Fish that will eat red planaria

[hops523]

I have a little red planaria problem in my 55 gallon. I'm getting a sixline wrasse this week with the hope of him controlling the population of them and the overgrowing population of amphipods that I have. But is there another fish that would fit in a 55 that could help take care of the flatworms that I have?
Thanks

 

[reef_doug]

I have a hoven's melanurus wrasse that didn't touch one. Like any wrasse, they can be hit or miss. I resorted to Salifert FWE and it worked great on the first dose. Good luck.

 

[cubsFAN]

I also have a melanarus wrasse that would rather eat feather dusters and fish food. He is eating the planaria, but is slow going. My six line failed. Didn't touch the stuff. If you go the FWE route make sure to do the follow up dose. I thought I was planaria free for about a month and then they appeared again.

 

[29reef]

Yellow wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus is a good choice IME.

 

[Beaun]

I had a Halichoeres genus wrasse and my trick was to feed early in the morning before the wrasse was out and that forced it to get food elsewhere, aka the flatworms.

 

[hops523]

Thanks for the replies. Do you guys really think a yellow coris wrasse might be better than a sixline? Eating amphipods and flat worms? The yellow coris was my first choice but I figured the sixline would be better. This might be a silly question but can I have both a coris and sixline in a 55? Also what is the common name for the Halichoeres genus? Before I try fwe I'd like to see if I can get rid of them naturally first.

 

[29reef]

I'd skip the six line they are too agressive for my taste and for me they didn't provide much help.

 

[small alien]

I have read that target mandarins will often eat them but I do not have experience to back that up.