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cilyjr · 11/04/2009, 02:46 PM

a good fish (wrasse) that will live in a 20long with a maroon clown of good size; that will eat red planeria. i have also been told that target mandrins will eat these flatworms...any experience with this?

BeanMachine · 11/04/2009, 02:56 PM

I think a sixline wrasse will eat planaria. They get to be pretty feisty but I think in your case with just a clown you'd be fine.

Or use flatworm exit instead, just be careful to follow the instructions.

cilyjr · 11/04/2009, 03:04 PM

i have used flatworm exit before..i dont love it...

aharrow · 05/26/2010, 08:49 AM

I just bought a green mandarin, the kind that very few people say eat red planeria. One week in and the red planeria is almost gone and I have one fat happy green mandarin. Now as a disclaimer it may not work for you. I have been on the other end buying and trying everything people said to do on the forum. I took a gamble and it worked for me. In my research the best planeria eating wrasse seems to be the genus melanarus wrasse. My LFS doesn't ever carry it and I was going to order online. The next best is supposedly the six line. I just don't like six line's as they get mean. At least the one I had two years ago did.

hope this helps. On another note, I am very against chemical erradication i.e. flatworm exit. I have read too many people torching their entire tank and I have thousands of dollars worth of corals and would never risk that. just my two cents.

Sugar Magnolia · 05/26/2010, 08:55 AM

Yellow coris wrasse will also work.

11/04/2009, 02:46 PM	#1
cilyjr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,683	looking for... a good fish (wrasse) that will live in a 20long with a maroon clown of good size; that will eat red planeria. i have also been told that target mandrins will eat these flatworms...any experience with this? __________________ Cls Current Tank Info: 180 inwall, 75 sump, 20lfrag, 3x lumen max elite w/250w radium 20k, recirc modded asm g-3, aqua controller apex,2x rw-20, 350lbs LR

11/04/2009, 03:04 PM	#3
cilyjr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,683	i have used flatworm exit before..i dont love it... __________________ Cls Current Tank Info: 180 inwall, 75 sump, 20lfrag, 3x lumen max elite w/250w radium 20k, recirc modded asm g-3, aqua controller apex,2x rw-20, 350lbs LR

05/26/2010, 08:49 AM	#4
aharrow Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St Augustine FL Posts: 328	I just bought a green mandarin, the kind that very few people say eat red planeria. One week in and the red planeria is almost gone and I have one fat happy green mandarin. Now as a disclaimer it may not work for you. I have been on the other end buying and trying everything people said to do on the forum. I took a gamble and it worked for me. In my research the best planeria eating wrasse seems to be the genus melanarus wrasse. My LFS doesn't ever carry it and I was going to order online. The next best is supposedly the six line. I just don't like six line's as they get mean. At least the one I had two years ago did. hope this helps. On another note, I am very against chemical erradication i.e. flatworm exit. I have read too many people torching their entire tank and I have thousands of dollars worth of corals and would never risk that. just my two cents. __________________ Andrew "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission" Current Tank Info: 180 gallon starphire custom tank, 3 zone benthic refugium system, royal exclusive alpha 250, Sfiligoi custom fixture t-5, LED combo

05/26/2010, 08:55 AM	#5
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Yellow coris wrasse will also work. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

11/04/2009, 02:56 PM	#2
BeanMachine Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 11,200	I think a sixline wrasse will eat planaria. They get to be pretty feisty but I think in your case with just a clown you'd be fine. Or use flatworm exit instead, just be careful to follow the instructions.