aefw predators

[chadfarmer]

what are the fish that eat them?

wrasses?

 

[Large Polyp Dave]

uh oh.. another one joins the club? =)

From what I have read so far, nothing has really been show to truely predate on AEFW. (Actively search and pick at infested corals)

Some wrasses have been reported to eat some flatworms that have been blown off. But it's mostly anecdotal and hit/miss

 

[chadfarmer]

i dont have them but i wanted to get some information

 

[chrisaggie]

my christmas wrasse actually ate them off the corals, but mine seems to be the only one that does this.

 

[Kent E]

I will be trying an orange spot filefish in the future. I'll let you know.

 

[chadfarmer]

i would love to find a fish that eats them just in case i ever get them.

 

[Stoney Mahony]

I know right! Take a small pipe fish or wrasse and put him in a 5g tank with only AEFW's to eat. Train him to KILL!!!

 

[drouner]

I guess we could send them to Stoney's "Top Secret Agent" school to learn how id, track and terminate those pesty AEFW. Sounds like he has a course outline and a lab already set-up.

 

[dgasmd]

I've always thought of yellow coris wrasses as good fish for predatory pests like the AEFW and the monti eating nudis.