numerous fish .
but without being able to find a sure predator ( nudis ) I’m almost ready for chemical