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08/11/2009, 02:10 AM
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What eats flat worms??
Does anyone know what eats flat worms?
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08/11/2009, 02:11 AM
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any blennies? or gobies? wrasse? shrimp?
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08/11/2009, 02:15 AM
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Sixline wrasse may, it can be hit or miss when trying to get a fish that will take care of a pest though.
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08/11/2009, 07:41 AM
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08/11/2009, 07:46 AM
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Yellow coris wrasse.
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08/11/2009, 08:05 AM
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I have had success with a Mandarin, Sixline Wrasse, and yellow Coris Wrasse
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08/11/2009, 08:50 AM
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sixline has worked for me
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08/11/2009, 11:05 AM
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sixline worked great for me...
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08/11/2009, 11:31 AM
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melanarus wrasse
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08/11/2009, 11:49 AM
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yellow corris...
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08/11/2009, 11:50 AM
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Six line did it for me. Now causing other issues, bit I do not have flatworms.
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08/11/2009, 11:51 AM
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Flatworm Exit, Sixline Wrasse one or the other will get them gone.
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08/11/2009, 02:53 PM
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Livestock is always hit or miss, but is the livestock I know of which has been "reported" to eat them.
- Sixine Wrasse  - Any of the Halichoeres genus of wrasses (Yellow, Radiant, Melanurus/Hoeven's, Christmas, etc... etc...)     - Target Mandarin Dragonet  - Blue Velvet Nudibranch  However, Salifert's Flatworm Exit is a good first step to reduce there numbers, then pray one of your livestock additions takes a liking to them and will either keep the population in check, or eliminate them completely.  Good luck.
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08/11/2009, 03:14 PM
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i have used flatworm exit and it defenatly kills them, just be prepared before you use the exit. Have plenty of carbon ready to run in a canister filter, take out all filter socks, sponges ect, or they will become saturated with flatworm toxins and do lots of damage.
Also be ready to siphon lots of them out as they are dying off, the more you can siphon out the less toxins floating around in your system |
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08/11/2009, 03:20 PM
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I have used flatworm exit, but it never seems to eradicate all of them. They always seem to return a few months later.
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08/11/2009, 03:39 PM
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its a good idea to exit again a couple weeks after the first time to make sure you get any that you didnt get the first time
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