The F word

sinkingbeach · 04/09/2006, 11:09 AM

No not that one

, I'm talking flat worms here...

I've noticed them in my tank and did a little reading on them, I've seen some use Six line Wrasse and I think I like that option best compared to dosing and vacuuming. Is this a known predator of the flat worm, is it a good choice or did a few people get lucky with them.

Thanks

bertoni · 04/09/2006, 01:30 PM

What kind of flatworms. Are they Convolutriloba retrogemma? If not, I'd just ignore them. The six-lines don' always, or even usually, eat C retrogemma. There's no useful predator, only a nudibranch that starves to death before eating all of its prey.

sinkingbeach · 04/09/2006, 01:54 PM

Using the "much better image" on this page http://melevsreef.com/id/flatworms.html I thought they were these but after looking up Convolutriloba retrogemma at http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=5836
they look identical to both pics so I'm not sure which they are.

sinkingbeach · 04/09/2006, 03:30 PM

Here's a pic not the best, they seem to be on the rocks and not my corals.

bertoni · 04/09/2006, 04:35 PM

If you can suck one up with a turkey baster and get a closeup, that might help. You'd get a better look yourself, too.

iCam · 04/09/2006, 06:22 PM

The photo is pretty blurry, but they look like the bad kind of flatworm from what I can see.

04/09/2006, 11:09 AM	#1
sinkingbeach Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ocean City, NJ Posts: 867	The F word No not that one , I'm talking flat worms here... I've noticed them in my tank and did a little reading on them, I've seen some use Six line Wrasse and I think I like that option best compared to dosing and vacuuming. Is this a known predator of the flat worm, is it a good choice or did a few people get lucky with them. Thanks __________________ Parrotheads are not the silly ones. That dishonor belongs to those of you who stay beached on this shore without any imagination or desire for fun. Current Tank Info: 175 custom , MRC 1, 2 Tunze 6060, Ecotech vortech, Mag 9.5 return, 3 Lumenarc Mini's w/3 IceCap 250w ballast

04/09/2006, 01:30 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	What kind of flatworms. Are they Convolutriloba retrogemma? If not, I'd just ignore them. The six-lines don' always, or even usually, eat C retrogemma. There's no useful predator, only a nudibranch that starves to death before eating all of its prey. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/09/2006, 01:54 PM	#3
sinkingbeach Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ocean City, NJ Posts: 867	Using the "much better image" on this page http://melevsreef.com/id/flatworms.html I thought they were these but after looking up Convolutriloba retrogemma at http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=5836 they look identical to both pics so I'm not sure which they are. __________________ Parrotheads are not the silly ones. That dishonor belongs to those of you who stay beached on this shore without any imagination or desire for fun. Current Tank Info: 175 custom , MRC 1, 2 Tunze 6060, Ecotech vortech, Mag 9.5 return, 3 Lumenarc Mini's w/3 IceCap 250w ballast

04/09/2006, 03:30 PM	#4
sinkingbeach Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ocean City, NJ Posts: 867	Here's a pic not the best, they seem to be on the rocks and not my corals. __________________ Parrotheads are not the silly ones. That dishonor belongs to those of you who stay beached on this shore without any imagination or desire for fun. Current Tank Info: 175 custom , MRC 1, 2 Tunze 6060, Ecotech vortech, Mag 9.5 return, 3 Lumenarc Mini's w/3 IceCap 250w ballast

04/09/2006, 04:35 PM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	If you can suck one up with a turkey baster and get a closeup, that might help. You'd get a better look yourself, too. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/09/2006, 06:22 PM	#6
iCam Window Seat Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 4,135	The photo is pretty blurry, but they look like the bad kind of flatworm from what I can see.