Flat worms

Defiantbrave · 02/21/2015, 04:22 PM

image.jpgThese have been a pest in my tank that I've been fighting for a while is there a fish that will eat them or am I just gonna have to keep fighting they are brown to pinky red in Colour

Defiantbrave · 02/21/2015, 04:22 PM

Trying to upload a photo

kendrid · 02/21/2015, 04:39 PM

Flatworm exit works great. if you have a ton of them have a lot of carbon on hand to soak up the poison they release when the die.

I have a fish that eats them but I'm not sure which. When I had to go fallow I had a huge outbreak of flatworms a few weeks later and I hadn't add anything to the tank. Flatworm exit got rid of most of them but I would still see one here or there. Once I put the fish back I never saw a flatworm again. I have two tangs that pick at the rocks all day so maybe one of them eats them. I also have a red head wrasse and some wrasses are known to eat flatworms.

Defiantbrave · 02/21/2015, 04:44 PM

ive heard wrasse eat them for sure just wondering breed thank you for input would love to hear more

kendrid · 02/21/2015, 05:25 PM

My wrasse is a Cirrhilabrus solorensis or Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse.

swhobbie1 · 02/21/2015, 08:03 PM

yellow coris wrasse

02/21/2015, 04:22 PM	#1
Defiantbrave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 3	Flat worms image.jpgThese have been a pest in my tank that I've been fighting for a while is there a fish that will eat them or am I just gonna have to keep fighting they are brown to pinky red in Colour

02/21/2015, 04:39 PM	#3
kendrid Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Lake in the hills, IL Posts: 806	Flatworm exit works great. if you have a ton of them have a lot of carbon on hand to soak up the poison they release when the die. I have a fish that eats them but I'm not sure which. When I had to go fallow I had a huge outbreak of flatworms a few weeks later and I hadn't add anything to the tank. Flatworm exit got rid of most of them but I would still see one here or there. Once I put the fish back I never saw a flatworm again. I have two tangs that pick at the rocks all day so maybe one of them eats them. I also have a red head wrasse and some wrasses are known to eat flatworms.

02/21/2015, 04:44 PM	#4
Defiantbrave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 3	ive heard wrasse eat them for sure just wondering breed thank you for input would love to hear more

02/21/2015, 05:25 PM	#5
kendrid Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Lake in the hills, IL Posts: 806	My wrasse is a Cirrhilabrus solorensis or Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse.

02/21/2015, 08:03 PM	#6
swhobbie1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 402	yellow coris wrasse